US 11,895,546 B2
Performing measurements for a handover procedure in a non-terrestrial network
Chien-Chun Cheng, Taipei (TW); Yung-Lan Tseng, Taipei (TW); Hsin-Hsi Tsai, Taipei (TW); and Hai-Han Wang, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to FG Innovation Company Limited, Tuen Mun (HK)
Filed by FG Innovation Company Limited, Tuen Mun (HK)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/395,941.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/062,766, filed on Aug. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0046498 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 36/0085 (2018.08) [H04B 7/18519 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for a user equipment (UE) connected to a serving cell associated with a first satellite, the method comprising:
receiving, at the UE, a measurement configuration comprising a plurality of synchronization signal block (SSB) measurement timing configurations (SMTCs), wherein:
a first SMTC in the plurality of SMTCs has a first set of parameters and a second SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs has a second set of parameters,
the first SMTC and the second SMTC are associated with a non-terrestrial network (NTN), and
the first and second sets of parameters have at least one parameter in common and one different parameter;
receiving a signal to perform a measurement procedure for a second cell associated with a second satellite; and
performing the measurement procedure based on the received plurality of SMTCs, wherein:
each of the first and second sets of parameters comprises a same duration of time that indicates an SMTC window within which at least one of an SSB or a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) is detectable by the UE to perform the measurement procedure, and
each of the first and second sets of parameters further comprises a different offset value.