UE (User Equipment) Assisted Measurement Gap in NR (New Radio)

An apparatus configured to be employed in a gNB (next generation NodeB), comprising:

• a memory interface;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to:
• process UE (User Equipment) capability information that comprises, for each measurement scenario of one or more measurement scenarios, an indication of whether a UE is capable of non-gap measurement in connection with that measurement scenario, wherein each measurement scenario applies to one or more associated serving frequencies and one or more associated measurement objects;
• generate configuration signaling that comprises, for each measurement scenario of the one or more measurement scenarios, an associated indication of whether an associated measurement gap is configured for that measurement scenario;
• and
• send the associated indication for each measurement scenario of the one or more measurement scenarios to a memory via the memory interface.

An apparatus configured to be employed in a UE (User Equipment), comprising:

• a memory interface;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to:
• process configuration signaling comprising an indication of a serving frequency;
• generate messaging that comprises, for that serving frequency, an indication of whether the UE is capable of non-gap measurement in connection with one or more measurement objects;
• and
• send the indication of the serving frequency to a memory via the memory interface.

An apparatus configured to be employed in a gNB (next generation NodeB), comprising:

• a memory interface;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to:
• generate configuration signaling comprising an indication of a serving frequency;
• process messaging that comprises, for that serving frequency, an indication of whether a UE (User Equipment) is capable of non-gap measurement in connection with one or more measurement objects;
• make a determination, for each measurement gap of the one or more measurement objects, whether to employ a measurement gap in connection with that measurement object;
• and
• send the indication of the serving frequency to a memory via the memory interface.