# US 12,604,290 B2 · Method and apparatus for measuring synchronization signal in wireless communication system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,604,290 B2 - Document ID: US12604290B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/523,513 - Filed: 2023-11-29 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2022-11-30 - Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute - Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute - Inventors: Jung Bin Kim; Gyeong Rae Im - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12604290B2 ## CPC - H04W 56/0055: {determining timing error of reception due to propagation delay} - H04B 7/18519: {Operations control, administration or maintenance} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract A method of a terminal, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, may comprise: receiving, from a base station, radio resource control (RRC) signaling including measurement gap configuration information (MeasGapConfig) including gap setup information (gapSAT) of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs); obtaining transmission position information of first SSBs and second SSBs transmitted in different positions based on gap configuration (GapConfig) of the gap setup information; receiving the first SSBs and the second SSBs through different beams from the base station based on the obtained transmission position information; and measuring reception powers of the received first SSBs and second SSBs. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of a terminal, comprising: receiving, from a base station, radio resource control (RRC) signaling including measurement gap configuration information (MeasGapConfig) including gap setup information (gapSAT) of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs); obtaining transmission position information of first SSBs and second SSBs transmitted in different positions based on gap configuration (GapConfig) of the gap setup information; receiving the first SSBs and the second SSBs through different beams from the base station based on the obtained transmission position information; and measuring reception powers of the received first SSBs and second SSBs. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the transmission position information of the first SSBs and the second SSBs is indicated as a bitmap, and each of bits constituting the bitmap sequentially corresponds to a unit of a half frame or a predetermined number of subframes within an SSB measurement gap repetition periodicity (MGRP). ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the gap configuration includes at least one of a gap offset (gapOffset), a measurement gap length (MGL), a measurement gap repetition periodicity (MGRP), a measurement gap timing advance (MGTA), or a reference serving cell indicator (refServCellIndicator). ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first SSBs are transmitted in a reference position, a position where the second SSBs are transmitted is indicated by a first parameter included in the gap configuration as a number of intervals between the first SSBs and the second SSBs, and a unit of the interval is a half frame or a predetermined number of subframes. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the gap configuration includes at least one of a gap offset (gapOffset), a measurement gap length (MGL), a measurement gap repetition periodicity (MGRP), a measurement gap timing advance (MGTA), or a reference serving cell indicator (refServCellIndicator); the MGTA is interpreted as a number of intervals between a reference position where the first SSBs are transmitted and a position where the second SSBs are transmitted within the MGRP, when the gap configuration does not include information on a spacing between the first SSBs and the second SSBs; and a unit of the interval is a half frame or a predetermined number of subframes. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: upon successful measurement of the first SSBs or the second SSBs, transmitting measurement value(s) of successfully measured SSB(s) to the base station; and stopping measurement of the first SSBs or the second SSBs after transmitting the measurement value(s) of successfully measured SSB(s) to the base station. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein each of the measurement value(s) of successfully measured SSB(s) is a channel state information (CSI) value measured in a layer 1 or a synchronization signal-reference signal reception power (SS-RSRP) value measured at a layer 3. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: in response to a measurement failure of the first SSBs and the second SSBs, reporting, to the base station, a value preset to indicate a negative response among synchronization signal-reference signal received power (SS-RSRP) values. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: receiving, from the base station, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including an indication of request for a measurement response and information on an uplink resource for transmitting the measurement response for the first SSBs or the second SSBs; and transmitting, to the base station, a reception acknowledgment (ACK) for the first SSBs or the second SSBs or a reception negative ACK (NACK) for the first SSBs or the second SSBs through the uplink resource. ### Claim 10 A terminal comprising a processor, wherein the processor causes the terminal to perform: receiving, from a base station, radio resource control (RRC) signaling including measurement gap configuration information (MeasGapConfig) including gap setup information (gapSAT) of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs); obtaining transmission position information of first SSBs and second SSBs transmitted from different positions based on gap configuration (GapConfig) of the gap setup information; receiving the first SSBs and the second SSBs through different beams from the base station based on the obtained transmission position information; and measuring reception powers of the received first SSBs and second SSBs. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The terminal according to claim 10, wherein the transmission position information of the first SSBs and the second SSBs is indicated as a bitmap, and each of bits constituting the bitmap sequentially corresponds to a unit of a half frame or a predetermined number of subframes within an SSB measurement gap repetition periodicity (MGRP). ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The terminal according to claim 10, wherein the first SSBs are transmitted in a reference position, a position where the second SSBs are transmitted is indicated by a first parameter included in the gap configuration as a number of intervals between the first SSBs and the second SSBs, and a unit of the interval is a half frame or a predetermined number of subframes. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The terminal according to claim 10, wherein the gap configuration includes at least one of a gap offset (gapOffset), a measurement gap length (MGL), a measurement gap repetition periodicity (MGRP), a measurement gap timing advance (MGTA), or a reference serving cell indicator (refServCellIndicator); the MGTA is interpreted as a number of intervals between a reference position where the first SSBs are transmitted and a position where the second SSBs are transmitted within the MGRP, when the gap configuration does not include information on a spacing between the first SSBs and the second SSBs; and a unit of the interval is a half frame or a predetermined number of subframes. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The terminal according to claim 10, wherein the processor further causes the terminal to perform: upon successful measurement of the first SSBs or the second SSBs, transmitting measurement value(s) of successfully measured SSB(s) to the base station; and stopping measurement of the first SSBs or the second SSBs after transmitting the measurement value(s) of successfully measured SSB(s) to the base station, wherein each of the measurement value(s) of successfully measured SSB(s) is a channel state information (CSI) value measured in a layer 1 or a synchronization signal-reference signal reception power (SS-RSRP) value measured at a layer 3. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The terminal according to claim 10, wherein the processor further causes the terminal to perform: in response to a measurement failure of the first SSBs and the second SSBs, reporting, to the base station, a value preset to indicate a negative response among synchronization signal-reference signal received power (SS-RSRP) values. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The terminal according to claim 10, wherein the processor further causes the terminal to perform: receiving, from the base station, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including an indication of request for a measurement response and information on an uplink resource for transmitting the measurement response for the first SSBs or the second SSBs; and transmitting, to the base station, a reception acknowledgment (ACK) for the first SSBs or the second SSBs or a reception negative ACK (NACK) for the first SSBs or the second SSBs through the uplink resource. ### Claim 17 A method of a base station, comprising: transmitting, to a terminal, radio resource control (RRC) signaling including measurement gap configuration information (MeasGapConfig) including gap setup information (gapSAT) of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs); transmitting first SSBs and second SSBs through beams respectively corresponding to a plurality of spatially separated regions, based on the measurement gap configuration information; and receiving a reception power for at least one SSB among the first SSBs or the second SSBs from the terminal, wherein a gap configuration (GapConfig) included in the gap setup information includes transmission position information of the first SSBs and the second SSBs transmitted in different positions within an SSB measurement gap repetition periodicity (MGRP). ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, wherein the transmission position information of the first SSBs and the second SSBs is indicated as a bitmap, and each of bits constituting the bitmap sequentially corresponds to a unit of a half frame or a predetermined number of subframes within the SSB MGRP. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, wherein the first SSBs are transmitted in a reference position, a position where the second SSBs are transmitted is indicated by a first parameter included in the gap configuration as a number of intervals from the first SSBs, and a unit of the interval is a half frame or a predetermined number of subframes. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, wherein the gap configuration includes at least one of a gap offset (gapOffset), a measurement gap length (MGL), a measurement gap repetition periodicity (MGRP), a measurement gap timing advance (MGTA), or a reference serving cell indicator (refServCellIndicator); the MGTA is interpreted as a number of intervals between a reference position where the first SSBs are transmitted and a position where the second SSBs are transmitted within the MGRP, when the gap configuration does not include information on a spacing between the first SSBs and the second SSBs; and a unit of the interval is a half frame or a predetermined number of subframes.