User equipment measurement and reporting

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12562822-B2
Application number	US-202217810146-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2022
Priority date	Jun 30, 2022
Publication date	Feb 24, 2026
Grant date	Feb 24, 2026

Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may perform one or more measurements associated with an altitude of the UE. The UE may obtain an indication of an antenna condition or a flight path condition associated with the UE. The UE may transmit, based at least in part on the altitude of the UE being greater than an altitude threshold and at least one of the antenna condition or the flight path condition being satisfied, a measurement report that includes an indication of at least one of a location of the UE or a velocity of the UE. Numerous other aspects are described.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
one or more memories; and one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
obtain a plurality of measurement and reporting configurations, a selection of a first measurement and reporting configuration of the plurality of measurement and reporting configurations being associated with an altitude of the UE being below an altitude threshold, and a selection of a second measurement and reporting configuration of the plurality of measurement and reporting configurations being associated with the altitude of the UE being greater than or equal to the altitude threshold;
perform, according to the second measurement and reporting configuration and based at least in part on the altitude of the UE being greater than or equal to the altitude threshold, one or more measurements associated with the altitude of the UE;
obtain an indication of an antenna condition or a flight path condition associated with the UE; and
transmit, based at least in part on the altitude of the UE being greater than or equal to the altitude threshold, a measurement report that includes an indication of the altitude of the UE and at least one of a location of the UE or a velocity of the UE.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the antenna condition includes the UE switching between a directional antenna and an omni-directional antenna, and wherein transmitting the measurement report comprises transmitting the measurement report based at least in part on the altitude of the UE being greater than the altitude threshold and based at least in part on the UE switching between the directional antenna and the omni-direction antenna.

3 . The apparatus of claim 2 ,
wherein the one or more processors, to switch between the directional antenna and the omni-directional antenna, are configured to switch from measuring using the directional antenna to measuring using the omni-directional antenna, or switching from measuring using the omni-directional antenna to measuring using the directional antenna.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the flight path condition includes the UE moving with respect to a reference location, and wherein transmitting the measurement report comprises transmitting the measurement report based at least in part on the altitude of the UE being greater than the altitude threshold and based at least in part on the UE moving with respect to the reference location.

5 . The apparatus of claim 4 ,
wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the measurement report based at least in part on the UE moving with respect to the reference location, are configured to transmit the measurement report based at least in part on the UE moving within a distance of the reference location or transmit the measurement report based at least in part on the UE moving outside of the distance from the reference location.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the measurement report, are configured to transmit a measurement report that further includes a horizontal location of the UE.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the measurement report, are configured to transmit a measurement report that includes at least one of a vertical velocity of the UE or a horizontal velocity of the UE.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the measurement report, are configured to transmit a measurement report that includes an indication of whether the UE is in a resting mode or whether the UE is in a moving mode.

9 . The apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the measurement report, are configured to transmit an indication of whether a directional antenna associated with the UE is in an on state or an off state.

10 . The apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the measurement report, are configured to transmit an indication of a beam condition.

11 . The apparatus of claim 10 ,
wherein the indication of the beam condition indicates at least one of a direction of a main lobe with respect to a local coordinate system, a main lobe orientation, a main lobe beamwidth, a main lobe directive gain, a number of side lobes, a side lobe orientation, a side lobe beamwidth, or a side lobe gain.

12 . The apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the one or more processors, to perform the one or more measurements, are configured to perform the one or more measurements based at least in part on a synchronization signal block or a channel state information reference signal.

13 . The apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the measurement report is included in measurement and reporting configuration signaling between the UE and a network node.

14 . The apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the UE is an unmanned aerial vehicle.

15 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
one or more memories; and one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
obtain a plurality of measurement and reporting configurations;
select a measurement and reporting configuration, from the plurality of measurement and reporting configurations, based at least in part on an altitude of the UE, the plurality of measurement and reporting configurations including at least a first measurement and reporting configuration associated with the altitude of the UE being below an altitude threshold and a second measurement and reporting configuration associated with the altitude of the UE being greater than or equal to the altitude threshold; and
measure and report based at least in part on the selected measurement and reporting configuration, the measurement and reporting configuration identifying that the UE is to include an indication of the altitude of the UE in a measurement report.

16 . The apparatus of claim 15 ,
wherein an antenna condition is associated with the UE using a directional antenna or an omni-directional antenna.

17 . The apparatus of claim 15 ,
wherein the one or more processors, to select the measurement and reporting configuration based at least in part on the altitude of the UE, are configured to:
select a first measurement and reporting configuration based at least in part on the altitude of the UE not satisfying an altitude threshold;
select a second measurement and reporting configuration based at least in part on the altitude of the UE satisfying the altitude threshold and based at least in part on an antenna condition indicating that the UE is using a directional antenna; or
select a third measurement and reporting configuration based at least in part on the altitude of the UE satisfying the altitude threshold and based at least in part on an antenna condition indicating that the UE is using an omni-directional antenna.

18 . The apparatus of claim 15 ,
wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit, to a network node, an indication of the selected measurement and reporting configuration.

19 . The apparatus of claim 15 ,
wherein the one or more processors, to measure and report based at least in part on the selected measurement and reporting configuration, are configured to perform one or more measurements associated with a synchronization signal block or a channel state information reference signal and transmit a measurement report that includes an indication of the on

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Liu Le
• Phuyal Umesh
• Saha Chiranjib
• Rico Alvarino Alberto
• Kitazoe Masato
• Park Changhwan
• Gaal Peter
• Chen Wanshi
• Wang Xiao Feng
• Shrestha Bharat
• Kanamarlapudi Sitaramanjaneyulu

Classifications

• H04W24/10 Primary

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

• H04W4/027

  using movement velocity, acceleration information · CPC title

• H04B17/309

  Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters · CPC title

• H04W64/006

  with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination · CPC title

• H04W24/08

  Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic · CPC title