Managing ue measurements in an idle or inactive state
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorChih-Hsiang Wu
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Abstract
A user equipment (UE) can perform a method for managing inter-frequency measurements. The method includes: determining (902) one or more carrier frequencies for inter-frequency measurements while a radio connection between the UE and the RAN is not active; determining (904) that data is available for early data communication between the UE and a core network (CN); and determining (906) whether to suspend (i) inter-frequency measurements on at least one of the carrier frequencies or (ii) the early data communication.
Claims18
A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for managing idle/inactive measurements, the method comprising:
- determining, by the UE, a plurality of carrier frequencies for idle/inactive measurements while a radio connection between the UE and the RAN is inactive;
- while small data transmission (SDT) is suspended between the UE and a core network (CN), performing, by the UE, the idle/inactive measurements on the plurality of carrier frequencies;
- and
- while the SDT is not suspended between the UE and a CN:
- performing, by the UE, the idle/inactive measurements on a first subset of the plurality of carrier frequencies;
- and
- refraining, by the UE, from performing the idle/inactive measurements on a second subset of the plurality of carrier frequencies.
A user equipment (UE) including processing hardware and configured to:
- determine, by the UE, a plurality of carrier frequencies for idle/inactive measurements while a radio connection between the UE and the RAN is inactive;
- while small data transmission (SDT) is suspended between the UE and a core network (CN), perform, by the UE, the idle/inactive measurements on the plurality of carrier frequencies;
- and
- while the SDT is not suspended between the UE and a CN:
- perform, by the UE, the idle/inactive measurements on a first subset of the plurality of carrier frequencies;
- and
- refrain, by the UE, from performing the idle/inactive measurements on a second subset of the plurality of carrier frequencies.
A method, implemented in a radio access network (RAN), for managing inter-frequency measurements, the method comprising:
- determining, by the RAN, whether to configure a user equipment (UE) to perform inter-frequency measurements on one or more carrier frequencies while a radio connection between a user equipment (UE) and the RAN is inactive, in view of whether the UE should be configured to perform small data transmission (SDT);
- and
- transmitting, by the RAN and to the UE, a configuration related to at least one of inter-frequency measurements and the SDT.
A radio access network (RAN) including processing hardware and configured to:
- determine, by the RAN, whether to configure a user equipment (UE) to perform inter-frequency measurements on one or more carrier frequencies while a radio connection between a user equipment (UE) and the RAN is inactive, in view of whether the UE should be configured to perform small data transmission (SDT);
- and
- transmit, by the RAN and to the UE, a configuration related to at least one of inter-frequency measurements and the SDT.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.