Techniques for channel measurement reporting across different distributed units (DUS) of a base station (BS)
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for a transmission, from a user equipment (UE) to a first distributed unit (DU), of one or more measurement reports including channel measurements of a set of cells associated with a second DU of a same central unit (CU) as the first DU. The UE may transmit the one or more measurement reports according to various reporting format options, including via separate reports for activated and deactivated cells of the second DU, a joint report for activated and deactivated cells of the second DU, or a joint report across a set of DUs including the first DU. The measurement reports may include one or more metrics associated with each cell of a configured cell set and the UE and the DUs of the same CU may activate or deactivate one or more cells for communication with the UE based on the measurement reports.
1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors, the processing system configured to cause the apparatus to:
receive, via radio resource control (RRC) signaling, an indication of a configured cell set associated with a plurality of distributed units (DUs) of a base station and an indication of a plurality of reporting parameters associated with a mobility procedure at the UE, the plurality of DUs of the base station controlled by a same central unit (CU) of the base station, and each DU of the plurality of DUs of the base station associated with a respective set of cells of the configured cell set;
receive, via Layer 1 (L1) or Layer 2 (L2) (L1/L2) signaling from a first DU of the plurality of DUs of the base station, an indication of an activation of one or more reporting parameters of the plurality of reporting parameters, the activation of the one or more reporting parameters associated with measurement reporting for one or more cells associated with the first DU; and
transmit, to a second DU of the plurality of DUs of the base station, one or more measurement reports that include channel measurement results for at least a subset of cells of the configured cell set in accordance with at least the activation of the one or more reporting parameters, the subset of cells of the configured cell set including the one or more cells associated with the first DU.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the apparatus to:
receive, via the L1/L2 signaling, an indication of a deactivation of one or more second reporting parameters of the plurality of reporting parameters, wherein the channel measurement results for at least the subset of cells of the configured cell set are further in accordance with the deactivation of the one or more second reporting parameters.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the apparatus to:
transmit, to the base station, an indication of an activation or a deactivation of one or more second reporting parameters of the plurality of reporting parameters, wherein the channel measurement results for at least the subset of cells of the configured cell set are further in accordance with the activation or the deactivation of the one or more second reporting parameters.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the apparatus transmits the indication of the activation or the deactivation of the one or more second reporting parameters to the first DU.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the apparatus to:
receive, from the base station, an activation of a reporting option for the one or more measurement reports, wherein the reporting option is one of periodic reporting, aperiodic reporting, or semi-persistent reporting, and wherein transmission of the one or more measurement reports are in accordance with the reporting option.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the apparatus to:
transmit, to the second DU, a first measurement report that includes channel measurement results for each activated cell associated with a set of DUs of the plurality of DUs of the base station and a second measurement report that includes channel measurement results for each deactivated cell associated with the set of DUs, wherein the one or more measurement reports include the first measurement report and the second measurement report.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the L1/L2 signaling comprises physical (PHY) layer signaling or medium access control (MAC) layer signaling, or both.
8. An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:
a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors, the processing system configured to cause the apparatus to:
transmit, via radio resource control (RRC) signaling, an indication of a configured cell set associated with a plurality of distributed units (DUs) of the base station and an indication of a plurality of reporting parameters associated with a mobility procedure at a user equipment (UE), the plurality of DUs of the base station controlled by a same central unit (CU) of the base station, and each DU of the plurality of DUs of the base station associated with a respective set of cells of the configured cell set;
transmit, via Layer 1 (L1) or Layer 2 (L2) (L1/L2) signaling from a first DU of the plurality of DUs of the base station, an indication of an activation of one or more reporting parameters of the plurality of reporting parameters, the activation of the one or more reporting parameters associated with measurement reporting for one or more cells associated with the first DU; and
receive, from the UE and at a second DU of the plurality of DUs of the base station, one or more measurement reports that include channel measurement results for at least a subset of cells of the configured cell set in accordance with at least the activation of the one or more reporting parameters, the subset of cells of the configured cell set including the one or more cells associated with the first DU.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the apparatus to:
transmit, from the first DU to the second DU, signaling indicating the activation of the one or more reporting parameters, transmission of the indication of the activation of the one or more reporting parameters from the first DU in accordance with the signaling from the first DU to the second DU.
10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the apparatus to:
transmit, via the L1/L2 signaling, an indication of a deactivation of one or more second reporting parameters of the plurality of reporting parameters, wherein the channel measurement results for at least the subset of cells of the configured cell set are further in accordance with the deactivation of the one or more second reporting parameters.
11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the apparatus to:
receive, from the UE, an indication of an activation or a deactivation of one or more second reporting parameters of the plurality of reporting parameters, wherein the channel measurement results for at least the subset of cells of the configured cell set are further in accordance with the activation or the deactivation of the one or more second reporting parameters.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the apparatus receives the indication of the activation or the deactivation of the one or more second reporting parameters at the first DU.
13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the apparatus to:
transmit, to the UE, an activation of a reporting option for the one or more measurement reports, wherein the reporting option is one of periodic reporting, aperiodic reporting, or semi-persistent reporting, and wherein reception of the one or more measurement reports are in accordance with the reporting option.
14. A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, via radio resource control (RRC) signaling, an indication of a configured cell set associated with a plurality of distributed units (DUs) of a base station and an indication of a plurality of reporting parameters associated with a mobility procedure at the UE, the plurality of DUs of the base station controlled by a same central unit (CU) of the base station, and each DU of the plurality of DUs of the base station associated with a respective set of cells of the configured cell set;
receiving, via Layer 1 (L1) or Layer 2 (L2) (L1/L2) signaling from a first DU of the plurality of DUs of the base station, an indication of an activation of one or more reporting parameters of the plurality of reporting parameters, the activation of the one or more reporting parameters associated with measurement reporting for one or more cells associated with the first DU; and
transmitting, to a second DU of the plurality of DUs of the base station, one or more measurement reports that include channel measurement results for at least a subset of cells of the configured cell set in accordance with at least the activation of the one or more reporting parameters, the subset of cells of the configured cell set including the one or more cells associated with the first DU.
15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
receiving, via the L1/L2 signaling, an indication of a deactivation of one or more second reporting parameters of the plurality of reporting parameters, wherein the channel measurement results for at least the subset of cells of the configured cell set are further in accordance with the deactivation of the one or more second reporting parameters.
16. A method for wireless communication by a base station, comprising:
transmitting, via radio resource control (RRC) signaling, an indication of a configured cell set associated with a plurality of distributed units (DUs) of the base station and an indication of a plurality of reporting parameters associated with a mobility procedure at a user equipment (UE), the plurality of DUs of the base station controlled by a same central unit (CU) of the base station, and each DU of the plurality of DUs of the base station associated with a respective set of cells of the configured cell set;
transmitting, via Layer 1 (L1) or Layer 2 (L2) (L1/L2) signaling from a first DU of the plurality of DUs of the base station, an indication of an activation of one or more reporting parameters of the plurality of reporting parameters, the activation of the one or more reporting parameters associated with measurement reporting for one or more cells associated with the first DU; and
receiving, from the UE and at a second DU of the plurality of DUs of the base station, one or more measurement reports that include channel measurement results for at least a subset of cells of the configured cell set in accordance with at least the activation of the one or more reporting parameters, the subset of cells of the configured cell set including the one or more cells associated with the first DU.