Systems and methods for a service aware measurement gap

1 . A method, comprising:

obtaining, by a radio access network (RAN) device, service information associated with a user equipment (UE), the service information being associated with a service to be received by the UE;

selecting, by the RAN device, a measurement gap configuration based on analyzing two or more items of the service information associated with the UE as input and providing information associated with the measurement gap configuration as output,

wherein the service information indicates at least one of:

a number of frequency bands to be used for providing the service and indicates a bandwidth of the frequency bands to be used for providing the service,

a UE group associated with the service,

a quality of service (QoS) flow associated with the service, or

a network slice associated with the service; and

transmitting, by the RAN device, the measurement gap configuration for reception by the UE.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the service information further indicates a type of the service.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the service information further indicates a quality of service class identifier (QCI) associated with the service.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement gap configuration includes information indicating a measurement gap length.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement gap configuration includes information indicating a measurement gap periodicity.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement gap configuration includes a measurement gap pattern identifier.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement gap configuration includes a measurement gap activation.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement gap configuration includes a measurement gap deactivation.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the measurement gap configuration comprises computing a value for a measurement gap characteristic based on the service information.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement gap configuration is transmitted via radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the RAN, updated service information associated with the UE;

selecting an updated measurement gap configuration based on the updated service information; and

transmitting the updated measurement gap configuration for reception by the UE.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the measurement gap configuration comprises:

transmitting the measurement gap configuration via radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

13 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining the service information based on information stored by the RAN that indicates one or more services to be received by the UE.

14 . A radio access network (RAN) device, comprising:

one or more processors configured to:

obtain service information associated with a user equipment (UE), the service information being associated with a service to be received by the UE;

select a measurement gap configuration based on receiving two or more items of the service information associated with the UE as input and provide information associated with the measurement gap configuration as output,

wherein the service information indicates a number of frequency bands to be used for providing the service and indicates a bandwidth of the frequency bands to be used for providing the service, and

wherein the service information indicates at least one of:

a UE group associated with the service,

a quality of service (QoS) flow associated with the service, or

a network slice associated with the service; and

transmit the measurement gap configuration for reception by the UE.

15 . The RAN device of claim 14 , wherein the service information further indicates at least one of:

a type of the service, or

a quality of service class identifier (QCI) associated with the service.

16 . The RAN device of claim 14 , wherein the measurement gap configuration includes information indicating at least one of a measurement gap length or a measurement gap periodicity.

17 . The RAN device of claim 14 , wherein the measurement gap configuration includes a measurement gap pattern identifier.

18 . The RAN device of claim 14 , wherein the one or more processors, to select the measurement gap configuration, are configured to compute a value for a measurement gap characteristic based on the service information.

19 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a radio access network (RAN) device, cause the RAN device to:

obtain service information associated with a user equipment (UE), the service information being associated with a service to be received by the UE;

select a measurement gap configuration based on an algorithm that receives two or more items of the service information associated with the UE as input and provide information associated with the measurement gap configuration as output,

wherein the service information indicates a number of frequency bands to be used for providing the service and indicates a bandwidth of the frequency bands to be used for providing the service, and

wherein the service information indicates at least one of:

a UE group associated with the service,

a quality of service (QoS) flow associated with the service, or

a network slice associated with the service; and

transmit the measurement gap configuration for reception by the UE.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the service information further indicates at least one of:

a type of the service, or

a quality of service class identifier (QCI) associated with the service.