# US 12,191,927 B2 · Measurement resource for measuring a received signal strength indicator > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,191,927 B2 - Document ID: US12191927B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/645,587 - Filed: 2021-12-22 - Published: 2023-06-22 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2021-12-22 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Qunfeng He; Huilin Xu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12191927B2 ## CPC - H04B 17/318: Received signal strength - H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers} - H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04W 72/044: based on the type of the allocated resource - H04L 5/0051: {of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal} - H04B: TRANSMISSION - 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 Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration of a measurement resource. The UE may perform a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurement within an active downlink (DL) bandwidth part (BWP) of the UE based at least in part on the measurement resource. Numerous other aspects are described. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: a memory; and one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to: receive a configuration of a measurement resource; and perform a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurement within an active downlink (DL) bandwidth part (BWP) of the UE based at least in part on the measurement resource, wherein the active DL BWP is associated with a first subcarrier spacing (SCS), wherein the measurement resource is associated with a second SCS different from the first SCS, and wherein the one or more processors are configured to perform the RSSI measurement based at least in part on a quotient of the first SCS divided by the second SCS or a quotient of the second SCS divided by the first SCS and without utilizing a measurement gap based at least in part on the second SCS being different from the first SCS. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the measurement resource is a layer 3 (L3) measurement resource. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the L3 measurement resource is one of a channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) measurement resource or an L3 RSSI-specific measurement resource. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a transceiver coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to receive the configuration of the measurement resource via the transceiver. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the measurement resource includes frequency resources, and wherein at least a portion of the frequency resources does not overlap the active DL BWP. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second SCS is smaller than the first SCS. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the measurement resource includes a first number of symbols, wherein the RSSI measurement is performed during a second number of symbols in the active DL BWP, and wherein the second number of symbols is equal to the first number of symbols multiplied by the quotient of the first SCS divided by the second SCS. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to, based at least in part on the second SCS, receive a configuration of a start resource block (RB) index and a number of RBs associated with the RSSI measurement. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the start RB index is a first multiple of the quotient of the first SCS divided by the second SCS, and wherein the number of RBs is a second multiple of the quotient of the first SCS divided by the second SCS. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to, based at least in part on the second SCS, receive a configuration of a start symbol index and a number of symbols associated with the RSSI measurement. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the start symbol index is configured such that the RSSI measurement is contained within a slot based on the first SCS of the active DL BWP. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second SCS is larger than the first SCS. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to, based at least in part on the second SCS, receive a configuration of a start symbol index and a number of symbols associated with the RSSI measurement. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the start symbol index is a first multiple of the quotient of the second SCS divided by the first SCS, and wherein the number of symbols is a second multiple of the quotient of the second SCS divided by the first SCS. ### Claim 15 An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising: a memory; and one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to: transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a configuration of a measurement resource, wherein the measurement resource is provided to the UE for the UE to perform a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurement within an active downlink (DL) bandwidth part (BWP) of the UE based at least in part on the measurement resource, wherein the active DL BWP is associated with a first subcarrier spacing (SCS), wherein the measurement resource is associated with a second SCS different from the first SCS, and wherein the RSSI measurement is performed based at least in part on a quotient of the first SCS divided by the second SCS or a quotient of the second SCS divided by the first SCS and without utilizing a measurement gap based at least in part on the second SCS being different from the first SCS. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the measurement resource includes frequency resources, and wherein at least a portion of the frequency resources does not overlap the active DL BWP. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the second SCS is smaller than the first SCS, wherein the measurement resource includes a first number of symbols, wherein the RSSI measurement is performed during a second number of symbols in the active DL BWP, and wherein the second number of symbols is equal to the first number of symbols multiplied by the quotient of the first SCS divided by the second SCS. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the second SCS is smaller than the first SCS, and wherein the one or more processors are further configured to, based at least in part on the second SCS, transmit a configuration of a start resource block (RB) index and a number of RBs associated with the RSSI measurement. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the start RB index is a first multiple of the quotient of the first SCS divided by the second SCS, and wherein the number of RBs is a second multiple of the quotient of the first SCS divided by the second SCS. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the second SCS is smaller than the first SCS, and wherein the one or more processors are further configured to, based at least in part on the second SCS, transmit a configuration of a start symbol index and a number of symbols associated with the RSSI measurement. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the start symbol index is configured such that the RSSI measurement is contained within a slot of the active DL BWP. ### Claim 22 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the second SCS is larger than the first SCS, and wherein the one or more processors are further configured to, based at least in part on the second SCS, transmit a configuration of a start symbol index and a number of symbols associated with the RSSI measurement. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the start symbol index is a first multiple of the quotient of the second SCS divided by the first SCS, and the number of symbols is a second multiple of the quotient of the second SCS divided by the first SCS. ### Claim 24 A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving a configuration of a measurement resource; and performing a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurement within an active downlink (DL) bandwidth part (BWP) of the UE based at least in part on the measurement resource, wherein the active DL BWP is associated with a first subcarrier spacing (SCS), wherein the measurement resource is associated with a second SCS different from the first SCS, and wherein the performing the RSSI measurement comprises performing the RSSI measurement based at least in part on a quotient of the first SCS divided by the second SCS or a quotient of the second SCS divided by the first SCS and without utilizing a measurement gap based at least in part on the second SCS being different from the first SCS. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The method of claim 24, wherein the measurement resource includes frequency resources, and wherein at least a portion of the frequency resources does not overlap the active DL BWP. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The method of claim 24, wherein the measurement resource includes frequency resources, and wherein at least a portion of the frequency resources does not overlap the active DL BWP. ### Claim 27 (depends on 24) The method of claim 24, wherein the second SCS is smaller than the first SCS. ### Claim 28 A method of wireless communication performed by a base station, comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a configuration of a measurement resource, wherein the measurement resource is provided to the UE for the UE to perform a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurement within an active downlink (DL) bandwidth part (BWP) of the UE based at least in part on the measurement resource, wherein the active DL BWP is associated with a first subcarrier spacing (SCS), wherein the measurement resource is associated with a second SCS different from the first SCS, and wherein the RSSI measurement is performed based at least in part on a quotient of the first SCS divided by the second SCS or a quotient of the second SCS divided by the first SCS and without utilizing a measurement gap based at least in part on the second SCS being different from the first SCS. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The method of claim 28, wherein the measurement resource includes frequency resources, and wherein at least a portion of the frequency resources does not overlap the active DL BWP. ### Claim 30 (depends on 28) The method of claim 28, wherein the second SCS is smaller than the first SCS.