Terminal device and method

A terminal device comprising:

• reception circuitry configured to receive a measurement object configuration and a report configuration by using higher layer signaling, wherein
• the measurement object configuration includes a parameter associated with a measurement of an occupancy of a received signal strength indicator (RSSI),
• the report configuration includes a parameter associated with a measurement reporting of the occupancy of the RSSI;
• and
• transmission circuitry configured to transmit the occupancy of the RSSI only when a trigger type of the report configuration is set to periodical, wherein
• the RSSI is a linear average value of a total received power observed only in an OFDM symbol and in a measurement bandwidth and includes a co-channel serving cell and non-serving cell, adjacent channel interference, and thermal noise, and
• the occupancy of the RSSI indicates percentage of measurement points in a measurement period, wherein, on each of the measurement points, the RSSI is above a first threshold.

A communication method of a base station device comprising:

• transmitting a measurement object configuration and a report configuration by using higher layer signaling, the measurement object configuration including a parameter associated with a measurement of an occupancy of a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), and the report configuration including a parameter associated with a measurement reporting of the occupancy of the RSSI;
• and
• receiving the occupancy of the RSSI only when a trigger type of the report configuration is set to periodical, wherein
• the RSSI is a linear average value of a total received power observed only in an OFDM symbol and in a measurement bandwidth and includes a co-channel serving cell and non-serving cell, adjacent channel interference, and thermal noise, and
• the occupancy of the RSSI indicates percentage of measurement points in a measurement period, wherein, on each of the measurement points, the RSSI is above a first threshold.

A communication method of a terminal device comprising:

• receiving a measurement object configuration and a report configuration by using higher layer signaling, the measurement object configuration including a parameter associated with a measurement of an occupancy of a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), and the report configuration including a parameter associated with a measurement reporting of the occupancy of the RSSI;
• and
• transmitting the occupancy of the RSSI only when a trigger type of the report configuration is set to periodical, wherein
• the RSSI is a linear average value of a total received power observed only in an OFDM symbol and in a measurement bandwidth and includes a co-channel serving cell and non-serving cell, adjacent channel interference, and thermal noise, and
• the occupancy of the RSSI indicates percentage of measurement points in a measurement period, wherein, on each of the measurement points, the RSSI is above a first threshold.