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.
Claims20
A method, implemented in a radio access network (RAN), for managing inter-frequency measurements, the method comprising:
- determining, by the RAN, to configure a user equipment (UE) to perform inter-frequency measurements on one or more carrier frequencies while a radio connection between the UE and the RAN is inactive;
- and
- transmitting, by the RAN and to the UE, an RRC release message including (i) a suspend configuration to cause the UE to transition to an inactive state so that the radio connection between the UE and the RAN is inactive, (ii) a small data transmission (SDT) configuration identifying one or more radio bearers configured for the SDT while the UE is in the inactive state;
- and (iii) measurement information indicating one or more carrier frequencies for the UE to monitor while the UE is in at least one of an idle state or the inactive state.
A radio access network (RAN) including processing hardware and configured to:
- determine to configure a user equipment (UE) to perform inter-frequency measurements on one or more carrier frequencies while a radio connection between the UE and the RAN is inactive;
- and
- transmit, to the UE, an RRC release message including (i) a suspend configuration to cause the UE to transition to an inactive state so that the radio connection between the UE and the RAN is inactive, (ii) a small data transmission (SDT) configuration identifying one or more radio bearers configured for the SDT while the UE is in the inactive state;
- and (iii) measurement information indicating one or more carrier frequencies for the UE to monitor while the UE is in at least one of an idle state or the inactive state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.