Method and apparatus to account for collision between uplink sub-band and synchronization signal block symbols

A user equipment (UE) to implement radio resource management (RRM) for the UE, the UE in connection with a base station, the UE comprising:

• at least one antenna;
• at least one radio, wherein the at least one radio is configured to communicate with the base station using the at least one antenna;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the at least one radio, wherein the at least one processor is configured to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a bit mask, the bit mask indicating whether the UE is to use a synchronization signal block (SSB) overlapping with sub-band full duplex (SBFD) symbols for SSB measurement or uplink (UL) transmission;
• and
• based upon the received the bit mask, performing SSB measurement or uplink (UL) transmission.

A base station to implement radio resource management (RRM) with a UE, the base station in connection with the UE through a network, the base station comprising:

• at least one antenna;
• at least one radio, wherein the at least one radio is configured to communicate with the network using the at least one antenna;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the at least one radio, wherein the at least one processor is configured to perform operations comprising:
• commanding the radio to transmit to the UE sub-band full duplex (SBFD) information in a cell-specific manner in a full-duplex operation in a time division duplex-uplink-downlink (tdd-UL-DL) configuration common configurations in system information block 1 (SIB1) to define time locations of cell-specific SBFD symbols and slots.