Radio resource management scaling factor enhancement without measurement gaps

US12167267B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jie Cui · San Jose, US
• Yang Tang · Pleasanton, US
• Qiming Li · Beijing, CN
• Manasa Raghavan · Sunnyvale, US
• Huaning Niu · San Jose, US
• Hong He · Sunnyvale, US
• Xiang Chen · Campbell, US
• Dawei Zhang · Saratoga, US
• Haitong Sun · Cupertino, US
• Yushu Zhang · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 23, 2020
• Grant date: Dec 10, 2024
• Expiry date: Oct 23, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W76/15
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product for radio resource management (RRM) scaling factor enhancement without measurement gaps (MGs) in an E-UTRA-New Radio (NR) Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) network. Some embodiments include a user equipment (UE) that receives from a Primary Node (PN), a first NR measurement object (MO) without MG associated with a frequency. The UE receives from a Secondary Node (SN), a second NR MO without MG associated with the same frequency. The UE allocates resources based on a Primary Secondary Component Carrier (PSCC) and determines a scaling factor for determining a total procedure period for obtaining measurements to satisfy the first and the second NR MO without MG. Some embodiments include combining counts of NR MO without MG at a same frequency. Some embodiments include coordination between the PN and the SN so that MOs without MG at a common frequency satisfy the merging rule.