US 11,963,055 B2
Neighbor cell measurements
Manasa Raghavan, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Qiming Li, Beijing (CN); Jie Cui, San Jose, CA (US); Yang Tang, San Jose, CA (US); Yushu Zhang, Beijing (CN); Huaning Niu, San Jose, CA (US); Xiang Chen, Campbell, CA (US); and Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/438,204
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed May 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/092637
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/236536, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0269638 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04B 17/336 (2015.01)
CPC H04W 36/0094 (2013.01) [H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04B 17/336 (2015.01); H04W 36/0061 (2013.01); H04W 36/0088 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor configured to cause a user equipment device (UE) to:
establish a wireless link with a serving cell;
receive, from the serving cell, configuration information;
determine, based on the configuration information:
a first number of intra-frequency measurement layers; and
a second number of inter-frequency measurement layers;
select, based on at least the first number of intra-frequency measurement layers and the second number of inter-frequency measurement layers, a first measurement period to apply for inter-frequency layer 1 (L1) measurement on a first neighbor cell, wherein the first measurement period comprises whichever is larger between a measurement gap repetition period (MGRP) and a neighbor cell reference signal periodicity, wherein the neighbor cell reference signal periodicity is indicated by the configuration information;
receive, from the first neighbor cell, at least one reference signal;
perform at least one L1 measurement of the at least one reference signal applying the first measurement period for inter-frequency L1 measurement on the first neighbor cell; and
transmit, to the serving cell, a report of the at least one L1 measurement.