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Granted Patent B2
US 12,143,848 · App. 17/607,478 · Granted Nov 12, 2024

Measurement reporting

Inventors: Elena Virtej (Espoo, FI); Tero Henttonen (Espoo, FI); Lars Dalsgaard (Oulu, FI)
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
H04W24/10H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 12,143,848
App. No.
17/607,478
Granted
Nov 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to a first embodiment, a method may comprise transmitting, by a user equipment, at least one RRCConnectionSetupComplete message comprising at least one reporting indication to a network entity. The method may further comprise receiving, by the user equipment, RRCConnectionReconfiguration message from the network entity. The method may further comprise transmitting, by the user equipment, at least one RRCConnectionReconfigurationComplete message to the network entity.

Claims (29)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment, from a base station, at least one RRCConnectionRelease message comprising one or more measurements to be performed during an idle/power saving mode;

transmitting, by the user equipment while operating in the idle/power saving mode, to the base station, at least one RRCConnectionSetupComplete message comprising at least one reporting indication indicating that at least one measurement of the one or more measurements is available and obsolete;

receiving, by the user equipment while operating in the idle/power saving mode, from the base station, at least one request for at least one of: the at least one available and obsolete measurement, or a time that the at least one available and obsolete measurement was performed;

transmitting, by the user equipment while operating in the idle/power saving mode, to the base station, at least one of: the at least one available and obsolete measurement, or the time that the at least one available and obsolete measurement was performed;

receiving, by the user equipment while operating in the idle/power saving mode, from the base station, at least one RRCConnectionReconfiguration message; and

transmitting, by the user equipment while operating in the idle mode, to the base station, at least one RRCConnectionReconfigurationComplete message.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one reporting indication comprises at least one of:

a first indication indicating that the user equipment is able to transmit the at least one available and obsolete measurement for the base station to configure/aggregate a cell on the inter-frequency carrier using carrier aggregation or dual connectivity:

a second indication indicating that the at least one available and obsolete measurement is lower than at least one quality threshold;

a third indication indicating that no small cells were detected; or

a fourth indication indicating that at least one previous secondary cell configuration is still valid.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

entering, by the user equipment, a RRC CONNECTED mode.

4. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and computer program code being configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform:

receiving, from a base station, at least one RRCConnectionRelease message comprising one or more measurements to be performed during an idle/power saving mode;

transmitting, while operating in the idle/power saving mode, to the base station, at least one RRCConnectionSetupComplete message comprising at least one reporting indication indicating that at least one measurement of the one or more measurements is available and obsolete;

receiving, while operating in the idle/power saving mode, from the base station, at least one request for at least one of: the at least one available and obsolete measurement, or a time that the at least one available and obsolete measurement was performed;

transmitting, while operating in the idle/power saving mode, to the base station, at least one of: the at least one available and obsolete measurement, or the time that the at least one available and obsolete measurement was performed;

receiving, while operating in the idle/power saving mode, from the base station, at least one RRCConnectionReconfiguration message; and

transmitting, while operating in the idle mode, to the base station, at least one RRCConnectionReconfigurationComplete message.

5. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, said computer program comprising instructions which, when executed in hardware, causes the hardware to perform the method according to claim 1 .

6. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one reporting indication comprises at least one of:

a first indication indicating that the apparatus is able to transmit the at least one available and obsolete measurement for the base station to configure/aggregate a cell on the inter-frequency carrier using carrier aggregation or dual connectivity;

a second indication indicating that the at least one available and obsolete measurement is lower than at least one quality threshold;

a third indication indicating that no small cells were detected; or

a fourth indication indicating that at least one previous secondary cell configuration is still valid.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2021
From: VIRTEJ, ELENA; DALSGAARD, LARS; HENTTONEN, TERO
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 058274/0548 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62842328 · May 2, 2019
Related Publication 20220225144A1 · Jul 14, 2022