US 2026/0089656 A1 · NETWORK ENERGY SAVINGS FOR REDUCED CAPABILITY AND ENHANCED REDUCED CAPABILITY UES

Abstract

Network energy savings for reduced capability and enhanced reduced capability UEs is described. An apparatus is configured to receive, from a network node, a set of NCD SSBs. The set of NCD SSBs is a subset of CD SSBs outside an active UE BWP of the. The apparatus is configured to obtain measurement information associated with the set of NCD SSBs. Another apparatus is configured to configure a UE with a NCD SSB configuration indicative of indications for a periodicity associated with first NCD SSBs in a set of NCD SSBs and for a set of periodicities associated with second NCD SSBs in an additional set of NCD SSBs. The apparatus is configured to transmit, for the UE in accordance with the NCD SSB configuration, the set of NCD SSBs that is a subset of CD SSBs that is outside an active UE BWP.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

at least one memory;
and
at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and, based at least in part on information stored in the at least one memory, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to:
receive, from a network node, a set of non-cell-defining (NCD) synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), wherein the set of NCD SSBs is a subset of a set of cell-defining (CD) SSBs outside an active bandwidth part (BWP) of the UE;
and
obtain measurement information associated with the set of NCD SSBs.

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An apparatus for wireless communication at a network node, comprising:

at least one memory;
and
at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and, based at least in part on information stored in the at least one memory, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to:
configure a user equipment (UE) with a non-cell-defining (NCD) synchronization signal block (SSB) configuration indicative of at least one of (i) a first indication of a periodicity associated with first NCD SSBs in a set of NCD SSBs or (ii) a second indication of a set of periodicities associated with second NCD SSBs in an additional set of NCD SSBs;
and
transmit, for the UE and in accordance with the NCD SSB configuration, the set of NCD SSBs, wherein the set of NCD SSBs is a subset of a set of cell-defining (CD) SSBs that is outside an active bandwidth part (BWP) of the UE.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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