Cell detection and measurement for reduced capability UE with eDRX in idle and inactive mode

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE) in idle mode in Frequency Range 1 (FR1), cause the UE to:

• identify that an extended discontinuous reception (eDRX) cycle length associated with the reduced capability UE is longer than or equal to 20.48 seconds(s) and shorter than or equal to 10,485.76s, the eDRX cycle length including a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle length;
• determine that a measurement period associated with a serving cell of the reduced capability UE is to occur within a single paging time window (PTW) of the eDRX cycle, the measurement period including a plurality of measurement samples to be performed within the single PTW;
• determine a length of the single PTW based on a product of the DRX cycle length and a sample scaling factor associated with the plurality of measurement samples, the length of the single PTW comprising a multiple of 1.28;
• and
• perform serving cell measurements during the single PTW, the serving cell measurements including each of the plurality of measurement samples associated with the measurement period.

An apparatus for a user equipment (UE) in idle mode in Frequency Range 1 (FR1), comprising:

• one or more baseband processors configured to:
• identify that an extended discontinuous reception (eDRX) cycle length associated with the reduced capability UE is longer than or equal to 20.48 seconds(s) and shorter than or equal to 10,485.76s, the eDRX cycle length including a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle length;
• determine that a measurement period associated with a serving cell of the reduced capability UE is to occur within a single paging time window (PTW) of the eDRX cycle, the measurement period including a plurality of measurement samples to be performed within the single PTW;
• determine a length of the single PTW based on a product of the DRX cycle length and a sample scaling factor associated with the plurality of measurement samples, the length of the single PTW comprising a multiple of 1.28;
• and
• perform serving cell measurements during the single PTW, the serving cell measurements including each of the plurality of measurement samples associated with the measurement period.