METHOD TO SELECT A CANDIDATE CELL DURING CELL SELECTION

The invention provides a method to select a candidate cell during cell selection. A user equipment (UE) and a method of cell selection by a UE are provided. The method includes maintaining a database for storing a multi-carrier availability status for a plurality of frequencies, wherein each frequency includes at least one of a multi-carrier configuration and a single-carrier configuration; determining whether a candidate cell corresponding to the multi-carrier configuration is available based on the multi-carrier availability status; and selecting the candidate cell corresponding to the multi-carrier configuration when a performance metric of the candidate cell is greater than a pre-defined threshold. 提供了一种用于在小区选择期间选择候选小区的方法。提供了一种用户设备(UE)和由UE进行小区选择的方法。所述方法包括：维持用于存储针对多个频率的多载波可用性状态的数据库，其中，每个频率包括多载波配置和单载波配置中的至少一个；基于多载波可用性状态来确定与多载波配置对应的候选小区是否可用；当与多载波配置对应的候选小区的性能指标大于预定义阈值时，选择与多载波配置对应的候选小区。