IP Library Granted Patent US 11,398,874
Granted Patent B2
US 11,398,874 · App. 16/768,047 · Granted Jul 26, 2022

Method and apparatus for measuring signal quality in wireless communication system

Inventors: Sukhyon Yoon (Seoul, KR); Kijun Kim (Seoul, KR); Hyunsoo Ko (Seoul, KR); Eunsun Kim (Seoul, KR); Sangwon Kim (Seoul, KR); Youngdae Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04B17/309H04W24/10
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,398,874
App. No.
16/768,047
Filed
May 28, 2020
Granted
Jul 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Examiner
QIN, ZHIREN
Art Unit
2411
USPC
370/252
Abstract

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for measuring signal quality in a wireless communication system.

Claims (37)

1. A method performing a radio resource management (RRM) measurement by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station (BS), configuration information for configuring a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWPs) for the UE;

receiving, from a base station (BS), measurement object information for the RRM measurement,

wherein the measurement object information includes information about a plurality of frequencies for a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs);

receiving, from the BS, a SSB based on the measurement object information in a first BWP activated among the plurality of BWPs;

performing the RRM measurement based on the received SSB; and

reporting, to the B S, a result of the RRM measurement,

wherein the SSB is transmitted at a frequency included in the first BWP among the plurality of frequencies configured by the measurement object information, and

wherein, based on the first BWP including two or more frequencies among the plurality of frequencies, SSBs transmitted at the two or more frequencies are determined to be transmitted at a same frequency.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement object information is received through a radio resource control (RRC) configuration message.

3. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the performing the RRM measurement comprises measuring at least one of reference signal received power (RSRP) or reference signal received quality (RSRQ) based on the at least one SSB transmitted at the frequency included in the first BWP.

4. The method of claim 1 ,

a BWP activated for the UE communication device is being switched from the first BWP to a second BWP, a first measurement result based on an SSB transmitted at a first frequency included in the first BWP among the plurality of frequencies and a second measurement result based on the SSB transmitted at a second frequency included in the second BWP among the plurality of frequencies are determined to be measured based on an SSB transmitted at the same frequency.

5. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the performing the RRM measurement comprises obtaining a value representing signal quality by combining signal quality values based on the RRM measurement.

6. The method of claim 5 ,

wherein the value representing the signal quality includes an average or a maximum value of the signal quality values based on the RRM measurement.

7. A user equipment (UE) for performing a radio resource management (RRM) measurement in a wireless communication system, the communication device comprising:

a memory; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive, from a base station (BS), configuration information for configuring a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWPs) for the UE;

receive, from a base station (BS), measurement object information for the RRM measurement,

wherein the measurement object information includes information about a plurality of frequencies for a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs);

receive, from the BS, a SSB based on the measurement object information in a first BWP activated among the plurality of BWPs; and

perform the RRM measurement based on the received SSB; and

report, to the BS, a result of the RRM measurement,

wherein the SSB is transmitted at a frequency included in the first BWP among the plurality of frequencies configured by the measurement object information, and

wherein, based on the first BWP including two or more frequencies among the plurality of frequencies, SSBs transmitted at the two or more frequencies are determined to be transmitted at a same frequency.

8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the measurement object information is received through a radio resource control (RRC) configuration message.

9. The UE of claim 7 ,

wherein the processor is configured to measure at least one of reference signal received power (RSRP) or reference signal received quality (RSRQ) based on the SSB transmitted at the frequency included in the first BWP.

10. The UE of claim 7 ,

in response to a BWP activated for the UE being switched from the first BWP to a second BWP, a first measurement result based on a SSB transmitted at a first frequency included in the first BWP among the plurality of frequencies and a second measurement result based on a SSB transmitted at a second frequency included in the second BWP among the plurality of frequencies are determined to be measured based on an SSB transmitted at the same frequency.

11. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to obtain a value representing signal quality by combining signal quality values based on the RRM measurement.

12. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the value representing the signal quality includes an average or a maximum value of the signal quality values based on the RRM measurement.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2020
From: YOON, SUKHYON; KIM, KIJUN; KO, HYUNSOO; KIM, EUNSUN; KIM, SANGWON; LEE, YOUNGDAE
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62592327 · Nov 29, 2017
Related Publication 20210175985A1 · Jun 10, 2021
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