Method, apparatus and system for discovery reference signal measurement in a license assisted access scenario

An apparatus of a base station, comprising:

• a control circuitry to generate a measurement related information element (IE) based on a certain criteria, wherein the measurement related IE includes an indication of whether a single discovery reference signal (DRS) based measurement or multiple DRS based measurements associated with a license assisted access (LAA) scenario are to be performed, wherein the certain criteria includes a mobility status of a user equipment (UE) or whether contiguous DRS occasions are detected within a measurement period;
• and
• a transceiver circuitry to transmit a DRS measurement request and the measurement related IE to a user equipment (UE).

One or more non-transitory, machine-readable media having instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a user equipment (UE) to:

• perform, in response to a discovery reference signal (DRS) based measurement request, a single DRS based measurement or multiple DRS based measurements, based at least in part on a measurement related information element (IE), wherein the measurement related IE comprises an indication of whether the single DRS based measurement or the multiple DRS based measurements associated with a license assisted access (LAA) scenario are to be performed;
• and,
• generate a DRS based measurement report, wherein if the measurement related IE indicates the multiple DRS based measurements, the DRS based measurement report further comprises an average DRS based measurement result of the multiple DRS based measurements.