# US 2025/0168675 A1 · Electronic device for reducing power consumption due to measurement, and operation method of same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0168675 A1 - Document ID: US20250168675A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/511,488 - Filed: 2023-11-16 - Published: 2025-05-22 - Earliest claimed: 2023-11-16 - Inventors: Sangwon KIM - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250168675A1 ## CPC - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04W 24/08: Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic - H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract An electronic device is provided for reducing power consumption when performing measurement for measurement reporting. The electronic device includes a communication circuit and a processor operatively connected to the communication circuit. The processor may: confirm, in a control message received from an external device via the communication circuit, a measurement period in an RRC inactivate state or an RRC standby state; confirm the operation mode of the electronic device; and update the measurement period if the operation mode of the electronic device is determined to be an inactive mode. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a communication circuit; and a processor operatively connected to the communication circuit, wherein the processor is configured to: identify a measurement period in at least one of a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state and an RRC idle state from a control message received from an external device through the communication circuit; identify an operation mode of the electronic device; and update the measurement period in case that it is determined that the operation mode of the electronic device is an inactive mode. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the measurement period is included in at last one of a message related to a RRC release and a system information block received from the external device through the communication circuit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising an application processor, wherein the processor is configured to determine that the operation mode of the electronic device is the inactive mode in case that the application processor is in a sleep state. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a display, wherein the processor is configured to determine that the operation mode of the electronic device is the inactive mode in case that the display is in an inactive state. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to, in case that it is determined that the operation mode of the electronic device is the inactive mode, update the measurement period to not perform measurement in the inactive mode of the electronic device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to: identify a paging period of the electronic device; and update the measurement period to at least partially overlap the paging period. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the processor is configured to, in case that it is determined that the operation mode of the electronic device is the inactive mode, additionally update the measurement period updated to at least partially overlap the paging period, based on a predetermined interval. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to: in case that the operation mode of the electronic device switches to an active mode, identify data throughput required by an application program executed in the electronic device; and in case that data throughput required by an application program executed in the electronic device meets a predetermined throughput, limit transmission of a measurement result in the at least one RRC inactive state and the RRC idle state. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to, in case that the data throughput required by the application program executed in the electronic device does not meet the predetermined throughput, transmit the measurement result in the at least one RRC inactive state and the RRC idle state to the external device. ### Claim 10 A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising: identifying a measurement period in at leat one of a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state and an RRC idle state from a control message received from an external device; identifying an operation mode of the electronic device; and updating the measurement period in case that it is determined that the operation mode of the electronic device is an inactive mode. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the identifying of the measurement period comprises identifying the measurement period in the at least one RRC inactive state and the RRC idle state in at least one of a message related to a RRC release and a system information block received from the external device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the identifying of the operation mode comprises, in case that an application processor of the electronic device is in at least one of a sleep state or a display of the electronic device is in an inactive state, determining that the operation mode of the electronic device is the inactive mode. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the updating of the measurement period comprises, in case that it is determined that the operation mode of the electronic device is the inactive mode, updating the measurement period to not perform measurement in the inactive mode of the electronic device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: identifying a paging period of the electronic device; and updating the measurement period to at least partially overlap the paging period, wherein the updating of the measurement period comprises, in case that it is determined that the operation mode of the electronic device is the inactive mode, and additionally updating the measurement period updated to at least partially overlap the paging period, based on a predetermined interval. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: in case that the operation mode of the electronic device switches to an active mode, identifying data throughput required by an application program executed in the electronic device; in case that the data throughput required by the application program executed in the electronic device meets a predetermined throughput, limiting transmission of a measurement result in the RRC inactive state or the RRC idle state; and in case that the data throughput required by the application program executed in the electronic device does not meet the predetermined throughput, transmitting the measurement result in the RRC inactive state or the RRC idle state to the external device. ### Claim 16 An electronic device comprising: a communication circuit; and a processor operatively connected to the communication circuit, wherein the processor is configured to reduce a performance of at least one of a dual connectivity and carrier aggregation scheme by selectively transmitting a measurement result made in an operating state based on a data throughput of the electronic device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the operating state is at least one of a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state and an RRC idle state, based on data throughput. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the data throughput is required by an application program executed in the electronic device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the processor determines the measurement result during a measurement period, and updates the measurement period in case that it is determined that an operation mode of the electronic device is an inactive mode. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The electronic device of claim 19, wherein wherein the measurement period is included in a message related to at last one of a RRC release and a system information block received from an external device through the communication circuit.