IP Library Granted Patent US 10,986,693
Granted Patent B2
US 10,986,693 · App. 16/240,963 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Apparatuses and methods for performing a cell measurement

Inventors: Din-Hwa Huang (Hsin-Chu, TW); Wenze Qu (Beijing, CN); Yih-Shen Chen (Hsin-Chu, TW); Tsang-Wei Yu (Hsin-Chu, TW)
Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
H04W76/28H04W24/10H04W56/0055H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 10,986,693
App. No.
16/240,963
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A User Equipment (UE) including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a service network. The controller receives a measurement configuration and a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration from the service network via the wireless transceiver, extends a measurement period indicated by the measurement configuration, and performs a cell measurement via the wireless transceiver in the extended measurement period.

Claims (19)

1. A User Equipment (UE), comprising:

a wireless transceiver, configured to perform wireless transmission and reception to and from a service network; and

a controller, configured to receive a measurement configuration and a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration from the service network via the wireless transceiver, extend a measurement period based on the DRX configuration, and perform a cell measurement via the wireless transceiver in the extended measurement period;

wherein the measurement period is indicated by the measurement configuration, and the measurement configuration comprises a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB)-based Radio Resource Management (RRM) Measurement Timing Configuration (SMTC).

2. A method for performing a cell measurement, executed by a UE comprising a wireless transceiver, comprising:

receiving a measurement configuration and a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration from a service network via the wireless transceiver;

extending a measurement period based on the DRX configuration; and

performing the cell measurement via the wireless transceiver in the extended measurement period;

wherein the measurement period is indicated by the measurement configuration, and the measurement configuration comprises a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB)-based Radio Resource Management (RRM) Measurement Timing Configuration (SMTC).

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the extending of the measurement period based on the DRX configuration comprises extending the measurement period based on DRX being in use as indicated by the DRX configuration.

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the extending of the measurement period based on the DRX configuration comprises extending the measurement period based on a DRX cycle indicated by the DRX configuration.

5. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the extending of the measurement period based on the DRX cycle comprises extending the measurement period based on whether the DRX cycle is less than 320 milliseconds.

6. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the extending of the measurement period based on the DRX cycle comprises extending the measurement period based on the DRX cycle being less than 320 milliseconds.

7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the extending of the measurement period based on the DRX configuration comprises extending the measurement period in response to DRX being in use and a DRX cycle being less than 320 milliseconds as indicated by the DRX configuration.

8. The method of claim 2 , wherein the extending of the measurement period based on the DRX configuration comprises extending the measurement period based on DRX being in use as indicated by the DRX configuration.

9. The method of claim 2 , wherein the extending of the measurement period based on the DRX configuration comprises extending the measurement period based on a DRX cycle indicated by the DRX configuration.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the extending of the measurement period based on the DRX cycle comprises extending the measurement period based on whether the DRX cycle is less than 320 milliseconds.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the extending of the measurement period based on the DRX cycle comprises extending the measurement period based on the DRX cycle being less than 320 milliseconds.

12. The method of claim 2 , wherein the extending of the measurement period based on the DRX configuration comprises extending the measurement period in response to DRX being in use and a DRX cycle being less than 320 milliseconds as indicated by the DRX configuration.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2026
From: MEDIATEK INC.
To: HFI INNOVATION INC.
Reel/Frame 074718/0774 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2019
From: HUANG, DIN-HWA; QU, WENZE; CHEN, YIH-SHEN; YU, TSANG-WEI
To: MEDIATEK INC.
Reel/Frame 047916/0876 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62616038 · Jan 11, 2018
Related Publication 20190215895A1 · Jul 11, 2019