Determining and sending a measurement result performed per beam

Abstract

A communication system is disclosed in which a serving base station configures a mobile device for performing measurements with respect to signals transmitted by a neighbour base station. The serving base station obtains a measurement report from the mobile device, the measurement report comprising a result of signal measurements in association with information identifying a beamformed region in which a signal to which said result of said signal measurements relates was transmitted.

1 . A method, performed by a communication device, the method comprising:
 receiving, from a base station, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message including configuration information for measurement, the configuration information including a threshold and a maximum number;   measuring quality per respective beam of a cell;   selecting up to the maximum number, from the respective beam, at least one beam whose quality is above the threshold, the at least one beam including a best beam whose quality is strongest; and   reporting, to the base station, the quality of the at least one beam.   
     
     
         2 . A communication device comprising:
 a memory storing instructions; and   at least one processor configured to process the instructions to:
 receive, from a base station, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message configuration for measurement per respective beam of a cell, the configuration including a threshold and a maximum number; 
 measure quality per the respective beam; 
 select up to the maximum number, from the respective beam, at least one beam whose quality is above the threshold, the at least one beam including a best beam whose quality is strongest; and 
 report, to the base station, the quality of the at least one beam.