US 11,991,703 B2
Providing measurement capabilities to a network node
Oumer Teyeb, Montréal (CA); and Patrik Rugeland, Stockholm (SE)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/608,217
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed May 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/054154
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/222199, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/842,097, filed on May 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0264620 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 72/12 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/21 (2023.01) [H04W 72/1215 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.02); H04W 76/30 (2018.02); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
receiving a capability request message transmitted by a network node of a radio access network (RAN) using a first radio access technology (RAT), wherein the first RAT is one of New Radio (NR) or Long Term Evolution (LTE);
in response to receiving the capability request message, generating a capability response message that indicates whether the UE supports a certain type of measurement while i) in LTE IDLE, IDLE with suspended, or INACTIVE mode or ii) in NR IDLE or INACTIVE mode; and
transmitting the capability response message to the network node,
wherein
when the first RAT is LTE, the capability response message indicates least one of: i) whether the UE supports NR measurements when the UE is in an LTE IDLE, IDLE with suspended, or INACTIVE mode or ii) whether the UE supports NR measurements in a first frequency range (FR1) or a second frequency range (FR2); and
when the first RAT is NR, the capability response message indicates at least one of: i) whether the UE supports LTE measurements when the UE is in an NR IDLE or INACTIVE mode; ii) whether the UE supports LTE measurements only when the UE is camping on FR1; or iii) that the UE doesn't support LTE measurements when the UE is camping on the second frequency range.