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US 12,457,534 · App. 17/768,213 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Measurement reporting for conditional handover candidates

Inventors: Icaro L. J. Da Silva (Solna, SE); Cecilia Eklof (Täby, SE)
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
H04W36/0085H04W36/24H04W36/362
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,457,534
App. No.
17/768,213
Filed
Apr 11, 2022
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2632
USPC
455/436
Abstract

A method performed by a wireless device for measurement reporting comprises receiving a conditional handover (CHO) configuration comprising one or more CHO candidate cells and associated triggering conditions; generating a measurement report comprising measurement information for the one or more CHO candidate cells; and transmitting the measurement report to a network node.

Claims (58)

1. A method performed by a wireless device for measurement reporting, the method comprising:

receiving a conditional handover (CHO) configuration comprising one or more CHO candidate cells and associated triggering conditions;

receiving an indication that the wireless device is allowed to include measurement information for CHO candidate cells not comprised in the CHO configuration;

generating a measurement report comprising measurement information for the one or more CHO candidate cells and at least one new CHO candidate cell not comprised in the CHO configuration; and

transmitting the measurement report to a network node;

wherein the measurement information for the one or more CHO candidate cells includes measurement information for CHO candidate cells that do not meet their associated triggering conditions.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device always includes measurement information for the one or more CHO candidate cells in the measurement report when CHO is configured for the wireless device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device includes measurement information for one or more CHO candidate cells in the measurement report when a measurement for the CHO candidate cell is above or below a preconfigured threshold.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device includes measurement information for the one or more CHO candidate cells in the measurement report when a sorting quality has changed.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement report comprises one or more of:

an event triggered measurement report;

a periodical measurement report;

a cell global identity (CGI) report;

a cross-link interference (CLI) report;

a system frame number frame timing difference (SFTD) report;

a measurement report configured in a measId that is also used for a CHO configuration trigger condition; and

a measurement report configured in a measId for event triggered measurement reporting that is associated to the same measObject as another measId for CHO.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement information comprises one or more of:

CHO target cell candidate measurements per cell;

CHO target cell candidate list that are fulfilling a condition; and

beam measurement information for CHO target cell candidates.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a CHO configuration update from the network node based on the transmitted measurement report.

8. A wireless device capable of performing measurement reporting, the wireless device comprising processing circuitry operable to:

receive a conditional handover (CHO) configuration comprising one or more CHO candidate cells and associated triggering conditions;

receive an indication that the wireless device is allowed to include measurement information for CHO candidate cells not comprised in the CHO configuration;

generate a measurement report comprising measurement information for the one or more CHO candidate cells and at least one new CHO candidate cell not comprised in the CHO configuration; and

transmit the measurement report to a network node;

wherein the measurement information for the one or more CHO candidate cells includes measurement information for CHO candidate cells that do not meet their associated triggering conditions.

9. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the wireless device always includes measurement information for the one or more CHO candidate cells in the measurement report when CHO is configured for the wireless device.

10. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the wireless device includes measurement information for one or more CHO candidate cells in the measurement report when a measurement for the CHO candidate cell is above or below a preconfigured threshold.

11. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the wireless device includes measurement information for the one or more CHO candidate cells in the measurement report when a sorting quality has changed.

12. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the measurement report comprises one or more of:

an event triggered measurement report;

a periodical measurement report;

a cell global identity (CGI) report;

a cross-link interference (CLI) report;

a system frame number frame timing difference (SFTD) report;

a measurement report configured in a measId that is also used for a CHO configuration trigger condition; and

a measurement report configured in a measId for event triggered measurement reporting that is associated to the same measObject as another measId for CHO.

13. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the measurement information comprises one or more of:

CHO target cell candidate measurements per cell;

CHO target cell candidate list that are fulfilling a condition; and

beam measurement information for CHO target cell candidates.

14. The wireless device of claim 8 , the processing circuitry further operable to receive a CHO configuration update from the network node based on the transmitted measurement report.

15. A network node comprising processing circuitry operable to:

provide a wireless device with a conditional handover (CHO) configuration comprising one or more CHO candidate cells and associated triggering conditions;

provide the wireless device with an indication that the wireless device is allowed to include measurement information for CHO candidate cells not comprised in the CHO configuration;

receive a measurement report from the wireless device, the measurement report comprising measurement information for one or more conditional handover (CHO) candidate cells and at least one new CHO candidate cell not comprised in the CHO configuration;

wherein the measurement information for the one or more CHO candidate cells includes measurement information for CHO candidate cells that do not meet their associated triggering conditions; and

determine one or more CHO configuration updates for the wireless device based at least in part on the received measurement information for the one or more conditional handover CHO candidate cells.

16. The network node of claim 15 , wherein the CHO configuration update includes one or more of:

removing a CHO candidate cell from the CHO configuration;

adding a CHO candidate cell to the CHO configuration; and

modifying an existing CHO candidate cell in the CHO configuration.

17. The network node of claim 16 , wherein the wireless device always includes measurement information for the one or more CHO candidate cells in the measurement report when CHO is configured for the wireless device.

18. The network node of claim 16 , wherein the wireless device includes measurement information for one or more CHO candidate cells in the measurement report when a measurement for the CHO candidate cell is above or below a preconfigured threshold.

19. The network node of claim 16 , wherein the wireless device includes measurement information for the one or more CHO candidate cells in the measurement report when a sorting quality has changed.

20. The network node of claim 15 , the processing circuitry further operable to configure the wireless device with two measurement identifiers for a same measurement object and with two report configurations, wherein one of the report configurations is for CHO and the other report configuration is for a measurement report.

Continuity (2)
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