Method for determination between intra- and inter-frequency operations

A user equipment, UE, for determining intra-frequency operations and inter-frequency operations, comprising:

• an interface configured to:
• obtain a first measurement resource of a first cell as a reference measurement resource;
• and
• obtain a second measurement resource of a second cell, the second measurement resource of the second cell and the first measurement resource of the first cell are of the same type;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to determine whether the second cell operates on an intra-frequency carrier or an inter-frequency carrier by comparing the reference measurement resource to the second measurement resource of the second cell;
• wherein determining whether the second cell operates on the intra-frequency carrier or the inter-frequency carrier is based, at least in part, on one or more rules of the reference measurement resource, the rules comprising:
• the reference measurement resource being associated with paging resources for the UE;
• the reference measurement resource being a subset of the paging resources for the UE;
• the reference measurement resource being a synchronization signal (SS) block or SS burst or SS burst set associated with the paging resources;
• the reference measurement resource being the SS block or SS burst or SS burst set closest to the paging resources in a frequency domain;
• the reference measurement resource being configured for radio link monitoring (RLM);
• the reference measurement resource comprising a control channel, in which the UE receives information;
• the reference measurement resource comprising a search space in the frequency domain, where the UE receives information;
• the reference measurement resource comprising serving cells dedicated transmissions to the UE;
• the reference measurement resource being a resource of a maximum UE bandwidth;
• the reference measurement resource comprising resources for at least one channel state information-reference signal resource group;
• the reference measurement resource matching a channel raster;
• and
• the reference measurement resource matching a synchronization raster.

A communication system for determining intra-frequency operations and inter-frequency operations, the communication system comprising:

• a network node within a wireless network, wherein the network node configured to:
• obtain a first measurement resource of a first cell as a reference measurement resource;
• obtain a second measurement resource of a second cell, the second measurement resource of the second cell and the first measurement resource of the first cell are of the same type;
• and
• transmit to a user equipment, UE, within the network the reference measurement resource and the second measurement resource of the second cell;
• and
• the user equipment, wherein the user equipment is configured to:
• receive the reference measurement resource and the second measurement resource of the second cell from the network node;
• and
• determine whether the second cell operates on an intra-frequency carrier or an inter-frequency carrier by comparing the reference measurement resource to the second measurement resource of the second cell;
• wherein determining whether the second cell operates on the intra-frequency carrier or the inter-frequency carrier is based, at least in part, on one or more rules of the reference measurement resource, the rules comprising:
• the reference measurement resource being associated with paging resources for the UE;
• the reference measurement resource being a subset of the paging resources for the UE;
• the reference measurement resource being a synchronization signal (SS) block or SS burst or SS burst set associated with the paging resources;
• the reference measurement resource being the SS block or SS burst or SS burst set closest to the paging resources in a frequency domain;
• the reference measurement resource being configured for radio link monitoring (RLM);
• the reference measurement resource comprising a control channel, in which the UE receives information;
• the reference measurement resource comprising a search space in the frequency domain, where the UE receives information;
• the reference measurement resource comprising serving cells dedicated transmissions to the UE;
• the reference measurement resource being a resource of a maximum UE bandwidth;
• the reference measurement resource comprising resources for at least one channel state information-reference signal resource group;
• the reference measurement resource matching a channel raster;
• and
• the reference measurement resource matching a synchronization raster.