Method and apparatus for improving coexistence performance by measurements in wireless communication systems

1. A base station (BS) for a coexistence operation in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

perform a first measurement of first signals received from neighbor BSs over channels that are shared with the neighbor BSs, and

generate, based on the first measurement of the first signals, a registration request comprising group information that includes a first measurement report and a type of measurement capabilities for the first measurement report; and

a transceiver operably connected to the at least one processor, the transceiver configured to:

transmit, to a network entity, the registration request comprising the group information that includes the first measurement report of the first signals and the type of measurement capabilities, and

receive, from the network entity, a spectrum access grant corresponding to the registration request,

wherein:

the at least one processor is further configured to perform a second measurement of second signals received from the neighbor BS over the channels that are shared with the neighbor BSs; and

the transceiver is further configured to transmit, to the network entity, a second measurement report comprising the second measurement of the second signals and at least one measurement report from user equipments (UEs) in a cell of the BS.

2. The BS of claim 1 , wherein:

the transceiver is further configured to receive the at least one measurement report from the UEs in the cell of the BS; and

the at least one processor is further configured to generate the second measurement report comprising the second measurement of the second signals received from the neighbor BSs over the channels that are shared with the neighbor BSs and the at least one measurement report received from the UEs.

3. The BS of claim 1 , wherein:

the BS is a citizen broadband radio service device (CBSD) in a communication system operated on a shared spectrum; and

the network entity is one of a spectrum access system (SAS) or a coexistence management (CxM) in the communication system operated on the shared spectrum.

4. The BS of claim 1 , wherein:

the first measurement report further comprises, based on the first measurement of the first signals, a reference signal strength indicator (RSSI); and

the second measurement report comprises, based on the second measurement of the second signals and the at least one measurement report from the UEs, at least one of an RSRP, an RSRQ, an RSSI, a PID, or a timestamp.

5. The BS of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate the second measurement report based on at least a data fusion of the at least one measurement report from the UEs in the cell of the BS.

6. The BS of claim 1 , wherein:

the at least one processor is further configured to:

perform a listen-before-talk (LBT) operation comprising an energy detection based channel sensing operation, and

generate a channel expansion request based on a result of performing the LBT operation; and

the transceiver is further configured to:

transmit, to the network entity, the channel expansion request,

receive, from the network entity, a channel expansion grant when the channel expansion request is granted by the network entity, and

transmit, to the UEs, information over an expanded channel that is granted by the network entity.

7. The BS of claim 6 , wherein a threshold of the energy detection is determined based on a buffer occupancy of a neighbor UE comprising a higher priority than the UEs in the cell of the BS.

8. The BS of claim 1 , wherein:

the at least one processor is further configured to determine a time interval for a transmission of discovery reference signal (DRS) among a predefined set of multiple time intervals; and

the transceiver is further configured to transmit, to the UEs, the DRS based on the determined time interval over a downlink channel.

9. A network entity for a coexistence operation in a wireless communication system, the network entity comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive, from a base station (BS), a registration request comprising group information that includes a first measurement report based on a first measurement of first signals and a type of measurement capabilities for the first measure report, wherein the first measurement is performed based on the first signals transmitted from neighbor BSs over channels in which the BS shares with the neighbor BSs; and

at least one processor operably connected to the transceiver, the at least one processor configured to generate a spectrum access grant based on the registration request comprising the group information that includes the first measurement report of the first signals and the type of measurement capabilities,

wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

transmit, to the BS, the spectrum access grant for a second measurement of second signals transmitted from the neighbor BSs over the channels the BS shares with the neighbor BSs performed; and

receive, from the BS, a second measurement report comprising the second measurement of the second signals and at least one measurement report from user equipments (UEs).

10. The network entity of claim 9 , wherein:

the BS is a citizen broadband radio service device (CBSD) in a communication system operated on a shared spectrum;

the network entity is one of a spectrum access system (SAS) or a coexistence management (CxM) in the communication system operated on the shared spectrum;

the first measurement report further comprises, based on the first measurement of the first signals, a reference signal strength indicator (RSSI); and

a second measurement report comprises, based on the second measurement of the second signals and the at least one measurement report from the UEs, at least one of an RSRP, an RSRQ, an RSSI, a PID, or a timestamp.

11. The network entity of claim 9 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

receive, from the BS, a channel expansion request that is determined based on a result of a listen-before-talk (LBT) operation comprising an energy detection based channel sensing operation and a threshold of the energy detection being determined based on a buffer occupancy of a neighbor UE comprising a higher priority than UEs in a cell of the BS; and

transmit, to the BS, a channel expansion grant corresponding to the channel expansion request when the channel expansion request is granted by the network entity.

12. A method of operating a base station (BS) for a coexistence operation in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

performing a first measurement of first signals received from neighbor BSs over channels that are shared with the neighbor BSs before receipt of a spectrum access grant from a network entity;

generating, based on the first measurement of the first signals, a registration request comprising group information that includes a first measurement report and a type of measurement capabilities for the first measurement report;

transmitting, to a network entity, the registration request comprising the group information that includes the first measurement report of the first signals and the type of measurement capabilities;

receiving, from the network entity, the spectrum access grant corresponding to the registration request;

performing a second measurement of second signals received from the neighbor BSs over the channels that are shared with the neighbor BSs; and

transmitting, to the network entity, a second measurement report comprising the second measurement of the second signals and at least one measurement report from user equipments (UEs) in a cell of the BS after receiving the spectrum access grant from the network entity.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving the at least one measurement report from the UEs in the cell of the BS; and

generating the second measurement report comprising the second measurement of the second signals received from the neighbor BS over the channels that are shared with the neighbor BSs and the at least one measurement report received from the UEs.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein:

the BS is a citizen broadband radio service device (CBSD) in a communication system operated on a shared spectrum; and

the network entity is one of a spectrum access system (SAS) or a coexistence management (CxM) in the communication system operated on the shared spectrum.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein:

the first measurement report further comprises, based on the first measurement of the first signals, a reference signal strength indicator (RSSI); and

a second measurement report comprises, based on the second measurement of the second signals and the at least one measurement report from the UEs, at least one of an RSRP, an RSRQ, an RSSI, a PID, or a timestamp.

16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising generating the second measurement report based on at least a data fusion of the at least one measurement report from the UEs in the cell of the BS.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

performing a listen-before-talk (LBT) operation comprising an energy detection based channel sensing operation;

generating a channel expansion request based on a result of performing the LBT operation;

transmitting, to the network entity, the channel expansion request;

receiving, from the network entity, a channel expansion grant when the channel expansion request is granted by the network entity; and

transmitting, to the UEs, information over an expanded channel that is granted by the network entity.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein a threshold of the energy detection is determined based on a buffer occupancy of a neighbor UE comprising a higher priority than UEs in the cell of the BS.

19. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

determining a time interval for a transmission of discovery reference signal (DRS) among a predefined set of multiple time intervals; and

transmitting, to the UEs, the DRS based on the determined time interval over a downlink channel.