US 12,302,142 B2
Apparatus, method and computer program
Jussi-Pekka Koskinen, Oulu (FI); Samuli Heikki Turtinen, Ii (FI); and Jarkko Tuomo Koskela, Oulu (FI)
Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 17/774,955
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Nov. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/081306
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/089789, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1916259 (GB), filed on Nov. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386155 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/08 (2013.01) [H04W 24/10 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
3. A user equipment comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storing instructions that when executed with the at least one processor, cause the user equipment at least to:
receive, at the user equipment from a network, criteria defining when radio resource management measurements at the user equipment can be performed in a first mode, wherein, in the first mode, measurement requirements are more relaxed than in a second mode;
receive, at the user equipment from the network, an indication to perform radio resource management measurements at the user equipment in a first mode, wherein the indication is based on at least one of a mobility status of the user equipment or channel quality of the user equipment, and
wherein the indication to perform radio resource management measurements in the first mode is valid when the user equipment is operating in a radio resource control connected state, is received in a dedicated radio resource control signalling and comprises an indicator for allowance of performing radio resource management measurements in the first mode, such that performing radio resource management measurements at the user equipment in the first mode is under control of the network; and
perform radio resource management measurements in the first mode,
wherein, in the first mode, the user equipment is configured to perform radio resource management measurements with decreased accuracy compared to measurement accuracy in the second mode; and
provide results of the radio resource management measurements with decreased accuracy from the user equipment to the network.
 
7. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory, the at least one memory storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
provide, to a user equipment from a network, criteria defining when radio resource management measurements at the user equipment can be performed in a first mode, wherein, in the first mode, measurement requirements are more relaxed than in a second mode;
detect a trigger to transmit an indication to the user equipment to perform radio resource management measurements at the user equipment in the first mode, wherein detecting the trigger is based on at least one of a mobility status of the user equipment or channel quality of the user equipment;
provide, to the user equipment from the network, the indication to perform radio resource management measurements at the user equipment in the first mode,
wherein the indication to perform radio resource management measurements in the first mode is valid when the user equipment is operating in a radio resource control connected state, is received in a dedicated radio resource control signalling and comprises an indicator for allowance of performing radio resource management measurements in the first mode, such that performing radio resource management measurements at the user equipment in the first mode is under control of the network,
wherein, in the first mode, the user equipment is configured to perform radio resource management measurements with decreased accuracy compared to measurements in the second mode; and
receive results of the radio resource management measurements with decreased accuracy from the user equipment.