Network controlled small gap configuration
An apparatus of an evolved NodeB (eNB) comprises one or more baseband processors to encode measurement gap configuration information including a measurement gap configuration information element MeasGapConfig to configure a network controlled small gap (NCSG) pattern for a user equipment (UE) device if the UE requires an NCSG and the UE is not configured with a primary secondary cell (PSCELL), and a memory to store the measurement gap configuration information.
1. An apparatus of an evolved NodeB (eNB), comprising:
radio frequency (RF) circuitry configured to communicate with a user equipment (UE); and
one or more baseband processors communicatively coupled to the RF circuitry configured to perform operations, comprising:
transmitting measurement gap configuration information including a measurement gap configuration information element MeasGapConfig to configure a network controlled small gap (NCSG) pattern for the UE, wherein the UE requires an NCSG to prevent interruption and the UE is configured with a primary secondary cell (PSCELL), wherein when there is no measurement gap configured among a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG) subframes, the NCSG pattern comprises a single NCSG pattern with a constant repetition period per serving carrier, wherein the NCSG pattern is based on a visible interruption length before measurement (VIL1) parameter, a measurement length during which there is no gap (ML) parameter, a visible interruption length after measurement (VIL2) and a visible interruption period (VIRP) parameter.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when gap pattern ID #0 is configured for the UE on the MCG and no measurement gap is configured on the SCG, the NCSG pattern for the SCG is NCSG pattern ID #2.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein NCSG pattern ID #2 comprises a 2 millisecond (ms) VIL1, a 3 ms ML, a 2 ms VIL2 and a 40 ms VIRP.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when gap pattern ID #1 is configured for the UE on the MCG and no measurement gap is configured on the SCG, the NCSG pattern for the SCG is NCSG pattern ID #3.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein NCSG pattern ID #3 comprises a 2 millisecond (ms) VIL1, a 3 ms ML, a 2 ms VIL2 and a 80 ms VIRP.
6. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE), comprising:
radio frequency (RF) circuitry configured to communicate with a network; and
one or more baseband processors communicatively coupled to the RF circuitry and configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving measurement gap configuration information including a measurement gap configuration information element MeasGapConfig to configure a network controlled small gap (NCSG) pattern for the UE, wherein the UE requires an NCSG and the UE is configured with a primary secondary cell (PSCELL), wherein when there is no measurement gap configured among a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG) subframes, the NCSG pattern comprises a single NCSG pattern with a constant repetition period per serving carrier, wherein the NCSG pattern is based on a visible interruption length before measurement (VIL1) parameter, a measurement length during which there is no gap (ML) parameter, a visible interruption length after measurement (VIL2) and a visible interruption period (VIRP) parameter.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein when gap pattern ID #0 is configured for the UE on the MCG and no measurement gap is configured on the SCG, the NCSG pattern for the SCG is implicitly configured as NCSG pattern ID #2.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein NCSG pattern ID #2 comprises a 2 millisecond (ms) VIL1, a 3 ms ML, a 2 ms VIL2 and a 40 ms VIRP.
9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein when gap pattern ID #1 is configured for the UE on the MCG and no measurement gap is configured on the SCG, the NCSG pattern for the SCG is implicitly configured as NCSG pattern ID #3.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein NCSG pattern ID #3 comprises a 2 millisecond (ms) VIL1, a 3 ms ML, a 2 ms VIL2 and a 80 ms VIRP.
11. One or more machine-readable media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by an evolved NodeB (eNB), result in:
encoding measurement gap configuration information including a measurement gap configuration information element MeasGapConfig to configure a network controlled small gap (NCSG) pattern for a user equipment (UE) device, wherein the UE requires an NCSG and the UE is configured with a primary secondary cell (PSCELL), wherein when there is no measurement gap configured among a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG) subframes, the NCSG pattern comprises a single NCSG pattern with a constant repetition period per serving carrier, wherein the NCSG pattern is based on a visible interruption length before measurement (VIL1) parameter, a measurement length during which there is no gap (ML) parameter, a visible interruption length after measurement (VIL2) and a visible interruption period (VIRP) parameter; and
causing the measurement gap configuration information to be transmitted to the UE in a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein when gap pattern ID #0 is configured for the UE on the MCG and no measurement gap is configured on the SCG, the NCSG pattern for the SCG is NCSG pattern ID #2.
13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein NCSG pattern ID #2 comprises a 2 millisecond (ms) VIL1, a 3 ms ML, a 2 ms VIL2 and a 40 ms VIRP.
14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein when gap pattern ID #1 is configured for the UE on the MCG and no measurement gap is configured on the SCG, the NCSG pattern for the SCG is NCSG pattern ID #3.
15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein NCSG pattern ID #3 comprises a 2 millisecond (ms) VIL1, a 3 ms ML, a 2 ms VIL2 and a 80 ms VIRP.