Electronic device performing measurement on measurement object of inter-rat and method for operating the same
An electronic device may comprise a plurality of antennas, at least one processor, and an RF circuit. The at least one processor may be configured to identify at least one channel measurement configuration associated with a second RAT different from a first RAT in a state in which the electronic device is connected to a first communication network based on the first RAT, perform measurement on at least one measurement object identified based on at least some of the at least one channel measurement configuration, using at least one first antenna among the plurality of antennas, detect an event requiring a switch of an antenna for performing the measurement, and control the RF circuit to perform the measurement, using at least one second antenna different from the at least one first antenna among the plurality of antennas, based on detection of the event.
1. An electronic device comprising:
a plurality of antennas;
a radio frequency (RF) circuit;
at least one processor operably coupled to the plurality of antennas and the RF circuit; and
memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
identify at least one channel measurement configuration associated with a second radio access technology (RAT) that is different from a first RAT, while the electronic device is being connected to a first communication network based on the first RAT,
perform, using a first antenna group among the plurality of antennas, a measurement operation on at least one measurement object identified based on the at least one channel measurement configuration provided by a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message, wherein the first antenna group comprises entire antennas among the plurality of antennas including primary reception (PRX) antennas and diversity reception (DRX) antennas, and
based on identifying that a measurement value corresponding to at least one measurement result using at least one antenna in the first antenna group, being less than a threshold, perform a measurement operation on the at least one measurement object using a second antenna group including a part of the first antenna group.
2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
perform the measurement operation on the at least one measurement object using at least one PRX antenna as the second antenna group.
3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
identify a first value based on measurement results using the entire antennas in the plurality of antennas as the measurement value.
4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
identify a maximum value among measurement results using the entire antennas among the plurality of antennas, the maximum value being lastly identified as the measurement value.
5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
identify a maximum value among measurement results using the entire antennas among the plurality of antennas during a past first period, the maximum value being identified as the measurement value.
6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
attempt a random access (RA) procedure based on information included in the RRC reconfiguration message; and
based on at least one failure of the RA procedure, detecting that an antenna switching for performing the measurement operation using the second antenna group is required.
7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
based on an accumulated number of failures of the RA procedure being greater than or equal to a threshold number, detecting that an antenna switching for performing the measurement operation using the second antenna group is required.
8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
based on a difference between a measurement result of at least one PRX antenna and a maximum value among measurement results corresponding to the plurality of antennas exceeding a threshold value, detecting that an antenna switching for performing the measurement operation using the second antenna group is required.
9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
based on at least one of a size of data to be transmitted or a size of data to be received by the electronic device being less than a threshold size, detecting that an antenna switching for performing the measurement operation using the second antenna group is required.
10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
based on a battery level of the electronic device being less than a threshold level, detecting that an antenna switching for performing the measurement operation using the second antenna group is required.
11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
based on a temperature of the electronic device measured by the electronic device exceeding a threshold temperature, detecting that an antenna switching for performing the measurement operation using the second antenna group is required.
12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
based on at least one sensing data associated with a movement of the electronic device, detecting that an antenna switching for performing the measurement operation using the second antenna group is required.
13. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a maximum value among measurement results using the entire antennas among the plurality of antennas as the measurement value.
14. A method performed by an electronic device including a plurality of antennas, the method comprising:
identifying at least one channel measurement configuration associated with a second radio access technology (RAT) that is different from a first RAT, while the electronic device is being connected to a first communication network based on the first RAT;
performing, using a first antenna group among the plurality of antennas, a measurement operation on at least one measurement object identified based on the at least one channel measurement configuration provided by a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message, wherein the first antenna group comprises entire antennas among the plurality of antennas including primary reception (PRX) antennas and diversity reception (DRX) antennas; and
based on identifying that a measurement value corresponding to at least one measurement result using at least one antenna in the first antenna group, being less than a threshold, performing a measurement operation on the at least one measurement object using a second antenna group including a part of the first antenna group.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the measurement operation on the at least one measurement object using the second antenna group is performed using at least one PRX antenna as the second antenna group.
16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions configured to, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device including a plurality of antennas, cause the electronic device to:
identify at least one channel measurement configuration associated with a second radio access technology (RAT) that is different from a first RAT, while the electronic device is being connected to a first communication network based on the first RAT;
perform, using a first antenna group among the plurality of antennas, a measurement operation on at least one measurement object identified based on the at least one channel measurement configuration provided by a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message, wherein the first antenna group comprises entire antennas among the plurality of antennas including primary reception (PRX) antennas and diversity reception (DRX) antennas; and
based on identifying that a measurement value corresponding to at least one measurement result using at least one antenna in the first antenna group, being less than a threshold, perform a measurement operation on the at least one measurement object using a second antenna group including a part of the first antenna group.
17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more programs comprising instructions configured to, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device including a plurality of antennas, cause the electronic device to:
perform the measurement operation on the at least one measurement object using at least one PRX antenna as the second antenna group.
18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more programs comprising instructions configured to, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device including a plurality of antennas, cause the electronic device to:
identify a maximum value among measurement results using the entire antennas among the plurality of antennas, as the measurement value.