Granted Patent B2

US 12,659,778 · App. 17/997,811 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Inventors: Srinivas Yerramalli (San Diego, CA); Mukesh Kumar (Hyderabad, IN); Alexandros Manolakos (Escondido, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04W24/10H04W24/08

Abstract

Claims (51)

1 . A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, from a serving base station via higher layer signaling, a plurality of measurement gap configurations, wherein each measurement gap configuration of the plurality of measurement gap configurations includes one or more parameters defining a plurality of measurement gaps;

receiving, from the serving base station via lower layer signaling, an activation of a first measurement gap configuration of the plurality of measurement gap configurations; and

performing one or more measurements of one or more non-serving base stations during measurement gaps specified by the first measurement gap configuration.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

operating according to a default measurement gap configuration prior to reception of the activation of the first measurement gap configuration.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving, from the serving base station, an identification of the default measurement gap configuration.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the identification of the default measurement gap configuration is received from the serving base station via the higher layer signaling.

5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the identification of the default measurement gap configuration is received from the serving base station via the lower layer signaling.

6 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

switching back to the default measurement gap configuration after performing the one or more measurements.

7 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

switching back to the default measurement gap configuration a specified period of time after switching to the first measurement gap configuration.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of measurement gap configurations comprises a null measurement gap pattern.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the higher layer signaling comprises radio resource control (RRC) signaling, and

the lower layer signaling comprises medium access control control element (MAC-CE) or downlink control information (DCI) signaling.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more measurements comprise one or more positioning related measurements, one or more radio resource management (RRM) measurements, or one or more in-device coexistence (IDC) measurements.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more parameters defining a plurality of measurement gaps include:

a measurement gap offset (MGO),

a measurement gap length (MGL),

a measurement gap repetition period (MGRP), or

any combination thereof.

12 . A user equipment (UE), comprising:

one or more memories;

one or more transceivers; and

one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers, the one or more processors, either alone or in combination, configured to:

receive, via the one or more transceivers, from a serving base station via higher layer signaling, a plurality of measurement gap configurations, wherein each measurement gap configuration of the plurality of measurement gap configurations includes one or more parameters defining a plurality of measurement gaps;

receive, via the one or more transceivers, from the serving base station via lower layer signaling, an activation of a first measurement gap configuration of the plurality of measurement gap configurations; and

perform one or more measurements of one or more non-serving base stations during measurement gaps specified by the first measurement gap configuration.

13 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors, either alone or in combination, are further configured to:

operate according to a default measurement gap configuration prior to reception of the activation of the first measurement gap configuration.

14 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors, either alone or in combination, are further configured to:

receive, via the one or more transceivers, from the serving base station, an identification of the default measurement gap configuration.

15 . The UE of claim 14 , wherein:

the identification of the default measurement gap configuration is received from the serving base station via the higher layer signaling, or

the identification of the default measurement gap configuration is received from the serving base station via the lower layer signaling.

16 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors, either alone or in combination, are further configured to:

switch back to the default measurement gap configuration after performing the one or more measurements.

17 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors, either alone or in combination, are further configured to:

switch back to the default measurement gap configuration a specified period of time after switching to the first measurement gap configuration.

18 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein:

the higher layer signaling comprises radio resource control (RRC) signaling, and

the lower layer signaling comprises medium access control control element (MAC-CE) or downlink control information (DCI) signaling.

19 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein the one or more measurements comprise one or more positioning related measurements, one or more radio resource management (RRM) measurements, or one or more in-device coexistence (IDC) measurements.

20 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein the one or more parameters defining a plurality of measurement gaps include:

a measurement gap offset (MGO),

a measurement gap length (MGL),

a measurement gap repetition period (MGRP), or

any combination thereof.

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