Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit
A terminal apparatus configured to receive a measurement configuration from one or more base station apparatuses transmits a first measurement result and a second measurement result, and the first measurement result includes, as measurement results of a serving cell, the measurement results of the serving cell of a first cell group and the serving cell of a second cell group, and the second measurement result includes, as a measurement result of a serving cell, the measurement result of the serving cell of the second cell group.
1. A terminal apparatus comprising:
communication circuitry configured to communicate with a first base station apparatus via a master cell group in a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and to communicate with a second base station apparatus via a secondary cell group in a second RAT using a dual connectivity;
reception circuitry configured to receive a first measurement configuration from the first base station apparatus and a second measurement configuration from the second base station apparatus; and
transmission circuitry configured to transmit a first measurement result to the first base station apparatus based on the first measurement configuration and a second measurement result to the second base station apparatus based on the second measurement configuration, wherein
the first measurement result includes measurement results of both of a serving cell of the master cell group and a serving cell of the secondary cell group as the measurement results of the serving cells,
the second measurement result includes a measurement result of the serving cell of the secondary cell group as the measurement result of the serving cell,
the second measurement result does not include a measurement result of the serving cell of the master cell group as the measurement result of the serving cell,
the first measurement configuration includes a first measurement object and a first measurement report configuration and a first measurement identity,
the first measurement object includes a first measurement object identity to identify each of measurement objects and information related to a first frequency to measure,
the first measurement report configuration includes a first measurement report configuration identity to identify each of measurement report configurations and information related to a condition to report the first measurement result,
the first measurement identity identifies an association of the first measurement object identity and the first measurement report configuration identity,
the second measurement configuration includes a second measurement object and a second measurement report configuration and a second measurement identity,
the second measurement object includes a second measurement object identity to identify each of measurement objects and information related to a second frequency to measure,
the second measurement report configuration includes a second measurement report configuration identity to identify each of measurement report configurations and information related to a condition to report the second measurement result, and
the second measurement identity identifies an association of the second measurement object identity and the second measurement report configuration identity.
2. A communication method for a terminal apparatus, the communication method comprising:
communicating, by communication circuitry, with a first base station apparatus via a master cell group in a first Radio Access Technology (RAT);
communicating, by the communication circuitry, with a second base station apparatus via a secondary cell group in a second RAT using a dual connectivity;
receiving a first measurement configuration from the first base station apparatus and a second measurement configuration from the second base station apparatus; and
transmitting a first measurement result to the first base station apparatus based on the first measurement configuration and a second measurement result to the second base station apparatus based on the second measurement configuration, wherein
the first measurement result includes measurement results of both of a serving cell of the master cell group and a serving cell of the secondary cell group as the measurement results of the serving cells,
the second measurement result includes a measurement result of the serving cell of the secondary cell group as the measurement result of the serving cell,
the second measurement result does not include a measurement result of the serving cell of the master cell group as the measurement result of the serving cell,
the first measurement configuration includes a first measurement object and a first measurement report configuration and a first measurement identity,
the first measurement object includes a first measurement object identity to identify each of measurement objects and information related to a first frequency to measure,
the first measurement report configuration includes a first measurement report configuration identity to identify each of measurement report configurations and information related to a condition to report the first measurement result,
the first measurement identity identifies an association of the first measurement object identity and the first measurement report configuration identity,
the second measurement configuration includes a second measurement object and a second measurement report configuration and a second measurement identity,
the second measurement object includes a second measurement object identity to identify each of measurement objects and information related to a second frequency to measure,
the second measurement report configuration includes a second measurement report configuration identity to identify each of measurement report configurations and information related to a condition to report the second measurement result, and
the second measurement identity identifies an association of the second measurement object identity and the second measurement report configuration identity.