Author: claimsbot

1. A receiver adapted to receive at least a first signal and a second signal, the first signal corresponding to a constellation having a first set of symbols and the second signal corresponding to a constellation having a second set of symbols, and having an equalizer with an output, the equalizer comprising:
a slicer adapted to slice a signal from the output of the equalizer; and
a memory adapted to store symbol coordinates corresponding to the symbols in the first and second sets of symbols, the memory further adapted to provide a symbol coordinate for use by the equalizer, the symbol coordinate selected from the stored symbol coordinates in response to the sliced signal and a select signal, the select signal for selecting one of the first and second sets of symbols.
2. The receiver of claim 1, the receiver further comprising:
a detector, coupled to the output of the equalizer, adapted to 1) detect whether the receiver is receiving the second signal and 2) assert the select signal in response thereto.
3. The receiver of claim 2, wherein the detector comprises:
a slicer coupled to the output of the equalizer and adapted to generate a bit stream output; and
a pattern matcher adapted to assert the select signal when the bit stream at least partially matches a known bit pattern;
wherein the second signal contains a bit pattern the same as the known bit pattern.
4. The receiver of claim 3, wherein the detector further comprises a descrambler, coupled to the slicer, adapted to descramble the bit pattern.
5. The receiver of claim 3, wherein the pattern matcher is adapted to assert the select signal after determining that at least a specified number of the known bit pattern bits are matched in the bit stream, the specified number of bits being less than all of the bits of the known bit pattern.
6. The receiver of claim 1, wherein the memory has therein a first table of symbol coordinates corresponding to the symbols in the first set of symbols and a second table of symbol coordinates corresponding to the symbols in the second sets of symbols; and wherein the symbol coordinates are selected from the first or the second table of symbol coordinates, the first or second table is selected in response to the select signal, and the symbol coordinate is selected from the selected table in response to the sliced signal.
7. The receiver of claim 1, wherein the second signal contains data related to the symbol coordinates of the symbols of the second set of symbols, the receiver further comprising:
a circuit, coupled to the output of the equalizer, adapted to extract the data from the second signal; and
a circuit, responsive to the extracted data, adapted to calculate the symbol coordinates for the symbols in the second set of symbols and load the calculated symbol coordinates into the memory.
8. The receiver of claim 7, wherein the symbol coordinates corresponding to the symbols in the first set of symbols are known a priori and stored in the memory, and wherein approximate symbol coordinates corresponding to the symbols in the second set of symbols are stored in the memory before the calculated symbol coordinates are loaded therein.
9. The receiver of claim 1, wherein the second set of symbols has more symbols than the first set of symbols, and the slicer has at least as many quantization levels as there are symbols in the second set of symbols.
10. The receiver of claim 1, wherein the equalizer is a decision-feedback equalizer.
11. A method of receiving at least a first signal and a second signal, the first signal corresponding to a constellation having a first set of symbols and the second signal corresponding to a constellation having a second set of symbols, comprising the step of equalizing the received signal with an equalizer to produce an equalized received signal;
wherein the step of equalizing comprises the steps of:
slicing the equalized received signal with a slicer; and,
in response to the sliced signal and a select signal, selecting from a memory a symbol coordinate for use by the equalizer, the memory having therein symbol coordinates corresponding to the symbols in the first and second sets of symbols, the select signal for selecting one of the first and second sets of symbols in the memory.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising the steps of:
detecting whether the second signal is being received; and
asserting the select signal in response to the step of detecting whether the second signal is being received.
13. The method of claim 11, further comprising the steps of:
slicing the equalized received signal to generate a bit stream;
comparing the bit stream with a known bit pattern; and
asserting the select signal when there is at least a partial match between the bit stream and the known bit pattern;
wherein the second signal contains a bit pattern the same as the known bit pattern.
14. The method of claim 13, further comprising the step, after the step of slicing the equalized receive signal, of descrambling the bit stream.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein the memory has therein a first table of symbol coordinates corresponding to the symbols in the first set of symbols and a second table of symbol coordinates corresponding to the symbols in the second sets of symbols; wherein the step of selecting from the memory the symbol coordinate comprises the steps of:
selecting the first or second table in response to the select signal; and
selecting the symbol coordinate from the selected table in response to the sliced signal.
16. The method of claim 11, wherein the second signal contains data related to the symbol coordinates of the symbols in the second set of symbols, further comprising the steps of:
extracting the data from the second signal;
calculating, from the extracted data, the symbol coordinates for the symbols in the second set of symbols; and
loading the calculated symbol coordinates into the memory.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the symbol coordinates of the symbols in the first set of symbols are known a priori and stored in the memory, and wherein approximate symbol coordinates of the symbols in the second set of symbols are stored in the memory before the calculated symbol coordinates are loaded therein.
18. The method of claim 11, wherein the second set of symbols has more symbols than the first set of symbols, and the slicer has at least as many quantization levels as there are symbols in the second set of symbols.
19. A receiver adapted to receive at least a first signal and a second signal, the first signal corresponding to a constellation having a first set of symbols and the second signal corresponding to a constellation having a second set of symbols, the second set of symbols having more symbols than the first set of symbols, the receiver comprising:
an equalizer having an output; and
a detector, coupled to the output of the equalizer, adapted to 1) detect whether the receiver is receiving the second signal and 2) assert the select signal in response thereto;
wherein the equalizer comprises:
a slicer, having at least as many quantization levels as there are symbols in the second set of symbols, adapted to slice a signal from the output of the equalizer; and
a memory adapted to store therein a first table of symbol coordinates corresponding to the symbols in the first set of symbols and a second table of symbol coordinates corresponding to the symbols in the second set of symbols, and further adapted to provide a symbol coordinate selected from the first table or the second table for use by the equalizer, the first or second table being selected in response to the select signal, and the symbol coordinate being selected from the selected table in response to the sliced signal.
20. The receiver of claim 19, wherein the detector comprises:
a slicer coupled to the output of the equalizer and adapted to generate a bit stream output; and
a pattern matcher adapted to assert the select signal when the bit stream at least partially matches a known bit pattern;
wherein the second signal contains a bit pattern the same as the known bit pattern.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for mobility management between large and small cells, comprising: in a user equipment:
receiving different first and second procedures for measurement gaps to be applied based on radio access coverage at the user equipment within a predetermined time duration;
applying at least one procedure for inter-frequency measurements of at least one carrier, wherein the first procedure is applied using a first set of measurement gaps when a carrier having at least one cell deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access is to be measured and the second procedure is applied using a second set of measurement gaps when a carrier having at least one cell deployed for providing continuous coverage radio access is to be measured, wherein the inter-frequency measurements are performed less frequently in the first procedure than in the second procedure; and
performing the inter-frequency measurements according to the first procedure after receiving an indication from a network to perform the inter-frequency measurement according to the first procedure.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
obtaining information on whether the non-continuous coverage radio access is available in the current location or not; and
selecting the procedure of the inter-frequency measurement based on whether the non-continuous coverage radio access is available or not.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
receiving at least one of following:
a neighbor list containing information on the cells deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access in the current location, and
information on physical cell identifications assigned to the cells deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
setting the procedure for the inter-frequency measurements on when the currently serving cell is overloaded or the signal quality andor the signal power of the current serving cell decreases to a predetermined threshold level, wherein a higher predetermined threshold level is applied for the first procedure than for the second.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
having the first procedure on continuously.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein, when discontinuous reception is off and the first procedure is on, a cycle which comprises the following is repetitively carried out:
performing predetermined number of time-separated inter-frequency measurements by applying gap-assisted inter-frequency measurements; and
restraining from performing inter-frequency measurements for a predetermined time duration exceeding the time-separation after the predetermined number of inter-frequency measurements have been done.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising, when discontinuous reception is on and the first procedure is on:
restraining from performing inter-frequency measurements in every predetermined discontinuous reception cycle.
8. The method of any of claim 1, further comprising:
providing a measurement report indicating that the inter-frequency measurement corresponding to the measurement report has been performed for a carrier of a cell deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access.
9. The method of any of claim 1, further comprising:
causing a transmission of a proximity indication or a request for a measurement gap configuration to measure the cell deployed for providing non-continuous coverage more accurately than an immediately previous measurement of the cell.
10. A computer program product embodied on a distribution medium readable by a computer and comprising program instructions which, when loaded into a user equipment, execute the method according to claim 1.
11. A method for mobility management between large and small cells, comprising: in a base station that provides continuous coverage radio access:
providing first and second procedures for measurement gaps to be applied based on radio access coverage at a user equipment within a predetermined time duration such that measurement gaps of the first procedure are less frequent than measurement gaps of the second procedure;
sending an indication to a user equipment to trigger the user equipment to perform inter-frequency measurements according to the first procedure utilizing a first set of measurement gaps;

and at least one of the following:
a neighbor list containing information on the cells deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access in the current location of the user equipment,
information on physical cell identifications assigned to the cells deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access,
information about a carrier having at least one cell deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access, wherein the carrier is to be measured using the first set of measurement gaps when performing inter-frequency measurements, and
information about at least one carrier for which an inter-frequency measurement procedure should be applied which inter-frequency measurement procedure is different from the inter-frequency measurement procedure applied for other carriers.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
providing information of threshold levels for triggering the inter-frequency measurement procedure, wherein the threshold levels are separate for the first procedure and for the second procedure, wherein the first procedure is applied when a carrier having at least one cell deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access is to be measured and a second procedure is applied when a carrier having at least one cell deployed for providing continuous coverage radio access is to be measured.
13. A computer program product embodied on a distribution medium readable by a computer and comprising program instructions which, when loaded into a base station, execute the method according to claim 11.
14. A user equipment for mobility management between large and small cells, comprising:
at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer pro-gram code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the user equipment at least to:
receive different first and second procedures for measurement gaps to be applied based on radio access coverage at the user equipment within a predetermined time duration;
apply at least one procedure for inter-frequency measurements of at least one carrier, wherein the first procedure is applied using a first set of measurement gaps when a carrier having at least one cell deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access is to be measured and the second procedure is applied using a second set of measurement gaps when a carrier having at least one cell deployed for providing continuous coverage radio access is to be measured, wherein the inter-frequency measurements are performed less frequently in the first procedure than in the second procedure; and
perform the inter-frequency measurements according to the first procedure after receiving an indication from a network to perform the inter frequency measurements according to the first procedure.
15. The user equipment of claim 14, wherein the user equipment is further caused to:
obtain information on whether the non-continuous coverage radio access is available in the current location or not; and
select the procedure of the inter-frequency measurement based on whether the non-continuous coverage radio access is available or not.
16. The user equipment of claim 15, wherein the user equipment is further caused to:
receive at least one of following:
a neighbor list containing information on the cells deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access in the current location, and
information on physical cell identifications assigned to the cells deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access.
17. The user equipment of claim 14, wherein the user equipment is further caused to:
set the procedure for the inter-frequency measurements on when the currently serving cell is overloaded or the signal quality andor the signal power of the current serving cell decreases to a predetermined threshold level, wherein a higher predetermined threshold level is applied for the first procedure than for the second.
18. The user equipment of claim 14, wherein the user equipment is further caused to:
have the first procedure on continuously.
19. The user equipment of claim 14, wherein, when discontinuous reception is off and the first procedure is on, the user equipment is further caused to repetitively carry out the following:
perform predetermined number of time-separated inter-frequency measurements by applying gap-assisted inter-frequency measurements; and
restrain from performing inter-frequency measurements for a predetermined time duration exceeding the time-separation after the predetermined number of inter-frequency measurements have been done.
20. The user equipment of claim 14, wherein the user equipment is further caused to, when discontinuous reception is on and the first procedure is on:
restrain from performing inter-frequency measurements in every predetermined discontinuous reception cycle.
21. The user equipment of claim 14, wherein the user equipment is further caused to:
provide a measurement report indicating that the inter-frequency measurement corresponding to the measurement report has been performed for a carrier of a cell deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access.
22. The user equipment of claim 14, wherein the user equipment is further caused to:
transmit a proximity indication or a request for a measurement gap configuration to measure the cell deployed for providing non-continuous coverage more accurately than an immediately previous measurement of the cell.
23. A base station for mobility management between large and small cells, comprising:
at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the base station at least to:
provide first and second procedures for measurement gaps to be applied based on radio access coverage at a user equipment within a predetermined time duration such that measurement gaps of the first procedure are less frequent than the measurement gaps of the second procedure;
send an indication to a user equipment to trigger the user equipment to perform inter-frequency measurements according to the first procedure utilizing a first set of measurement gaps;

and at least one of the following:
a neighbor list containing information on the cells deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access in the current location of the user equipment,
information on physical cell identifications assigned to the cells deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access,
information about a carrier having at least one cell deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access, wherein the carrier is to be measured using the first set of measurement gaps when performing inter-frequency measurements, and
information about at least one carrier for which an inter-frequency measurement procedure should be applied which inter-frequency measurement procedure is different from the inter-frequency measurement procedure applied for other carriers.
24. The base station of claim 23, wherein the base station is further caused to:
provide information of threshold levels for triggering the inter-frequency measurement procedure, wherein the threshold levels are separate for the first procedure and for the second procedure, wherein the first procedure is applied when a carrier having at least one cell deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access is to be measured and a second procedure is applied when a carrier having at least one cell deployed for providing continuous coverage radio access is to be measured.

1. A cell search method performed in a terminal, the method comprising:
being allocated a terminal-specific signal from a base station; and
transmitting the terminal-specific signal when a cell search is triggered.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving information about a set of candidate cells corresponding to the terminal-specific signal from the base station; and
performing a cell search based on the received information about the set of candidate cells.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the terminal-specific signal is a sounding reference signal (SRS).
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the terminal-specific signal is a unique signal of the terminal by which a plurality of small cell base stations distinguish the terminal from other terminal.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the terminal-specific signal is configured by using a resource predetermined by the base station and a plurality of small cell base stations.
6. A cell search method performed in a base station, the method comprising:
allocating a terminal-specific signal to a terminal which establishes a connection with the base station;
transmitting information about the terminal-specific signal to a plurality of small cell base stations;
receiving measurement result information on the terminal-specific signal from the plurality of small cell base stations; and
configuring a set of candidate small cells for the terminal based on the measurement result information.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the terminal-specific signal is a sounding reference signal (SRS).
8. The method of claim 6, wherein the set of candidate small cells includes at least one small cell base station reception power of which is larger than a predetermined threshold power among the plurality of small cell base stations.
9. The method of claim 6, further comprising transmitting information about the set of candidate small cells to the terminal, wherein the information about the set of candidate small cells is transmitted to the terminal in a form of a measurement set list.
10. The method of claim 6, further comprising determining a small cell base station having the largest reception power as a serving base station for the terminal
11. A cell search method performed in a small cell base station, the method comprising:
receiving information about a terminal-specific signal allocated to a terminal from a base station;
monitoring a resource corresponding to the terminal-specific signal based on the information about the terminal-specific signal;
when the terminal-specific signal is received, performing measurement on the received terminal-specific signal; and
transmitting a measurement result on the terminal-specific signal to the base station.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein, in the performing measurement and the transmitting a measurement result, the terminal-specific signal is received two or more times, and measurement results are obtained by performing measurements on the received measurement results, and an average value of the measurement results is obtained and reported to the base station.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method in a computer system for tracking the productivity of technical support specialists in a call center environment, the method comprising:
displaying on a display device a form for entry of timecard and exception information;
receiving from a technical support specialist using the client computer system timecard information and exception information, the timecard information indicating periods when the technical support specialist was performing normal activity and the exception information indicating exceptions to the normal activity, the exception information including a type of the exception; and
sending the timecard and exception information to a server computer system; and
receiving the timecard and exception information sent by each of the plurality of the client computer systems;
storing the timecard and exception information in a database; and
providing a plurality of reports for analyzing the productivity of the technical supports specialists based on the timecard and exception information stored in the database.
2. The method of claim 1 including under control of the plurality of client computer systems, displaying the possible types of exceptions so that the technical support specialist can indicate the type of exception.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the timecard information is entered using a timecard metaphor.
4. A method in a computer system for tracking the productivity of users, the method comprising:
retrieving from a server computer system timecard information and exception information for a user;
displaying on a display device the retrieved timecard and exception information and an area for entry of additional timecard and exception information;
receiving from the user entry of additional timecard information and exception information, the timecard information indicating periods when the user was performing normal activity and the exception information indicating exceptions to the normal activity, the exception information including a type of the exception and length of the exception; and
sending to the server computer system received timecard and exception information.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the server computer system
receives the timecard and exception information for each of a plurality of users;
stores the timecard and exception information in a database; and
provides a plurality of reports for analyzing the productivity of the users based on the timecard and exception information stored in the database.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the database includes tables for storing an indication of whether a user has any recorded information for a date.
7. The method of claim 4 wherein before retrieving timecard and exception information from the server computer, establishing a connection with the server computer.
8. The method of claim 4 including displaying the possible types of exceptions so that the user can indicate the type of exception.
9. A method in a computer system for tracking the productivity of users, the method comprising:
displaying on a display device a form for entry of exception information;
receiving from a user exception information, the exception information indicating exceptions to normal activity, the exception information including a type of the exception and length of the exception; and
sending the received exception information to a server computer system; and
receiving the exception information sent by each of a plurality of users at the server computer system and storing the exception information in a database.
10. The method of claim 9 including providing a plurality of reports for analyzing the productivity of the users based on the timecard and exception information stored in the database.
11. The method of claim 9 including displaying the possible types of exceptions so that the user can indicate the type of exception.
12. The method of claim 9 including receiving and storing timecard information.
13. A computer system for tracking the productivity of users in a call center environment, comprising:
a client component that displays on a display device an area for entry of timecard and exception information; that receives timecard information from a user and exception information, the timecard information indicating periods when the technical support specialist was performing normal activity and the exception information indicating exceptions to the normal activity, the exception information including a type of the exception and length of the exception; and that sends the received timecard and exception information; and
a server component that receives the sent timecard and exception information; that stores the timecard and exception information in a database; and that provides a plurality of reports for analyzing the productivity of the users based on the timecard and exception information stored in the database.
14. The system of claim 13 wherein the client component executes on a client computer system and the server component executes on a server computer system and the client and server computer system are connected by a local area network.
15. The system of claim 13 wherein the client component displays the possible types of exceptions so that the user can indicate the type of exception.
16. The system of claim 13 wherein the client component includes a timer for timing the length of an exception.
17. The system of claim 13 wherein the client component uses a timecard metaphor for entering timecard information.
18. The system of claim 13 wherein the client component retrieves previously received timecard and exception information from the server component and displays the retrieved information to the user.
19. A computer-readable medium containing instructions that when executed cause a computer system to track the productivity of users by:
displaying on a display device an area for entry of timecard and exception information;
receiving from a user entry of timecard information and exception information, the timecard information indicating periods when the user was performing normal activity and the exception information indicating exceptions to the normal activity, the exception information including a type of the exception and length of the exception; and
sending to a server computer system the received timecard and exception information.
20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 wherein the server computer system
receives the timecard and exception information for each of a plurality of users;
stores the timecard and exception information in a database; and
provides a plurality of reports for analyzing the productivity of the users based on the timecard and exception information stored in the database.
21. The computer-readable medium of claim 20 wherein the database includes tables for storing an indication of whether a user has any recorded information for a date.
22. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 wherein before sending to the server computer system the received timecard and exception information, establishing a connection with the server computer system.
23. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 including displaying the possible types of exceptions so that the user can indicate the type of exception.
24. A method in a computer system for entry of time information, the method comprising:
displaying an indicator of time entry and an indicator of time entry exception;
receiving from a user a selection of the displayed indicator of time entry;
in response to receiving the selection of the indicator of time entry, enabling receiving of a time entry from the user;
receiving from the user a selection of the displayed indicator of time entry exception; and
in response to receiving the selection of the displayed indicator of time entry exception, enabling receiving of a time entry exception from the user.
25. The method of claim 24 wherein received time entries alternately indicate start and stop of user activity.
26. The method of claim 24 wherein enabling receiving of a time entry exception includes displaying a list of types of time entry exceptions.
27. The method of claim 26 including receiving from the user a selection of a displayed type of time entry exception.
28. The method of claim 24 including after enabling receiving of a time entry from the user, receiving from the user an indication of a time.
29. The method of claim 24 including after enabling receiving of a time entry exception from the user, receiving an indication of a type of the time entry exception.
30. The method of claim 24 including after enabling receiving of a time entry exception from the user, receiving an indication of length of the time entry exception.
31. The method of claim 24 including after enabling receiving of a time entry exception from the user, receiving an indication of notes relating to the time entry exception.