Layer 1 measurement reporting for neighbor cell

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11917437-B2
Application number	US-202117195312-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2021
Priority date	Mar 13, 2020
Publication date	Feb 27, 2024
Grant date	Feb 27, 2024

Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may perform a physical layer measurement on a non-serving cell of the UE. The UE may report a measurement value of the physical layer measurement to a serving cell of the UE based at least in part on the physical layer measurement satisfying a threshold. The UE may receive, based at least in part on reporting the physical layer measurement, a physical layer reference signal measurement configuration for the non-serving cell. The UE may transmit a measurement report based at least in part on the physical layer reference signal measurement configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
performing a physical layer measurement on a non-serving cell of the UE;
reporting, to a serving cell of the UE, a measurement value for the non-serving cell in accordance with the physical layer measurement satisfying a threshold;
receiving, in accordance with reporting the measurement value, first downlink control information (DCI) indicating a physical layer reference signal measurement configuration for the non-serving cell and second DCI scheduling a resource for a measurement report; and
transmitting the measurement report in accordance with the physical layer reference signal measurement configuration.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement report omits information identifying the non-serving cell in accordance with the UE having reported the measurement value to the serving cell.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the non-serving cell is a neighbor cell of the UE.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the physical layer measurement comprises tuning from a frequency of the serving cell to a frequency of a reference signal measurement during a measurement gap or a configured duration associated with physical-layer measurement on the non-serving cell; and
performing the reference signal measurement at the frequency.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a configuration indicating the threshold via at least one of:
radio resource control signaling,
medium access control signaling, or
downlink control information.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving downlink control information that schedules a resource for the measurement report and that provides the physical layer reference signal measurement configuration.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a resource for the measurement report relative to a measurement window associated with the physical layer reference signal measurement configuration associated with a time gap.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement report identifies a signal strength of the non-serving cell, and the signal strength is identified by at least one of:
a reference signal received power value,
a reference signal received quality value, or
a signal to interference plus noise ratio.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the threshold is a measurement value threshold and the method further comprises:
comparing the measurement value of the physical layer measurement to the measurement value threshold, the reporting the measurement value performed in accordance with the measurement value satisfying the measurement value threshold.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the measurement value threshold is defined relative to a measurement value of a strongest beam associated with the UE or a measurement value of a beam associated with the serving cell of the UE.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the measurement value threshold is configured as a measurement value.

12. A method of wireless communication performed by a base station associated with a serving cell of a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, from the UE, information identifying a measurement value for a non-serving cell of the UE in accordance with a physical layer measurement, associated with the measurement value, satisfying a threshold;
transmitting, to the UE in accordance with the UE reporting the measurement value, first downlink control information (DCI) indicating a physical layer reference signal measurement configuration for the non-serving cell and second DCI scheduling a resource for a measurement report; and
receiving the measurement report in accordance with the physical layer reference signal measurement configuration.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the measurement report omits information identifying the non-serving cell, and the method further comprising:
determining that the measurement report is associated with the non-serving cell in accordance with the base station having received the information identifying the measurement value.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
configuring the threshold via at least one of:
radio resource control signaling,
medium access control signaling, or
downlink control information.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising transmitting downlink control information that indicates the physical layer reference signal measurement configuration.

16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising transmitting downlink control information (DCI) that schedules a resource for the measurement report and that provides the physical layer reference signal measurement configuration.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising determining a resource for the measurement report relative to a measurement window associated with the physical layer reference signal measurement configuration associated with a time gap.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the measurement report identifies a signal strength of the non-serving cell, and the signal strength is identified by at least one of:
a reference signal received power value,
a reference signal received quality value, or
a signal to interference plus noise ratio.

19. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:
a processing system that includes processor circuitry and memory circuitry that stores code, the processing system configured to cause the UE to:
perform a physical layer measurement on a non-serving cell of the UE;
report, to a serving cell of the UE, a measurement value for the non-serving cell in accordance with the physical layer measurement satisfying a threshold;
receive, in accordance with reporting the measurement value, first downlink control information (DCI) indicating a physical layer reference signal measurement configuration for the non-serving cell and second DCI scheduling a resource for a measurement report; and
transmit the measurement report in accordance with the physical layer reference signal measurement configuration.

20. The UE of claim 19 , wherein the measurement report omits information identifying the non-serving cell in accordance with the UE having reported the measurement value to the serving cell.

21. The UE of claim 19 , wherein the processing system is configured to receive downlink control information that schedules a resource for the measurement report and that provides the physical layer reference signal measurement configuration.

22. The UE of claim 19 , wherein the threshold is a measurement value threshold, and the processing system is configured to:
compare the measurement value of the physical layer measurement to the measurement value threshold, the one or more processors, when reporting the measurement value, being configured to report the measurement value in accordance with the measurement value satisfying the measurement value threshold.

23. The UE of claim 22 , wherein the measurement value threshold is defined relative to a measurement value of a strongest beam associated with the UE or a measurement value of a beam associated with the serving cell of the UE.

24. The UE of claim 22 , wherein the measurement value threshold is configured as a measurement value.

25. The UE of claim 19 , wherein the processing system is configured to determine a resource for the measurement report relative to a measurement window associated wi

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Zhang Qian
• Li Junyi
• Zhou Yan
• Bai Tianyang
• Ryu Jung Ho
• Ding Ling
• Venugopal Kiran
• Luo Tao

Classifications

• H04W24/10 Primary

  Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} · CPC title

• H04L5/0048

  Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091) · CPC title

• H04W36/0058

  Transmission of hand-off measurement information, e.g. measurement reports · CPC title