US 12,114,189 B2
Measurement gap configuration with multiple carriers
Qiming Li, Beijing (CN); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Jie Cui, San Jose, CA (US); Yang Tang, San Jose, CA (US); Manasa Raghavan, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Huaning Niu, San Jose, CA (US); and Xiang Chen, Campbell, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/438,172
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed May 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/092615
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/236531, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0337023 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 24/08 (2013.01) [H04W 72/0453 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A processor, the processor configured to perform operations, the operations comprising:
establishing communication with a cellular network using at least a first component carrier and a second component carrier of a plurality of component carriers, wherein the first component carrier is configured with a first plurality of BWPs (BWPs), including a first BWP and a second BWP, and wherein the second component carrier is configured with a second plurality of BWP, including a third BWP and a fourth BWP;
receiving signaling specifying a plurality of measurement gap patterns and an ON/OFF indication for respective BWPs of the first plurality of BWPs for the plurality of measurement gap patterns;
at a first time, performing one or more measurements using at least a first measurement gap pattern of the plurality of measurement gap patterns, wherein at the first time, communicating using the first component carrier uses the first BWP and communicating using the second component carrier uses the third BWP, wherein the first and third BWPs are active BWPs;
at a second time, changing the active BWP of the first component carrier from the first to the second BWP and communicating using the first component carrier using the second BWP;
in response to changing the active BWP from the first BWP to the second BWP, determining whether a second measurement gap pattern of the plurality of measurement gap patterns is active, wherein the second measurement gap pattern is active when it corresponds to an ON indication in any active BWP of the plurality of BWPs of the plurality of component carriers; and
when the second measurement gap pattern is determined to be active, performing one or more measurements using at least the second measurement gap pattern.