Granted Patent B2

US 12,256,254 · App. 17/440,444 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Inventors: Qiming Li (Beijing, CN); Yang Tang (San Jose, CA); Dawei Zhang (Saratoga, CA); Jie Cui (San Jose, CA); Huaning Niu (San Jose, CA); Xiang Chen (Campbell, CA); Manasa Raghavan (Sunnyvale, CA)

Assignee: Apple Inc.

H04W24/10H04W24/08

Abstract

Claims (57)

1. A wireless device, comprising:

at least one antenna;

at least one radio coupled to the at least one antenna; and

a processor coupled to the at least one radio and configured to:

acquire a hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration scheduling a measurement operation of the wireless device in accordance with hybrid measurement gap patterns,

wherein the hybrid measurement gap patterns comprise a combination of a pre-configured measurement gap and multiple concurrent measurement gaps or a combination of a Network Controlled Small Gap (NCSG) and the multiple concurrent measurement gaps,

wherein the combination of the pre-configured measurement gap and the multiple concurrent measurement gaps or the combination of the NCSG and the multiple concurrent measurement gaps comprises a first measurement gap pattern associated with a first frequency segment and a second measurement gap pattern associated with a second frequency segment,

wherein the first measurement gap pattern is enabled when the wireless device switches from the second frequency segment to the first frequency segment, and

wherein the first measurement gap pattern is disabled when the wireless device switches from the first frequency segment to the second frequency segment; and

perform the measurement operation based on the hybrid measurement gap patterns.

2. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration includes information indicating association of measurement gap patterns with at least one frequency segment available for the measurement operation, and wherein the processor is further configured to:

perform the measurement operation at the at least one frequency segment in accordance with the measurement gap patterns associated with the at least one frequency segment.

3. The wireless device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a switching instruction indicating switching of a frequency segment available for the measurement operation; and

perform the measurement operation at the switched frequency segment based on the measurement gap patterns associated with the at least one frequency segment.

4. The wireless device of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive the switching instruction via any of a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer, a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer, and a physical layer.

5. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

report measurement gap pattern support information indicating support of individual measurement gap patterns or support of the hybrid measurement gap patterns by the wireless device, so that the hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration is set based on the measurement gap pattern support information.

6. The wireless device of claim 5 , wherein at least one of the measurement gap pattern support information or the hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration is communicated via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

7. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration further comprises measurement gap information indicating at least one of time duration and periodicity of a measurement gap, an object measured using the measurement gap, a frequency segment in which the measurement gap is located.

8. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration is set for a level at which the wireless device performs the measurement operation at the level, the level being selected from a group including UE level, frequency range level, band combination level, band level, Component Carrier (CC) level, Bandwidth Part (BWP) level.

9. A network-side device, comprising:

at least one antenna;

at least one radio coupled to the at least one antenna; and

a processor coupled to the at least one radio and configured to:

acquire a hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration scheduling a measurement operation of a wireless device in accordance with hybrid measurement gap patterns,

wherein the hybrid measurement gap patterns comprise a combination of a pre-configured measurement gap and multiple concurrent measurement gaps or a combination of a Network Controlled Small Gap (NCSG) and the multiple concurrent measurement gaps,

wherein the combination of the pre-configured measurement gap and the multiple concurrent measurement gaps or the combination of the NCSG and the multiple concurrent measurement gaps comprises a first measurement gap pattern associated with a first frequency segment and a second measurement gap pattern associated with a second frequency segment,

wherein the first measurement gap pattern is enabled when the wireless device switches from the second frequency segment to the first frequency segment, and

wherein the first measurement gap pattern is disabled when the wireless device switches from the first frequency segment to the second frequency segment; and provide the hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration to the wireless device.

10. The network-side device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire a measurement gap pattern support information indicating support of individual measurement gap patterns by the wireless device;

determine specific combination of the individual measurement gap patterns; and

acquire the hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration based on the specific combination.

11. The network-side device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire a measurement gap pattern support information indicating support of measurement gap pattern combination by the wireless device; and

acquire the hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration based on the measurement gap pattern combination.

12. The network-side device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to provide the hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration via a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

13. The network-side device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to provide a switching instruction indicating switching of a frequency segment available for measurement operation to the wireless device.

14. The network-side device of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to provide the switching instruction via any of a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer, a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer, and a physical layer.

15. A method for a wireless device, comprising:

acquiring a hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration scheduling a measurement operation of the wireless device in accordance with hybrid measurement gap patterns,

wherein the hybrid measurement gap patterns comprise a combination of a pre-configured measurement gap and multiple concurrent measurement gaps or a combination of a Network Controlled Small Gap (NCSG) and the multiple concurrent measurement gaps,

wherein the combination of the pre-configured measurement gap and the multiple concurrent measurement gaps or the combination of the NCSG and the multiple concurrent measurement gaps comprises a first measurement gap pattern associated with a first frequency segment and a second measurement gap pattern associated with a second frequency segment,

wherein the first measurement gap pattern is enabled when the wireless device switches from the second frequency segment to the first frequency segment, and

wherein the first measurement gap pattern is disabled when the wireless device switches from the first frequency segment to the second frequency segment; and

performing the measurement operation based on the hybrid measurement gap patterns.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration includes information indicating association of measurement gap patterns with at least one frequency segment available for the measurement operation, and wherein the method further comprises:

performing the measurement operation at the at least one frequency segment in accordance with the measurement gap patterns associated with the at least one frequency segment.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

receiving a switching instruction indicating switching of a frequency segment available for the measurement operation; and

performing the measurement operation at the switched frequency segment based on the measurement gap patterns associated with the at least one frequency segment.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

receiving the switching instruction via any of a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer, a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer, and a physical layer.

19. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

reporting measurement gap pattern support information indicating support of individual measurement gap patterns or support of the hybrid measurement gap patterns by the wireless device, so that the hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration is set based on the measurement gap pattern support information.

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