Technologies for measurement gap operations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026052409-A1
Application number	US-202519271595-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 16, 2025
Priority date	Aug 16, 2024
Publication date	Feb 19, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for measurements gap configuration and operation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
processing a plurality of measurement gap (MG) configurations received from a network; identifying at least one parameter associated with an operational condition of a user equipment (UE); selecting, based on the at least one parameter, a first MG configuration from the plurality of MG configurations for activation; and generating a message to be transmitted to the network, the message to indicate activation of the first MG configuration.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one parameter includes at least one of:
a serving cell reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement; a measurement object; a measurement requirement; a processing status of the UE; a current service status of data to be transmitted or received from the UE; a location or a mobility status of the UE; or a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the message includes an indication of:
an index of the first MG configuration; a measurement object associated with the first MG configuration; a scheduling restriction pattern associated with the first MG configuration; a start time of a measurement period associated with the first MG configuration; a stop time of a measurement period associated with the first MG configuration; a duration of a measurement period associated with the first MG configuration; or a periodicity of a measurement period associated with the first MG configuration.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is an uplink control information (UCI), a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), or a radio resource control (RRC) message.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein individual MG configurations of the plurality of MG configurations include a measurement gap configuration identifier (ID) or a gap type.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that a discontinuous reception (DRX)-OFF period can be used to perform a measurement; and generating, based on said determining that the DRX-OFF period can be used to perform the measurement, a message to be transmitted to the network to indicate deactivation of the MG.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating, for transmission to the network, an indication of a preferred MG configuration.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a collision between a measurement operation and a non-measurement operation during a MG associated with the first MG configuration; determining a relative priority between the measurement operation and the non-measurement operation; selecting, based on the relative priority, an operation from the measurement operation and the non-measurement operation; and performing the selected operation during the MG.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
processing a preemption rule received from a base station, wherein said determining the relative priority is based on the preemption rule.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the measurement operation includes a measurement of a neighbor cell during the MG of the neighbor cell and the non-measurement operation includes a transmission of at least one critical packet, and said determining the relative priority includes:
prioritizing the transmission of the at least one critical packet over the measurement of the neighbor cell.

11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
performing the measurement of the neighbor cell on a frequency without a configured or activated measurement gap.

12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a collision between a measurement operation and a non-measurement operation during a MG associated with the first MG configuration; performing the measurement operation in a first portion of the MG; and performing the non-measurement operation in a second portion of the MG, wherein the first portion does not overlap with the second portion.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein performing the non-measurement operation in the second portion of the MG is based on a UE capability or a confidence level of completing the measurement operation within the first portion of the MG.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first MG configuration defines a plurality of MG occasions, and the method further comprises:
selecting a subset of the plurality of MG occasions during which to perform respective measurements, wherein the message indicates the subset.

15 . An apparatus comprising:
processor circuitry to:
identify at least one operational condition of a user equipment (UE);
select, based on the at least one operational condition, a measurement gap (MG) configuration; and
generate a message to be transmitted to a network, the message to indicate activation of the MG configuration; and
interface circuitry coupled to the processor circuitry to enable communication.

16 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the MG configuration is selected from among a plurality of predefined MG configurations, and wherein the message includes a measurement gap identifier (ID) associated with the selected MG configuration.

17 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the at least one operational condition includes at least one of:
a serving cell reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement; a measurement object; a measurement requirement; a processing status of the UE; a current service status of data to be transmitted or received from the UE; a location or a mobility status of the UE; or a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration.

18 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the MG configuration is a first MG configuration and the processor circuitry is further to:
process a plurality of MG configurations received from the network, the plurality of MG configurations including the first MG configuration; and switch from the first MG configuration to a second MG configuration of the plurality of MG configurations.

19 . A method comprising:
generating a plurality of measurement gap (MG) configurations to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE); processing an indication, received from the UE, to indicate a preferred MG configuration; selecting, based on the indication, a MG configuration from the plurality of MG configuration for activation; and generating, for transmission to the UE, a message to indicate activation of the MG configuration.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the message is a radio resource control (RRC) message, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), or a downlink control information (DCI).

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Chen Yuqin
• Cheng Peng
• Aghili Behrouz
• Hu Haijing
• Xu Fangli
• Rossbach Ralf
• Palle Venkata Naveen Kumar R
• Wu Zhibin
• Guo Shu
• Qiao Xiaoyu
• Liang Huarui
• Li Qiming

Classifications

• H04W24/10

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

• H04W76/28

  Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX] · CPC title

• H04W24/08 Primary

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