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US 12,256,317 · App. 17/634,924 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Method and device for measurement in wireless communication system

Inventors: June Hwang (Suwon-si, KR); Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Suyoung Park (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W48/16H04W48/10H04W48/20
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Patent No.
US 12,256,317
App. No.
17/634,924
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for performing cell measurement for mobility of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, and a communication method of the UE according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include: receiving, from a base station (BS), a system information block (SIB) including first signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block measurement time configuration (SMTC) information and second SMTC information; determining a measurement start time based on timing offset and duration included in the first SMTC information; determining a measurement occasion based on first periodicity included in the first SMTC information and second periodicity included in the second SMTC information; and performing measurement according to the measurement start time and the measurement occasion, based on the second SMTC information.

Claims (40)

1. A method performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a system information block (SIB) from a base station;

in case that the received SIB is a SIB4, obtaining, from the SIB4, first synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement timing configuration (SMTC) information for a frequency different from a serving cell frequency, wherein the first SMTC information includes a parameter indicating a first periodicity;

in case that second SMTC information for the frequency is included in the SIB4, identifying time configuration for a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block measurement, based on a second periodicity identified from the second SMTC information and a timing offset and a duration identified from the first SMTC information for the frequency; and

performing the SS/PBCH block measurement for an inter-frequency cell indicated by a physical cell ID (PCI) list included in the second SMTC information, based on the identified time configuration,

wherein the PCI list indicates the inter-frequency cell with the second periodicity longer than the first periodicity.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a parameter indicating the second periodicity is configured to have a value larger than a value of the parameter indicating the first periodicity.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein in case that the received SIB is a SIB2, second SMTC information for a frequency same with the serving cell frequency includes a PCI list regarding an intra-frequency cell, and

the method further comprising:

performing a SS/PBCH block measurement for the intra-frequency cell.

4. A method performed by a base station, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a terminal, a system information block 4 (SIB4) including first synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement timing configuration (SMTC) information and second SMTC information for a frequency different from a serving cell frequency,

wherein the first SMTC information includes a parameter indicating a first periodicity,

wherein time configuration for a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block measurement is identified at the terminal based on a second periodicity identified from the second SMTC information and a timing offset and a duration identified from the first SMTC information,

wherein the SS/PBCH block measurement for an inter-frequency cell indicated by a physical cell ID (PCI) list included in the second SMTC information is performed at the terminal, based on the identified time configuration, and

wherein the PCI list indicates the inter-frequency cell with the second periodicity longer than the first periodicity.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein in case that the SIB is a SIB2 is transmitted to the terminal, second SMTC information for a frequency same with the serving cell frequency includes a PCI list regarding an intra-frequency cell, and

a SS/PBCH block measurement for the intra-frequency cell is performed at the terminal.

6. A terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

receive a system information block (SIB) from a base station,

in case that the received SIB is a SIB4, obtain, from the SIB4, first synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement timing configuration (SMTC) information for a frequency different from a serving cell frequency, wherein the first SMTC information includes a parameter indicating a first periodicity,

in case that second SMTC information for the frequency is included in the SIB4, identify time configuration for a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block measurement, based on a second periodicity identified from the second SMTC information and a timing offset and a duration identified from the first SMTC information for the frequency, and

perform the SS/PBCH block measurement for an inter-frequency cell indicated by a physical cell ID (PCI) list included in the second SMTC information, based on the identified time configuration,

wherein the PCI list indicates the inter-frequency cell with the second periodicity longer than the first periodicity.

7. The terminal of claim 6 , wherein a parameter indicating the second periodicity is configured to have a value larger than a value of the parameter indicating the first periodicity.

8. The terminal of claim 6 , wherein in case that the received SIB is a SIB2, second SMTC information for a frequency same with the serving cell frequency includes a PCI list regarding an intra-frequency cells, and

the processor is configured to perform a SS/PBCH block measurement for the intra-frequency cell.

9. A base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

transmit to a terminal, a system information block 4 (SIB4) including first synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block measurement timing configuration (SMTC) information and second SMTC information for a frequency different from a serving cell frequency,

wherein the first SMTC information includes a parameter indicating a first periodicity,

wherein time configuration for a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block measurement is identified at the terminal, based on a second periodicity identified from the second SMTC information and a timing offset and a duration identified from the first SMTC information,

wherein the SS/PBCH block measurement for an inter-frequency cell indicated by a physical cell ID (PCI) list included in the second SMTC information is performed at the terminal, based on the identified time configuration, and

wherein the PCI list indicates the inter-frequency cell with the second periodicity longer than the first periodicity.

10. The base station of claim 9 , wherein a parameter indicating the second periodicity is configured to have a value larger than a value of the parameter indicating the first periodicity.

11. The base station of claim 9 , wherein in case that a SIB2 is transmitted to the terminal, second SMTC information for a frequency same with the serving cell frequency includes a PCI list regarding an intra-frequency cell, and

a SS/PBCH block measurement for the intra-frequency cell is performed at the terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2022
From: HWANG, JUNE; KIM, SOENGHUN; PARK, SUYOUNG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 058994/0413 →
Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2019-0099872 · Aug 14, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0142049 · Nov 7, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0147956 · Nov 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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