Systems, methods and devices for measurement configuration by a secondary node in EN-DC

An apparatus for a radio access network (RAN) node acting as a secondary node (SN) in evolved universal mobile telecommunications system terrestrial radio access network new radio-dual connectivity (EN-DC), comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• create a measurement reporting configuration for a measurement object configuration of a user equipment (UE) in EN-DC with a master node (MN) and the SN;
• generate a radio resource control (RRC) message to the UE with the measurement reporting configuration;
• and
• process the measurement report transmitted from the UE,
• wherein the measurement reporting configuration provides the UE with data about which node or nodes the UE should send the measurement report to for measurement reporting events and to generate the measurement report for transmission to the SN, the measurement report including the data for the SN to share with the MN, and
• wherein the measurement reporting configuration configures the UE to, when it is determined that the SN has been released or a connection to the SN has failed or an SN change has been accomplished, autonomously reconfigure the measurement object configuration of the UE to assign measurement reports from the SN to the MN.

A method of configuring user equipment (UE) reporting in evolved universal mobile telecommunications system terrestrial radio access network new radio-dual connectivity (EN-DC), the method comprising:

• creating a measurement reporting configuration for a measurement object configuration of the UE in EN-DC with a master node (MN) and a secondary node (SN);
• generating a radio resource control (RRC) message to the UE with the measurement reporting configuration;
• and
• processing the measurement report transmitted from the UE,
• wherein the measurement reporting configuration provides the UE with data about which node or nodes the UE should send the measurement report to for measurement reporting events and to generate the measurement report for transmission to the SN, the measurement report to include the data for the SN to share with the MN, and
• wherein the measurement reporting configuration configures the UE to, when it is determined that the SN has been released or a connection to the SN has failed or an SN change has been accomplished, autonomously reconfiguring the measurement object configuration of the UE to assign measurement reports from the SN to the MN.