US 12,137,362 B2
Network operations for independent measurement gap configuration
Jie Cui, San Jose, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Haitong Sun, Cupertino, CA (US); Hong He, San Jose, CA (US); Manasa Raghavan, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Wenshu Zhang, San Diego, CA (US); Yang Tang, San Jose, CA (US); and Yushu Zhang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/593,456
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/106902
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/027253, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322121 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 24/10 (2009.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 24/10 (2013.01) [H04W 74/0833 (2013.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
at a cell of a network:
establishing a connection to a user equipment (UE);
receiving an indication that the UE supports an independent measurement gap configuration for new radio in an unlicensed spectrum (NR-U);
transmitting measurement gap configuration information to the UE, wherein the UE configures a measurement gap pattern based on the measurement gap configuration information; and
receiving a signal from the UE that corresponds to a random access procedure during the measurement gap, wherein the measurement gap is dedicated for NR-U cell measurement and wherein the cell operates in a licensed band.