Claims:WE CLAIM
1. A method of cell selection in a Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) communication network, the method comprising:
detecting, by at least one processor, interference in a current serving cell employing a primary frequency and at least one secondary frequency used by a UE from at least one neighboring cell, wherein the interference is detected in the at least one secondary frequency of the current serving cell;
including, by the at least one processor, the current serving cell in a defective cell list, wherein a signal strength associated with the primary frequency of the serving cell is greater than a signal strength associated with a neighboring primary frequency of the at least one neighboring cell; and
excluding, by the at least one processor, each cell in the defective cell list from being selected as a new serving cell for the UE.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the interference in the at least one secondary frequency comprises data slot interference.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising reporting by physical layer of a UE frequency interference reason for an Out Of Synch (OOS) to Radio Resource Controller (RRC) layer of the UE.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising selecting the new serving cell for the UE from amongst the at least one neighboring cell after detecting the interference, the new serving cell comprising a primary frequency with highest signal strength amongst primary frequencies allocated to the at least one neighboring cell.
5. The method of claim 4 further comprising sending a cell update message to the new serving cell, the cell update message comprising radio link failure as cell update reason.
6. The method of claim 4 further comprising creating a preferred frequency list comprising at least one of frequencies received in measurement control, frequencies used in inter-frequency handover, and frequencies of cells detected in a preceding communication session.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the selecting the new serving cell for the UE comprises exhausting the preferred frequency list before performing a full band scan.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the preferred frequency list is exhausted when frequencies in the list of the preferred frequency list are unsuitable for communication by the UE.
9. The method of claim 6, wherein each frequency in the preferred frequency list is associated with an aging timer, a frequency with expired aging timer being removed from the preferred frequency list.
10. The method of claim 1 further comprising clearing the defective cell list after selecting the new serving cell for the UE.
11. A UE in a Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) communication network, the UE comprising:
a processor configured to:
detect interference in a current serving cell employing a primary frequency and at least one secondary frequency used by the UE from at least one neighboring cell, wherein the interference is detected in the at least one secondary frequency of the current serving cell;
include the current serving cell in a defective cell list, wherein a signal strength associated with the primary frequency of the serving cell is greater than a signal strength associated with a neighboring primary frequency of the at least one neighboring cell; and
exclude each cell in the defective cell list from being selected as a new serving cell for the UE.
12. The UE of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to report via physical layer of the UE, a frequency interference reason for an Out Of Synch (OOS) to Radio Resource Controller (RRC) layer of the UE.
13. The UE of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to select the new serving cell for the UE from amongst the at least one neighboring cell after detecting the interference, the new serving cell comprising a primary frequency with highest signal strength amongst primary frequencies allocated to the at least one neighboring cell.
14. The UE of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to send a cell update message to the new serving cell, the cell update message comprising radio link failure as cell update reason.
15. The UE of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to create a preferred frequency list comprising at least one of frequencies received in measurement control, frequencies used in inter-frequency handover, and frequencies of cells detected in a preceding communication session.
16. The UE of claim 15, wherein the selecting the new serving cell for the UE comprises exhausting the preferred frequency list before performing a full band scan.
17. The UE of claim 16, wherein the preferred frequency list is exhausted when frequencies in the list of the preferred frequency list are unsuitable for communication by the UE.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein each frequency in the preferred frequency list is associated with an aging timer, a frequency with expired aging timer being removed from the preferred frequency list.
19. The UE of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to clear the defective cell list after selecting the new serving cell for the UE.
20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for cell selection in a Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) communication network, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:
detect interference in a current serving cell employing a primary frequency and at least one secondary frequency used by a UE from at least one neighboring cell, wherein the interference is detected in the at least one secondary frequency of the current serving cell;
include the current serving cell in a defective cell list, wherein a signal strength associated with the primary frequency of the serving cell is greater than a signal strength associated with a neighboring primary frequency of the at least one neighboring cell; and
exclude each cell in the defective cell list from being selected as a new serving cell for the UE.

Dated this 8th day of March, 2016

Swetha SN
Of K&S Partners
Agent for the Applicant

Description:TECHNICAL FIELD
This disclosure relates generally to Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) networks, and more particularly to methods and systems for optimization of cell selection in TD-SCDMA networks.