Techniques in measurement gap (MG) configurations with bandwidth part (BWP)
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsCandy Yiu, Jie Cui, Yang Tang
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for configuring and utilizing measurement gaps (MGs) based on bandwidth part (BWP) in intra-frequency measurements in New Radio (NR) involved networks. Various embodiments describe how to utilize (or not utilize) one or more configured MGs so that a user equipment (UE) and/or an access node (AN) may improve throughput performance, network efficiency and other efficiencies. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Claims18
One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media (CRM) comprising instructions to, upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to:
- configure a capability of measurement gap (MG) activation for the UE to activate an MG that has been configured;
- decode, upon reception of a message from an access node (AN), an MG information element (IE) that configures a bandwidth part (BWP) and configures an MG in the configured BWP;
- activate the configured BWP to become an active BWP;
- activate the configured MG in the active BWP for measurement of a synchronization signal block (SSB) in an initial BWP that is different from the active BWP, wherein the initial BWP contains the SSB for measurement, and the initial BWP is configured for the UE to use for an initial access to a primary cell (PCell) or configured for the UE to operate at a secondary cell (SCell) activation;
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- measure the SSB in the initial BWP during an intra-frequency measurement with the activated MG.
One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media (CRM) comprising instructions to, upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of an access node (AN), cause the AN to:
- indicate to a user equipment (UE) that the UE is granted with a capability of determining activation of a measurement gap (MG) that has been configured;
- generate an MG information element (IE) of MG configuration (MeasGapConfig IE) or a bandwidth part (BWP) downlink IE that configures a BWP that can be activated to become an active BWP and configures the MG in the active BWP, wherein the configured MG is to be activated in the active BWP for measurement of a synchronization signal block (SSB) in an initial BWP that is different from the active BWP, wherein the initial BWP contains the SSB used for measurement, and the initial BWP is configured for the UE to use for an initial access to a primary cell (PCell) or configured for the UE to operate at a secondary cell (SCell) activation;
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- transmit the MG IE to a user equipment (UE) via radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
A user equipment (UE), comprising:
- interface circuitry to:
- decode a measurement gap (MG) information element (IE) of a downlink bandwidth part (BWP) (BWP-Downlink) that configures a BWP and configures an MG in the configured BWP;
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- processing circuitry coupled with the interface circuitry, the processing circuitry configured to:
- activate the configured BWP to become an active BWP;
- activate the configured MG in the active BWP for measurement of a synchronization signal block (SSB) in an initial BWP that is different from the active BWP, wherein the initial BWP contains the SSB for measurement, and the initial BWP is configured for the UE to use for an initial access to a primary cell (PCell) or configured for the UE to operate at a secondary cell (SCell) activation;
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- measure the SSB in the initial BWP during an intra-frequency measurement with the activated MG based on activating the configured MG.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.