Methods, devices, and systems for network assisted transmission with multiple component carriers

1. A method for a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving, through reception circuitry of the UE, a Synchronization Signal (SS) block bitmap for a secondary cell (SCell) or a primary secondary cell (PSCell) from a base station, the SS block bitmap having one or more SS block bits corresponding to one or more SS block indices;

obtaining a resource location of one or more SS blocks from the SCell or the PSCell based on the SS block bitmap,

wherein the SS block bitmap is configured by the base station, based on beam-related measurements of the SCell or the PSCell, through dedicated signaling when configuring the UE with the SCell or the PSCell.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing, by transmission circuitry of the UE, a measurement report to a primary cell (PCell) of the base station, the measurement report having the beam-related measurements of the SCell or the PSCell.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SS block bitmap is received from a primary cell (PCell) of the base station, the PCell and the SCell are of a same cell group, or the PCell and PSCell are of a same cell group.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SS block bitmap is received from a primary cell (PCell) of the base station, the PCell and the SCell are of different cell groups, or the PCell and PSCell are of different cell groups.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more SS block indices correspond to one or more SS block positions in burst from the SCell or the PSCell.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the one or more SS block bits being “1” indicates that the corresponding one or more SS block are to be measured by the UE;

the one or more SS block bits being “0” indicates that the corresponding one or more SS block are not to be measured by the UE.

7. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon;

at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

receive, through reception circuitry of the UE, a Synchronization Signal (SS) block bitmap for a secondary cell (SCell) or a primary secondary cell (PSCell) from a base station, the SS block bitmap having one or more SS block bits corresponding to one or more SS block indices;

obtain a resource location of one or more SS blocks from the SCell or the PSCell based on the SS block bitmap,

wherein the SS block bitmap is configured by the base station, based on beam-related measurements of the SCell or the PSCell, through dedicated signaling when configuring the UE with the SCell or the PSCell.

8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

transmit, by transmission circuitry of the UE, a measurement report to a primary cell (PCell) of the base station, the measurement report having the beam-related measurements of the SCell or the PSCell.

9. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the SS block bitmap is received from a primary cell (PCell) of the base station, the PCell and the SCell are of a same cell group, or the PCell and the PSCell are of a same cell group.

10. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the SS block bitmap is received from a primary cell (PCell) of the base station, the PCell and the SCell are of different cell groups, or the PCell and the PSCell are of different cell groups.

11. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the one or more SS block indices correspond to one or more SS block positions in burst from the SCell or the PSCell.

12. The UE of claim 7 , wherein:

the one or more SS block bits being “1” indicates that the corresponding one or more SS block are to be measured by the UE;

the one or more SS block bits being “0” indicates that the corresponding one or more SS block are not to be measured by the UE.

13. A method for a base station, the method comprising:

receiving, through reception circuitry of the base station, a measurement report having beam-related measurements of a secondary cell (SCell) or a primary secondary cell (PSCell) of the base station from a user equipment (UE);

configuring the SCell or the PSCell and a Synchronization Signal (SS) block bitmap for the SCell or the PSCell to the UE, the SS block bitmap being configured based on the beam-related measurements of the SCell or the PSCell;

providing, through transmission circuitry of the base station, the SS block bitmap to the UE through dedicated signaling from a primary cell (PCell) of the base station;

wherein the SS block bitmap includes one or more SS block bits corresponding to one or more SS block indices.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the SS block bitmap is transmitted to the UE through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling from the PCell of the base station.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the PCell and SCell are of a same cell group, or the PCell and PSCell are of a same cell group.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the PCell and SCell are of different cell groups, or the PCell and PSCell are of different cell groups.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the one or more SS block indices correspond to one or more SS block positions in burst from the SCell or the PSCell.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein:

the one or more SS block bits being “1” indicates that the corresponding one or more SS block are to be measured by the UE;

the one or more SS block bits being “0” indicates that the corresponding one or more SS block are not to be measured by the UE.