# US 10,771,203 B2 · Increased carrier monitoring > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,771,203 B2 - Document ID: US10771203B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/222,904 - Filed: 2018-12-17 - Published: 2019-05-09 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2014-09-26 - Assignees: Apple Inc. - Applicants: Apple Inc. - Inventors: Candy Yiu; Yang Tang; Hyung-Nam Choi; Richard Burbidge; Youn Hyoung Heo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10771203B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0012: {Hopping in multicarrier systems} - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04W 36/0094: {Definition of hand-off measurement parameters} - H04W 76/16: Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A user equipment (UE) operable to perform inter-frequency measurements is disclosed. The UE can decode an information element (IE) received from an eNodeB. The UE can determine whether the IE received from the eNodeB includes a reduced measurement performance field. The UE can determine that a neighboring inter-frequency is configured for a reduced measurement performance when the reduced measurement performance field is included in the IE. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) operable to perform inter-frequency measurements, the apparatus comprising: one or more processors configured to: decode, at the UE, an information element (IE) received from an eNodeB; determine, at the UE, whether the IE received from the eNodeB includes a reduced measurement performance field; determine, at the UE, based on the reduced measurement performance field, that a neighbouring inter-frequency is configured for a reduced measurement performance when the reduced measurement performance field is included in the IE; and determine that the neighbouring inter-frequency is configured for a normal measurement performance when the reduced measurement performance field is not included in the IE; and memory configured to store the IE received from the eNodeB. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a transceiver configured to receive the IE from the eNodeB. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the IE received from the eNodeB is a measurement object Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) IE. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the IE received from the eNodeB is a system information block (SIB) IE. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the neighbouring inter-frequency is an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) carrier frequency. ### Claim 6 An apparatus of an eNodeB operable to send measurement performance information to a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising: one or more processors configured to: select, at the eNodeB, a value for a reduced measurement performance field; and encode, at the eNodeB, an information element (IE) for transmission to the UE that includes the reduced measurement performance field with the selected value, wherein the selected value in the reduced measurement performance field indicates a reduced measurement performance for a neighbouring inter-frequency; and memory configured to store the reduced measurement performance field. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a transceiver configured to send the IE to the UE. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the IE transmitted from the eNodeB is a measurement object Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) IE. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the IE transmitted from the eNodeB is a system information block (SIB) IE. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the neighbouring inter-frequency is an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) carrier frequency. ### Claim 11 At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon for performing inter-frequency measurements at a user equipment (UE), the instructions when executed by one or more processors cause the UE to perform the following: decoding, at the UE, an information element (IE) received from an eNodeB; determining, at the UE, whether the IE received from the eNodeB includes a reduced measurement performance field; determining, at the UE, based on the reduced measurement performance field, that a neighbouring inter-frequency is configured for a reduced measurement performance when the reduced measurement performance field is included in the IE; and determining that the neighbouring inter-frequency is configured for a normal measurement performance when the reduced measurement performance field is not included in the IE. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 11, further comprising instructions which when executed perform the following: performing a reduced measurement for the neighbouring inter-frequency when the reduced measurement performance field is included in the IE. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 11, further comprising instructions which when executed perform the following: performing a normal measurement for the neighbouring inter-frequency when the reduced measurement performance field is not included in the IE. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the IE received from the eNodeB is a measurement object Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) IE. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the IE received from the eNodeB is a system information block (SIB) IE. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the neighbouring inter-frequency is an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) carrier frequency. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 11, further comprising instructions which when executed perform the following: decoding the IE received from the eNodeB via dedicated signaling. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 11, further comprising instructions which when executed perform the following: decoding the IE received from the eNodeB via broadcast signaling.