Techniques in measurement gap configurations in new radio (NR)
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for beam management techniques in New Radio (NR) Standalone (SA) applications. Various embodiments describe how to configure one or more measurement gaps in an NR SA network so that a UE may apply the same or different measurement gaps while operating with various technologies or services in various frequency ranges. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:
decoding circuitry to decode a new radio (NR) radio resource control (RRC) message that is generated by a next-generation NodeB (gNB), wherein the NR RRC message includes both a first measurement gap configuration and a second measurement gap configuration, the first measurement gap configuration corresponding to a frequency range 1 (FR1) of NR, and the second measurement gap configuration corresponding to a frequency range 2 (FR2) of NR;
processing circuitry coupled with the decoding circuitry, the processing circuitry to:
process, based on the decoded NR RRC message, the first measurement gap configuration corresponding to the FR1;
determine an FR1 measurement gap, based on the processed first measurement gap configuration;
perform a first measurement within the determined FR1 measurement gap;
process, based on the decoded NR RRC message, the second measurement gap configuration corresponding to the FR2; and
determine an FR2 measurement gap, based on the processed second measurement gap configuration.
2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further to:
perform a second measurement within the determined FR2 measurement gap.
3. The UE of claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further to perform the first measurement at an FR1 frequency according to the determined FR1 measurement gap and perform the second measurement at an FR2 frequency according to the determined FR2 measurement gap.
4. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the first measurement gap configuration is indicated by an information element (IE) in the NR RRC message.
5. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the second measurement gap configuration is indicated by the IE in the NR RRC message, or an additional IE in the NR RRC message.
6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the FR1 measurement gap is configured for measurements in an NR operation.
7. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the processing circuitry is further to:
operate at an FR1 frequency in compliance with the determined FR1 measurement gap while measuring at an FR2 frequency absent a measurement gap.
8. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the UE is configured to operate in a standalone (SA) NR network.
9. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media (NTCRM) comprising instructions to, upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of a next-generation NodeB (gNB) associated with a serving cell, cause the gNB to:
generate a first information element (IE) to indicate a first measurement gap configuration corresponding to a frequency range 1 (FR1) of new radio (NR), and a second IE to indicate a second measurement gap configuration corresponding to a frequency range 2 (FR2) of NR; and
encode an NR radio resource control (RRC) message to include both the first IE indicating the first measurement gap configuration and the second IE indicating the second measurement gap configuration for transmission to a user equipment (UE), wherein an FR1 measurement gap is determined based on the first measurement gap configuration corresponding to the FR1, and an FR2 measurement gap is determined based on the second measurement gap configuration corresponding to the FR2.
10. The one or more NTCRM of claim 9 , wherein the UE is to operate in a frequency range of sub-6 GHz as the FR1 and/or a millimeter wave (mmWave) range as the FR2.
11. The one or more NTCRM of claim 9 , wherein the first measurement gap configuration corresponds to the UE of any operating frequency of NR and the FR1 is of the any operating frequency of NR.
12. The one or more NTCRM of claim 9 , wherein the first IE is a same IE as the second IE.
13. A user equipment (UE) comprising:
means for decoding a new radio (NR) radio resource control (RRC) message that is received at the UE from a next-generation NodeB (gNB), wherein the NR RRC message includes both a first UE measurement gap configuration and a second UE measurement gap configuration, the first UE measurement gap configuration corresponding to a frequency range 1 (FR1) of NR and the second UE measurement gap configuration corresponding to a frequency range 2 (FR2) of NR; and
means for determining, based on the decoded NR RRC message, a UE measurement gap for all frequencies at which the UE is to operate, wherein the UE measurement gap is an FR1 UE measurement gap corresponding to the FR1 and an FR2 UE measurement gap corresponding to the FR2.
14. The UE of claim 13 , wherein the UE is to operate in a frequency range of sub-6 GHz as the FR1 and a millimeter wave (mmWave) range as the FR2.
15. The UE of claim 14 , wherein the first UE measurement gap configuration is indicated by an information element (IE) of the NR RRC.
16. The UE of claim 14 , further comprising means for performing a first measurement operation at the FR1 according to the determined UE measurement gap, and performing a second measurement operation at the FR2 according to the determined UE measurement gap.
17. A next-generation NodeB (gNB) associated with a serving cell, comprising:
a central processing unit (CPU) to generate a first information element (IE) to indicate a first measurement gap configuration corresponding to a frequency range 1 (FR1) of new radio (NR), and a second IE to indicate a second measurement gap configuration corresponding to a frequency range 2 (FR2) of NR; and
one or more baseband processors coupled with the CPU, the one or more baseband processors to encode an NR radio resource control (RRC) message to include both the first IE indicating the first measurement gap configuration and the second IE indicating the second measurement gap configuration for transmission to a user equipment (UE), wherein an FR1 measurement gap is determined based on the first measurement gap configuration corresponding to the FR1, and an FR2 measurement gap is determined based on the second measurement gap configuration corresponding to the FR2.
18. The gNB of claim 17 , wherein the first IE is a same IE as the second IE.
19. The gNB of claim 17 , wherein the first measurement gap configuration corresponds to a user equipment (UE) of any operating frequency of NR and the FR1 is of the any operating frequency of NR.
20. The gNB of claim 17 , wherein the UE is to operate in a frequency range of sub-6 GHz as the FR1 and/or a millimeter wave (mmWave) range as the FR2.