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Granted Patent B2
US 12,750,708 · App. 18/420,217 · Granted Sep 29, 2026

Method and device for L1 measurement and reporting for L1/L2-based mobility

Inventors: Yuan-Sheng Cheng (San Diego, CA); Jung Hyun Bae (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04W24/10H04B7/0626H04W72/1268H04W72/232
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Patent No.
US 12,750,708
App. No.
18/420,217
Granted
Sep 29, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and an apparatus are provided in which it is detected that a condition for triggering a layer-1 (L1) measurement report transmission is satisfied based on a layer-3 (L3) measurement. It is determined whether the condition is detected over a first duration based on an L1 measurement, in response to detecting that the condition is satisfied based on the L3 measurement, and the measurement report is transmitted in case that the condition is detected over the first duration.

Claims (52)

1 . A method comprising:

detecting, by a user equipment (UE), that a condition for triggering a layer-1 (L1) measurement report transmission is satisfied based on a layer-3 (L3) measurement;

determining, by the UE, whether the condition is detected over a first duration based on an L1 measurement, in response to detecting that the condition, based on the L3 measurement, is held for a second duration; and

transmitting, by the UE, the measurement report, in case that the condition is detected over the first duration.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting that the condition is satisfied comprises:

determining, by the UE, whether the condition is satisfied based on the L3 measurement; and

determining, by the UE, whether the condition, based on the L3 measurement, is held for the second duration, in case that the condition is satisfied,

wherein the UE determines whether the condition, based on the L1 measurement, is detected over the first duration, in case that the condition, based on the L3 measurement, is held for the second duration.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein:

the first duration is at least a portion of the second duration, and the measurement report is transmitted via semi-persistent or aperiodic channel state information (CSI) on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) or a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), and the second duration is a window having an ending symbol that is separated by a gap from a starting symbol of the PUSCH or the PUCCH; or

the first duration is after the second duration, and the measurement report is transmitted via semi-persistent or aperiodic CSI on the PUSCH or the PUCCH, and the first duration is the window having the ending symbol that is separated by the gap from the starting symbol of the PUSCH or the PUCCH.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the window and the gap are configured by a network based on UE capabilities, and the gap is configured based on at least UE capabilities for a CSI processing time and a PUSCH or PUCCH preparation time.

5 . The method of claim 3 , in case that the measurement report is transmitted via aperiodic CSI on the PUSCH, further comprising receiving, by the UE, downlink control information (DCI) triggering the PUSCH.

6 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the measurement report is transmitted via aperiodic CSI on a PUSCH, and further comprising:

transmitting, by the UE, a scheduling request (SR), wherein:

in case that the first duration is at least a portion of the second duration, the second duration is a window having an ending symbol that is separated by a gap from a starting symbol of the SR; and

in case that the first duration is after the second duration, the first duration is the window having the ending symbol that is separated by the gap from the starting symbol of the SR; and

receiving, by the UE, DCI triggering the PUSCH.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement report is transmitted via CSI on PUSCH, and the CSI is split into a first part and a second part.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the second part is multiplexed with other CSI, and the measurement report has a higher priority than the other CSI.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement report is transmitted via semi-persistent CSI on PUSCH, and the measurement report has a higher priority than uplink (UL)-shared channel (SCH)-only PUSCH.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting whether the condition is detected over the first duration comprises:

detecting that the condition is held continuously over the first duration; or

detecting a predetermined number of instances of the condition over the first duration, wherein the first duration begins at a first instance of the condition or the first duration is predefined based on a timeline, and wherein transmission of the measurement report is triggered after a last instance of the predetermined number of instances over the first duration.

11 . A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:

detect that a condition for triggering a layer-1 (L1) measurement report transmission is satisfied based on a layer-3 (L3) measurement;

determine whether the condition is detected over a first duration based on an L1 measurement, in response to detecting that the condition, based on the L3 measurement, is held for a second duration; and

transmit the measurement report, in case that the condition is detected over the first duration.

12 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein, in detecting that the condition is satisfied, the instructions further cause the processor to:

determine whether the condition is satisfied based on the L3 measurement; and

determine whether the condition, based on the L3 measurement, is held for the second duration, in case that the condition is satisfied;

wherein the processor determines whether the condition, based on the L1 measurement, is detected over the first duration, in case that the condition, based on the L3 measurement, is held for the second duration.

13 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein:

the first duration is at least a portion of the second duration, and the measurement report is transmitted via semi-persistent or aperiodic channel state information (CSI) on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) or a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), and the second duration is a window having an ending symbol that is separated by a gap from a starting symbol of the PUSCH or the PUCCH; or

the first duration is after the second duration, and the measurement report is transmitted via semi-persistent or aperiodic CSI on the PUSCH or the PUCCH, and the first duration is the window having the ending symbol that is separated by the gap from the starting symbol of the PUSCH or the PUCCH.

14 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein the window and the gap are configured by a network based on UE capabilities, and the gap is configured based on at least UE capabilities for a CSI processing time and a PUSCH or PUCCH preparation time.

15 . The UE of claim 13 , in case that the measurement report is transmitted via aperiodic CSI on the PUSCH, the instructions further cause the processor to receive downlink control information (DCI) triggering the PUSCH.

16 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein the measurement report is transmitted via aperiodic CSI on a PUSCH, and the instructions further cause the processor to:

transmit a scheduling request (SR), wherein:

in case that the first duration is at least a portion of the second duration, the second duration is a window having an ending symbol that is separated by a gap from a starting symbol of the SR; and

in case that the first duration is after the second duration, the first duration is the window having the ending symbol that is separated by the gap from the starting symbol of the SR; and

receive DCI triggering the PUSCH.

17 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the measurement report is transmitted via CSI on PUSCH, the CSI is split into a first part and a second part, the second part is multiplexed with other CSI, and the measurement report has a higher priority than the other CSI.

18 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the measurement report is transmitted via semi-persistent CSI on PUSCH, and the measurement report has a higher priority than uplink (UL)-shared channel (SCH)-only PUSCH.

19 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein, in determining whether the condition is detected over the first duration, the instructions further cause the processor to:

detect that the condition is held continuously over the first duration; or

detect a predetermined number of instances of the condition over the first duration, wherein the first duration begins at a first instance of the condition or the first duration is predefined based on a timeline, and wherein transmission of the measurement report is triggered after a last instance of the predetermined number of instances over the first duration.

20 . A method comprising:

determining, by a user equipment (UE), whether a condition for triggering a layer-1 (L1) measurement report transmission is held for a first duration, based on a layer-3 (L3) measurement, and determining, by the UE, whether the condition is detected over a second duration, based on an L1 measurement, in response to determining that the condition is held for the first duration; and

transmitting, by the UE, the measurement report, in case that the condition is held for the first duration and detected over the second duration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2024
From: CHENG, YUAN-SHENG; BAE, JUNG HYUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 63594571 · Oct 31, 2023
Provisional Application 63446214 · Feb 16, 2023
Provisional Application 63444709 · Feb 10, 2023
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