US 11,895,547 B2
Network controlled small gap configuration
Yang Tang, San Jose, CA (US); Candy Yiu, Portland, OR (US); Rui Huang, Beijing (CN); Jie Cui, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Shuang Tian, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/476,381
Filed by APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 2, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/016719
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 8, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/144927, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/454,571, filed on Feb. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0410024 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0088 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus of an evolved NodeB (eNB), comprising:
radio frequency (RF) circuitry configured to communicate with a user equipment (UE); and
one or more baseband processors communicatively coupled to the RF circuitry configured to perform operations, comprising:
transmitting measurement gap configuration information including a measurement gap configuration information element MeasGapConfig to configure a network controlled small gap (NCSG) pattern for the UE, wherein the UE requires an NCSG to prevent interruption and the UE is configured with a primary secondary cell (PSCELL), wherein when there is no measurement gap configured among a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG) subframes, the NCSG pattern comprises a single NCSG pattern with a constant repetition period per serving carrier, wherein the NCSG pattern is based on a visible interruption length before measurement (VIL1) parameter, a measurement length during which there is no gap (ML) parameter, a visible interruption length after measurement (VIL2) and a visible interruption period (VIRP) parameter.