Mobility measurement reporting for XR services

1 . A method for a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate data corresponding to multiple traffic types with a network node of a wireless network, the method comprising:

receiving, from the wireless network, one or more measurement configurations that include values, of at least one parameter, that are associated with a plurality of different traffic types, wherein:

the plurality of traffic types include at least one enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) service and at least one extended reality (XR) service; and

each parameter, of the at least one parameter, includes respective values that are associated with respective services of the at least one eMBB service and the at least one XR service;

determining a traffic type associated with data communicated between the UE and the network node;

selecting a measurement configuration from the received one or more measurement configurations based on the determined traffic type, wherein the selected measurement configuration includes values, of the at least one parameter, that are associated with the determined traffic type; and

performing one or more measurements on downlink (DL) signals from the wireless network according to the selected measurement configuration.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the one or more measurements comprises performing one or more of the following operations based on the values, of the at least one parameter, that are associated with the determined traffic type:

initiating a measurement based on an event corresponding to the values, of the at least one parameter, that are associated with the determined traffic type;

reporting a measurement to the wireless network based on an event corresponding to the values, of the at least one parameter, that are associated with the determined traffic type; and

periodically reporting a measurement to the wireless network based on a periodicity corresponding to the values, of the at least one parameter, that are associated with the determined traffic type.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more measurement configurations include one of the following:

a single measurement configuration including a plurality of different values, of the at least one parameter, that are associated with a respective plurality of traffic types; or

a plurality of measurement configurations having a respective plurality of different values, of the at least one parameter, that are associated with a respective plurality of traffic types.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the traffic type comprises:

determining the traffic type to be a first traffic type when one or more metrics calculated by the UE based on the data are in a first range of values; and

determining the traffic type to be a second traffic type when the one or more metrics calculated by the UE based on the data are in a second range of values, the second range being different than the first range.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the calculated metrics include one or more statistics for any of the following over a previous duration:

number of data packets communicated;

inter-arrival time of data packets communicated;

size of data packets communicated; and

radio resource utilization.

6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the calculated metrics include one or more of the following:

one or more data rate statistics for any of the following over a previous duration: the UE, a service provided by the UE, one or more data radio bearers (DRBs), and one or more logical channels (LCHs); and

one or more statistics for any of the following over a previous duration: physical-layer (PHY) block error rate (BLER), transport BLER, frame error rate (FER), packet loss rate, and timing of successfully received packets or protocol data units (PDUs).

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the traffic type is based on one or more explicit identifiers associated with the data, wherein the explicit identifiers associated with the data include identifiers of any of the following: the traffic type, one or more data radio bearers (DRBs), one or more logical channels (LCHs), and one or more QoS flows (QFIs).

8 . A method for a network node configured to communicate data corresponding to multiple traffic types with a user equipment, UE, in a wireless network, the method comprising:

sending, to the UE, one or more measurement configurations that include values, of at least one parameter, that are associated with a plurality of different traffic types, wherein:

the plurality of traffic types include at least one enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) service and at least one extended reality (XR) service; and

each parameter, of the at least one parameter, includes respective values that are associated with respective services of the at least one eMBB service and the at least one XR service;

communicating, with the UE, data associated with a particular one of the traffic types; and

receiving, from the UE, one or more measurements made by the UE on downlink (DL) signals from the wireless network, wherein the received measurements are based on one of the measurement configurations that includes values, of the at least one parameter, that are associated with the particular traffic type.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein one or more of the following are based on the values, of the at least one parameter, that are associated with the particular traffic type:

an event when the received measurements were initiated by the UE;

an event when the received measurements were sent by the UE; and

a periodicity at which the measurements are received.

10 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

selecting a measurement configuration based on the particular traffic type, wherein the selected measurement configuration includes the values, of the at least one parameter, that are associated with the particular traffic type; and

sending an indication of the selected measurement configuration to the UE.

11 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the one or more measurement configurations include one of the following:

a single measurement configuration including a plurality of different values, of the at least one parameter, that are associated with a respective plurality of traffic types; or

a plurality of measurement configurations having a respective plurality of different values, of the at least one parameter, that are associated with a respective plurality of traffic types.

12 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising determining the particular traffic type associated with the data to be the following:

a first traffic type when one or more metrics calculated by the network node based on the data are in a first range of values; and

a second traffic type when the one or more metrics calculated by the network node based on the data are in a second range of values, the second range being different than the first range.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the calculated metrics include one or more statistics for any of the following over a previous duration:

number of data packets communicated;

inter-arrival time of data packets communicated;

size of data packets communicated; and

radio resource utilization.

14 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the calculated metrics include one or more of the following:

one or more data rate statistics for any of the following over a previous duration: the UE, a service provided by the UE, one or more data radio bearers (DRBs), and one or more logical channels (LCHs); and

one or more statistics for any of the following over a previous duration: physical-layer (PHY) block error rate (BLER), transport BLER, frame error rate (FER), packet loss rate, and timing of successfully received packets or protocol data units (PDUs).

15 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising determining the particular traffic type associated with the data based on one or more explicit identifiers associated with the data, wherein the explicit identifiers associated with the data include identifiers of any of the following: the traffic type, one or more data radio bearers (DRBs), one or more logical channels (LCHs), and one or more QoS flows (QFIs).

16 . A network node configured to communicate data corresponding to multiple traffic types with a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network, the network node comprising:

radio network interface circuitry configured to communicate with the UE; and

processing circuitry operatively coupled to the radio network interface circuitry, whereby the processing circuitry and the radio network interface circuitry are configured to perform operations corresponding to the method of claim 8 .

17 . A user equipment (UE) configured to communicate data corresponding to multiple traffic types with a network node of a wireless network, the UE comprising:

radio transceiver circuitry configured to communicate with the network node; and

processing circuitry operatively coupled to the radio transceiver circuitry, whereby the processing circuitry and the radio transceiver circuitry are configured to:

receive, from the wireless network, one or more measurement configurations that include values, of at least one parameter, that are associated with a plurality of different traffic types, wherein:

the plurality of traffic types include at least one enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) service and at least one extended reality (XR) service; and

each parameter, of the at least one parameter, includes respective values that are associated with respective services of the at least one eMBB service and the at least one XR service;

determine a traffic type associated with data communicated between the UE and the network node;

select a measurement configuration from the received one or more measurement configurations based on the determined traffic type, wherein the selected measurement configuration includes values, of at least one parameter, that are associated with the determined traffic type; and

perform one or more measurements on downlink (DL) signals from the wireless network according to the selected measurement configuration.