Network controlled small gap configuration
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsYang Tang, Candy Yiu, Rui Huang, Jie Cui, Shuang Tian
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Abstract
An apparatus of an evolved NodeB (eNB) comprises one or more baseband processors to encode measurement gap configuration information including a measurement gap configuration information element MeasGapConfig to configure a network controlled small gap (NCSG) pattern for a user equipment (UE) device if the UE requires an NCSG and the UE is not configured with a primary secondary cell (PSCELL), and a memory to store the measurement gap configuration information.
Claims15
An apparatus of an evolved NodeB (eNB), comprising:
- radio frequency (RF) circuitry configured to communicate with a user equipment (UE);
- and
- one or more baseband processors communicatively coupled to the RF circuitry configured to perform operations, comprising:
- transmitting measurement gap configuration information including a measurement gap configuration information element MeasGapConfig to configure a network controlled small gap (NCSG) pattern for the UE, wherein the UE requires an NCSG to prevent interruption and the UE is configured with a primary secondary cell (PSCELL), wherein when there is no measurement gap configured among a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG) subframes, the NCSG pattern comprises a single NCSG pattern with a constant repetition period per serving carrier, wherein the NCSG pattern is based on a visible interruption length before measurement (VIL1) parameter, a measurement length during which there is no gap (ML) parameter, a visible interruption length after measurement (VIL2) and a visible interruption period (VIRP) parameter.
An apparatus of a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- radio frequency (RF) circuitry configured to communicate with a network;
- and
- one or more baseband processors communicatively coupled to the RF circuitry and configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving measurement gap configuration information including a measurement gap configuration information element MeasGapConfig to configure a network controlled small gap (NCSG) pattern for the UE, wherein the UE requires an NCSG and the UE is configured with a primary secondary cell (PSCELL), wherein when there is no measurement gap configured among a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG) subframes, the NCSG pattern comprises a single NCSG pattern with a constant repetition period per serving carrier, wherein the NCSG pattern is based on a visible interruption length before measurement (VIL1) parameter, a measurement length during which there is no gap (ML) parameter, a visible interruption length after measurement (VIL2) and a visible interruption period (VIRP) parameter.
One or more machine-readable media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by an evolved NodeB (eNB), result in:
- encoding measurement gap configuration information including a measurement gap configuration information element MeasGapConfig to configure a network controlled small gap (NCSG) pattern for a user equipment (UE) device, wherein the UE requires an NCSG and the UE is configured with a primary secondary cell (PSCELL), wherein when there is no measurement gap configured among a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG) subframes, the NCSG pattern comprises a single NCSG pattern with a constant repetition period per serving carrier, wherein the NCSG pattern is based on a visible interruption length before measurement (VIL1) parameter, a measurement length during which there is no gap (ML) parameter, a visible interruption length after measurement (VIL2) and a visible interruption period (VIRP) parameter;
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- causing the measurement gap configuration information to be transmitted to the UE in a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message.
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