US 12,457,515 B2
Serving cell measurements in idle mode
Hongbo Yan, Vista, CA (US); Amir Farajidana, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Christian Hofmann, Munich (DE); and Dietmar Gradl, Ebersberg (DE)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/881,480.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/247,413, filed on Sep. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0087707 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 24/10 (2013.01) [H04B 7/088 (2013.01); H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
processing a first plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) that respectively correspond to a plurality of beams of a base station, the first plurality of SSBs received during a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle;
selecting a first beam of the plurality of beams based on a first measurement that corresponds to a first SSB of the first plurality of SSBs, the first SSB received on the first beam;
determining whether an intra-frequency neighbor cell search and measurement is to be performed;
comparing, based on a determination that the intra-frequency neighbor cell search and measurement is not to be performed, the first measurement to a measurement threshold; and
scheduling, based on said comparing, an SSB search and measurement per beam of the plurality of beams.