# US 12,010,537 B2 · On triggering measurements in LTE-NR interworking > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,537 B2 - Document ID: US12010537B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/768,024 - Filed: 2018-11-28 - Published: 2023-03-02 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2017-11-28 - Assignees: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) - Applicants: Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) - Inventors: Oumer Teyeb; Icaro L. J. Da Silva - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010537B2 ## CPC - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04W 36/0088: {Scheduling hand-off measurements} - H04W 48/16: Discovering, processing access restriction or access information - H04W 76/15: Setup of multiple wireless link connections - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract According to certain embodiments, a method in a wireless device is provided. The wireless device is currently connected to a first radio access node and configured with an s-measure by the first radio access node that controls when the wireless device starts performing measurements. Upon configuration by the first radio access node to perform measurements on a first radio access technology, RAT, the wireless device starts to perform the measurements when the first radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled. Upon configuration by the first radio access node to perform measurements on a second RAT, the wireless device starts to perform the measurements on the second RAT whether the first radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled or not. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method in a wireless device currently connected to a first radio access node and configured with an s-measure by the first radio access node that controls when the wireless device starts performing measurements, the method comprising: upon configuration by the first radio access node to perform measurements on a first radio access technology, RAT, starting to perform the measurements when the first radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled; and upon configuration by the first radio access node to perform measurements on a second RAT, starting to perform the measurements on the second RAT whether the first radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled or not. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless device is capable of operating in dual connectivity between the first radio access node employing the first RAT and a second radio access node employing a second RAT. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first RAT is LTE and the second RAT is NR. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first RAT is NR and the second RAT is LTE. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein: the wireless device is served by the first radio access node in a first cell and zero or more secondary cells, the first cell comprising a primary cell, Pcell, and the first radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled when a cell quality level of the primary cell, Pcell, falls below a threshold indicated in the first radio access nodes's s-measure configuration. ### Claim 6 A method in a wireless device operating in dual connectivity between a first radio access node employing a first radio access technology, RAT, and a second radio access node employing a second RAT, wherein the wireless device is currently connected to both the first radio access node and the second radio access node and is configured with a first s-measure from the first radio access node and a second s-measure from the second radio access node, the method comprising: upon configuration by the first radio access node to perform measurements on the first RAT, starting to perform the measurements when the first radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled; and upon configuration by the first radio access node to perform measurements on the second RAT, starting to perform the measurements on the second RAT, whether the first radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled or not. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further comprising: upon configuration by the second radio access node to perform measurements on the second RAT, starting to perform the measurements when the second radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled; and upon configuration by the second radio access node to perform measurements on the first RAT, starting to perform the measurements on the first RAT, whether the second radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled or not. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the first RAT is LTE and the second RAT is NR. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the first RAT is NR and the second RAT is LTE. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein: the wireless device is served by the first radio access node in a first cell and zero or more secondary cells, and wherein the first cell comprises a primary cell, Pcell, the wireless device is served by the second radio access node in a second cell and zero or more secondary cells, and wherein the second cell comprises a primary secondary cell, PSCell, the first radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled when the cell quality level of the PCell falls below a threshold indicated in the first radio access nodes's s-measure configuration, and the second radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled when the cell quality level of the primary secondary cell, PSCell, falls below a threshold indicated in the second radio access nodes's s-measure configuration. ### Claim 11 A wireless device currently connected to a first radio access node and configured with at least one s-measure by the first radio access node that controls when the wireless device starts performing measurements, the wireless device comprising: processing circuitry operable to: upon configuration by the first radio access node to perform measurements on a first radio access technology, RAT, starting to perform the measurements when the first radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled; and upon configuration by the first radio access node to perform measurements on a second RAT, starting to perform the measurements on the second RAT, whether the first radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled or not, power supply circuitry configured to supply power to the wireless device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The wireless device of claim 11, wherein the wireless device is capable of operating in dual connectivity between the first radio access node employing the first RAT and a second radio access node employing a second RAT. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The wireless device of claim 11, wherein: the wireless device is served by the first radio access node in a first cell and zero or more secondary cells, the first cell comprising a primary cell, PCell, and the first radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled when a cell quality level of the PCell falls below a threshold indicated in the first radio access nodes's s-measure configuration. ### Claim 14 A wireless device operating in dual connectivity between a first radio access node employing a first radio access technology, RAT, and a second radio access node employing a second RAT, wherein the wireless device is currently connected to both the first radio access node and the second radio access node and is configured with a first s-measure from the first radio access node and a second s-measure from the second radio access node, the wireless device comprising: processing circuitry operable to: upon configuration by the first radio access node to perform measurements on the first RAT, start to perform the measurements when the first radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled; and upon configuration by the first radio access node to perform measurements on the second RAT, start to perform the measurements on the second RAT, whether the first radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled or not; and power supply circuitry configured to supply power to the wireless device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The wireless device of claim 14, wherein the processing circuitry is operable to: upon configuration by the second radio access node to perform measurements on the second RAT, start to perform the measurements when the second radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled; and upon configuration by the second radio access node to perform measurements on the first RAT, start to perform the measurements on the first RAT, whether the second radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled or not. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The wireless device of claim 14, wherein the first RAT is LTE and the second RAT is NR. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The wireless device of claim 14, wherein the first RAT is NR and the second RAT is LTE. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The wireless device of claim 14, wherein: the wireless device is served by the first radio access node in a first cell and zero or more secondary cells, the first cell comprising a primary cell, PCell, the wireless device is served by the second radio access node in a second cell and zero or more secondary cells, the second cell comprising a primary secondary cell, PSCell, the first radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled when the cell quality level of the PCell falls below a threshold indicated in the first radio access nodes's s-measure configuration, and the second radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled when the cell quality level of the PSCell falls below a threshold indicated in the second radio access nodes's s-measure configuration. ### Claim 19 A system for triggering measurements in LTE-NR interworking, the system comprising: a first radio access node employing a first radio access technology, RAT; a second radio access node employing a second RAT; and a wireless device currently connected to the first radio access node and configured with an s-measure by the first radio access node that controls when the wireless device starts performing measurements; the wireless device configured, upon configuration by the first radio access node, to perform measurements on the first RAT, wherein the wireless devices starts to perform the measurements when the first radio access node's s-measure criteria is fulfilled; and wherein the wireless device is further configured, upon configuration by the first radio access node, to perform measurements on the second RAT, wherein the wireless device starts to perform the measurements on the second RAT whether or not an s-measure criteria associated with the first RAT is fulfilled.