WO2024147674A1

WO2024147674A1 - Method and apparatus for measurement reporting considering network power saving in a wireless communication system

Info

Publication number: WO2024147674A1
Application number: PCT/KR2024/000212
Authority: WO
Inventors: Sangwon Kim
Original assignee: Lg Electronics Inc.
Priority date: 2023-01-06
Filing date: 2024-01-04
Publication date: 2024-07-11

Abstract

A method and apparatus for measurement reporting considering network power saving in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device receives, from a network, a reporting configuration related to an activating indication. A wireless device considers the reporting configuration is deactivated. A wireless device activates the reporting configuration upon receiving the activating indication. A wireless device transmits, to the network, a measurement report based on the reporting configuration.

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASUREMENT REPORTING CONSIDERING NETWORK POWER SAVING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for measurement reporting considering network power saving in a wireless communication system.

3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long-term evolution (LTE) is a technology for enabling high-speed packet communications. Many schemes have been proposed for the LTE objective including those that aim to reduce user and provider costs, improve service quality, and expand and improve coverage and system capacity. The 3GPP LTE requires reduced cost per bit, increased service availability, flexible use of a frequency band, a simple structure, an open interface, and adequate power consumption of a terminal as an upper-level requirement.

Work has started in international telecommunication union (ITU) and 3GPP to develop requirements and specifications for new radio (NR) systems. 3GPP has to identify and develop the technology components needed for successfully standardizing the new RAT timely satisfying both the urgent market needs, and the more long-term requirements set forth by the ITU radio communication sector (ITU-R) international mobile telecommunications (IMT)-2020 process. Further, the NR should be able to use any spectrum band ranging at least up to 100 GHz that may be made available for wireless communications even in a more distant future.

The NR targets a single technical framework addressing all usage scenarios, requirements and deployment scenarios including enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), massive machine-type-communications (mMTC), ultra-reliable and low latency communications (URLLC), etc. The NR shall be inherently forward compatible.

If a cell is about to be turned off, the network needs to receive the measurement reporting from UEs though the quality of neighbour cell is not better than that of the serving cell, or is not as good as the handover is triggered. Though the quality of a neighbour cell is much lower than that of serving cell, if it is suitable to access, UE should be handed over to the neighbour cell before the serving cell is turned off. For this, UE needs to report the measurement results of neighbour cells which measurement quality is not as good as the current serving cell.

However, if many UEs are configured to report the measurement results of neighbour cells for which the quality is much lower than that of serving cell, the measurement reporting would be transmitted excessively, and such measurement reporting would not be useful from network side until the cell decides to be turned off.

Therefore, studies for measurement reporting considering network power saving in a wireless communication system are required.

In an aspect, a method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a network, a reporting configuration related to an activating indication; considering the reporting configuration is deactivated; activating the reporting configuration upon receiving the activating indication; and transmitting, to the network, a measurement report based on the reporting configuration.

In another aspect, an apparatus for implementing the above method is provided.

The present disclosure can have various advantageous effects.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a wireless device could efficiently perform measurement reporting considering network power saving.

For example, if many UEs are configured to report the measurement results of neighbour cells for which the quality is much lower than that of serving cell, the measurement reporting would be transmitted excessively, and such measurement reporting would not be useful from network side until the cell decides to be turned off.

For example, by allowing UE to report the measurement results of neighbour cell of which the quality is not excellent only when the group measurement reporting is allowed, the signaling overhead caused by measurement reporting can be significantly reduced.

For example, when a cell is turned off, since the wireless device in the cell transmits the measurement report based on the cell-off specific reporting configuration, the wireless device could move to another cell efficiently.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a wireless communication system could provide an efficient solution for measurement reporting considering network power saving.

Advantageous effects which can be obtained through specific embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to the advantageous effects listed above. For example, there may be a variety of technical effects that a person having ordinary skill in the related art can understand and/or derive from the present disclosure. Accordingly, the specific effects of the present disclosure are not limited to those explicitly described herein, but may include various effects that may be understood or derived from the technical features of the present disclosure.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a communication system to which implementations of the present disclosure is applied.

FIG. 2 shows an example of wireless devices to which implementations of the present disclosure is applied.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a wireless device to which implementations of the present disclosure is applied.

FIG. 4 shows another example of wireless devices to which implementations of the present disclosure is applied.

FIG. 5 shows an example of UE to which implementations of the present disclosure is applied.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show an example of protocol stacks in a 3GPP based wireless communication system to which implementations of the present disclosure is applied.

FIG. 8 shows a frame structure in a 3GPP based wireless communication system to which implementations of the present disclosure is applied.

FIG. 9 shows a data flow example in the 3GPP NR system to which implementations of the present disclosure is applied.

FIG. 10 shows an example of measurement reporting to which implementations of the present disclosure is applied.

FIG. 11 shows an example of a method for measurement reporting considering network power saving in a wireless communication system, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 12 shows an example of a method for conditional measurement reporting for network power saving.

FIG. 13 shows an example of a method for conditional measurement reporting for network power saving according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

The following techniques, apparatuses, and systems may be applied to a variety of wireless multiple access systems. Examples of the multiple access systems include a code division multiple access (CDMA) system, a frequency division multiple access (FDMA) system, a time division multiple access (TDMA) system, an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system, a single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) system, and a multicarrier frequency division multiple access (MC-FDMA) system. CDMA may be embodied through radio technology such as universal terrestrial radio access (UTRA) or CDMA2000. TDMA may be embodied through radio technology such as global system for mobile communications (GSM), general packet radio service (GPRS), or enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE). OFDMA may be embodied through radio technology such as institute of electrical and electronics engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, or evolved UTRA (E-UTRA). UTRA is a part of a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS). 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) is a part of evolved UMTS (E-UMTS) using E-UTRA. 3GPP LTE employs OFDMA in DL and SC-FDMA in UL. LTE-advanced (LTE-A) is an evolved version of 3GPP LTE.

For convenience of description, implementations of the present disclosure are mainly described in regards to a 3GPP based wireless communication system. However, the technical features of the present disclosure are not limited thereto. For example, although the following detailed description is given based on a mobile communication system corresponding to a 3GPP based wireless communication system, aspects of the present disclosure that are not limited to 3GPP based wireless communication system are applicable to other mobile communication systems.

For terms and technologies which are not specifically described among the terms of and technologies employed in the present disclosure, the wireless communication standard documents published before the present disclosure may be referenced.

In the present disclosure, "A or B" may mean "only A", "only B", or "both A and B". In other words, "A or B" in the present disclosure may be interpreted as "A and/or B". For example, "A, B or C" in the present disclosure may mean "only A", "only B", "only C", or "any combination of A, B and C".

In the present disclosure, slash (/) or comma (,) may mean "and/or". For example, "A/B" may mean "A and/or B". Accordingly, "A/B" may mean "only A", "only B", or "both A and B". For example, "A, B, C" may mean "A, B or C".

In the present disclosure, "at least one of A and B" may mean "only A", "only B" or "both A and B". In addition, the expression "at least one of A or B" or "at least one of A and/or B" in the present disclosure may be interpreted as same as "at least one of A and B".

In addition, in the present disclosure, "at least one of A, B and C" may mean "only A", "only B", "only C", or "any combination of A, B and C". In addition, "at least one of A, B or C" or "at least one of A, B and/or C" may mean "at least one of A, B and C".

Also, parentheses used in the present disclosure may mean "for example". In detail, when it is shown as "control information (PDCCH)", "PDCCH" may be proposed as an example of "control information". In other words, "control information" in the present disclosure is not limited to "PDCCH", and "PDCCH" may be proposed as an example of "control information". In addition, even when shown as "control information (i.e., PDCCH)", "PDCCH" may be proposed as an example of "control information".

Technical features that are separately described in one drawing in the present disclosure may be implemented separately or simultaneously.

Although not limited thereto, various descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts of the present disclosure disclosed herein can be applied to various fields requiring wireless communication and/or connection (e.g., 5G) between devices.

Hereinafter, the present disclosure will be described in more detail with reference to drawings. The same reference numerals in the following drawings and/or descriptions may refer to the same and/or corresponding hardware blocks, software blocks, and/or functional blocks unless otherwise indicated.

The 5G usage scenarios shown in FIG. 1 are only exemplary, and the technical features of the present disclosure can be applied to other 5G usage scenarios which are not shown in FIG. 1.

Three main requirement categories for 5G include (1) a category of enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), (2) a category of massive machine type communication (mMTC), and (3) a category of ultra-reliable and low latency communications (URLLC).

Partial use cases may require a plurality of categories for optimization and other use cases may focus only upon one key performance indicator (KPI). 5G supports such various use cases using a flexible and reliable method.

eMBB far surpasses basic mobile Internet access and covers abundant bidirectional work and media and entertainment applications in cloud and augmented reality. Data is one of 5G core motive forces and, in a 5G era, a dedicated voice service may not be provided for the first time. In 5G, it is expected that voice will be simply processed as an application program using data connection provided by a communication system. Main causes for increased traffic volume are due to an increase in the size of content and an increase in the number of applications requiring high data transmission rate. A streaming service (of audio and video), conversational video, and mobile Internet access will be more widely used as more devices are connected to the Internet. These many application programs require connectivity of an always turned-on state in order to push real-time information and alarm for users. Cloud storage and applications are rapidly increasing in a mobile communication platform and may be applied to both work and entertainment. The cloud storage is a special use case which accelerates growth of uplink data transmission rate. 5G is also used for remote work of cloud. When a tactile interface is used, 5G demands much lower end-to-end latency to maintain user good experience. Entertainment, for example, cloud gaming and video streaming, is another core element which increases demand for mobile broadband capability. Entertainment is essential for a smartphone and a tablet in any place including high mobility environments such as a train, a vehicle, and an airplane. Other use cases are augmented reality for entertainment and information search. In this case, the augmented reality requires very low latency and instantaneous data volume.

In addition, one of the most expected 5G use cases relates a function capable of smoothly connecting embedded sensors in all fields, i.e., mMTC. It is expected that the number of potential Internet-of-things (IoT) devices will reach 204 hundred million up to the year of 2020. An industrial IoT is one of categories of performing a main role enabling a smart city, asset tracking, smart utility, agriculture, and security infrastructure through 5G.

URLLC includes a new service that will change industry through remote control of main infrastructure and an ultra-reliable/available low-latency link such as a self-driving vehicle. A level of reliability and latency is essential to control a smart grid, automatize industry, achieve robotics, and control and adjust a drone.

5G is a means of providing streaming evaluated as a few hundred megabits per second to gigabits per second and may complement fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and cable-based broadband (or DOCSIS). Such fast speed is needed to deliver TV in resolution of 4K or more (6K, 8K, and more), as well as virtual reality and augmented reality. Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) applications include almost immersive sports games. A specific application program may require a special network configuration. For example, for VR games, gaming companies need to incorporate a core server into an edge network server of a network operator in order to minimize latency.

Automotive is expected to be a new important motivated force in 5G together with many use cases for mobile communication for vehicles. For example, entertainment for passengers requires high simultaneous capacity and mobile broadband with high mobility. This is because future users continue to expect connection of high quality regardless of their locations and speeds. Another use case of an automotive field is an AR dashboard. The AR dashboard causes a driver to identify an object in the dark in addition to an object seen from a front window and displays a distance from the object and a movement of the object by overlapping information talking to the driver. In the future, a wireless module enables communication between vehicles, information exchange between a vehicle and supporting infrastructure, and information exchange between a vehicle and other connected devices (e.g., devices accompanied by a pedestrian). A safety system guides alternative courses of a behavior so that a driver may drive more safely drive, thereby lowering the danger of an accident. The next stage will be a remotely controlled or self-driven vehicle. This requires very high reliability and very fast communication between different self-driven vehicles and between a vehicle and infrastructure. In the future, a self-driven vehicle will perform all driving activities and a driver will focus only upon abnormal traffic that the vehicle cannot identify. Technical requirements of a self-driven vehicle demand ultra-low latency and ultra-high reliability so that traffic safety is increased to a level that cannot be achieved by human being.

A smart city and a smart home/building mentioned as a smart society will be embedded in a high-density wireless sensor network. A distributed network of an intelligent sensor will identify conditions for costs and energy-efficient maintenance of a city or a home. Similar configurations may be performed for respective households. All of temperature sensors, window and heating controllers, burglar alarms, and home appliances are wirelessly connected. Many of these sensors are typically low in data transmission rate, power, and cost. However, real-time HD video may be demanded by a specific type of device to perform monitoring.

Consumption and distribution of energy including heat or gas is distributed at a higher level so that automated control of the distribution sensor network is demanded. The smart grid collects information and connects the sensors to each other using digital information and communication technology so as to act according to the collected information. Since this information may include behaviors of a supply company and a consumer, the smart grid may improve distribution of fuels such as electricity by a method having efficiency, reliability, economic feasibility, production sustainability, and automation. The smart grid may also be regarded as another sensor network having low latency.

Mission critical application (e.g., e-health) is one of 5G use scenarios. A health part contains many application programs capable of enjoying benefit of mobile communication. A communication system may support remote treatment that provides clinical treatment in a faraway place. Remote treatment may aid in reducing a barrier against distance and improve access to medical services that cannot be continuously available in a faraway rural area. Remote treatment is also used to perform important treatment and save lives in an emergency situation. The wireless sensor network based on mobile communication may provide remote monitoring and sensors for parameters such as heart rate and blood pressure.

Wireless and mobile communication gradually becomes important in the field of an industrial application. Wiring is high in installation and maintenance cost. Therefore, a possibility of replacing a cable with reconstructible wireless links is an attractive opportunity in many industrial fields. However, in order to achieve this replacement, it is necessary for wireless connection to be established with latency, reliability, and capacity similar to those of the cable and management of wireless connection needs to be simplified. Low latency and a very low error probability are new requirements when connection to 5G is needed.

Logistics and freight tracking are important use cases for mobile communication that enables inventory and package tracking anywhere using a location-based information system. The use cases of logistics and freight typically demand low data rate but require location information with a wide range and reliability.

Referring to FIG. 1, the communication system 1 includes wireless devices 100a to 100f, base stations (BSs) 200, and a network 300. Although FIG. 1 illustrates a 5G network as an example of the network of the communication system 1, the implementations of the present disclosure are not limited to the 5G system, and can be applied to the future communication system beyond the 5G system.

The BSs 200 and the network 300 may be implemented as wireless devices and a specific wireless device may operate as a BS/network node with respect to other wireless devices.

The wireless devices 100a to 100f represent devices performing communication using radio access technology (RAT) (e.g., 5G new RAT (NR)) or LTE) and may be referred to as communication/radio/5G devices. The wireless devices 100a to 100f may include, without being limited to, a robot 100a, vehicles 100b-1 and 100b-2, an extended reality (XR) device 100c, a hand-held device 100d, a home appliance 100e, an IoT device 100f, and an artificial intelligence (AI) device/server 400. For example, the vehicles may include a vehicle having a wireless communication function, an autonomous driving vehicle, and a vehicle capable of performing communication between vehicles. The vehicles may include an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (e.g., a drone). The XR device may include an AR/VR/Mixed Reality (MR) device and may be implemented in the form of a head-mounted device (HMD), a head-up display (HUD) mounted in a vehicle, a television, a smartphone, a computer, a wearable device, a home appliance device, a digital signage, a vehicle, a robot, etc. The hand-held device may include a smartphone, a smartpad, a wearable device (e.g., a smartwatch or a smartglasses), and a computer (e.g., a notebook). The home appliance may include a TV, a refrigerator, and a washing machine. The IoT device may include a sensor and a smartmeter.

In the present disclosure, the wireless devices 100a to 100f may be called user equipments (UEs). A UE may include, for example, a cellular phone, a smartphone, a laptop computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a navigation system, a slate personal computer (PC), a tablet PC, an ultrabook, a vehicle, a vehicle having an autonomous traveling function, a connected car, an UAV, an AI module, a robot, an AR device, a VR device, an MR device, a hologram device, a public safety device, an MTC device, an IoT device, a medical device, a FinTech device (or a financial device), a security device, a weather/environment device, a device related to a 5G service, or a device related to a fourth industrial revolution field.

The UAV may be, for example, an aircraft aviated by a wireless control signal without a human being onboard.

The VR device may include, for example, a device for implementing an object or a background of the virtual world. The AR device may include, for example, a device implemented by connecting an object or a background of the virtual world to an object or a background of the real world. The MR device may include, for example, a device implemented by merging an object or a background of the virtual world into an object or a background of the real world. The hologram device may include, for example, a device for implementing a stereoscopic image of 360 degrees by recording and reproducing stereoscopic information, using an interference phenomenon of light generated when two laser lights called holography meet.

The public safety device may include, for example, an image relay device or an image device that is wearable on the body of a user.

The MTC device and the IoT device may be, for example, devices that do not require direct human intervention or manipulation. For example, the MTC device and the IoT device may include smartmeters, vending machines, thermometers, smartbulbs, door locks, or various sensors.

The medical device may be, for example, a device used for the purpose of diagnosing, treating, relieving, curing, or preventing disease. For example, the medical device may be a device used for the purpose of diagnosing, treating, relieving, or correcting injury or impairment. For example, the medical device may be a device used for the purpose of inspecting, replacing, or modifying a structure or a function. For example, the medical device may be a device used for the purpose of adjusting pregnancy. For example, the medical device may include a device for treatment, a device for operation, a device for (in vitro) diagnosis, a hearing aid, or a device for procedure.

The security device may be, for example, a device installed to prevent a danger that may arise and to maintain safety. For example, the security device may be a camera, a closed-circuit TV (CCTV), a recorder, or a black box.

The FinTech device may be, for example, a device capable of providing a financial service such as mobile payment. For example, the FinTech device may include a payment device or a point of sales (POS) system.

The weather/environment device may include, for example, a device for monitoring or predicting a weather/environment.

The wireless devices 100a to 100f may be connected to the network 300 via the BSs 200. An AI technology may be applied to the wireless devices 100a to 100f and the wireless devices 100a to 100f may be connected to the AI server 400 via the network 300. The network 300 may be configured using a 3G network, a 4G (e.g., LTE) network, a 5G (e.g., NR) network, and a beyond-5G network. Although the wireless devices 100a to 100f may communicate with each other through the BSs 200/network 300, the wireless devices 100a to 100f may perform direct communication (e.g., sidelink communication) with each other without passing through the BSs 200/network 300. For example, the vehicles 100b-1 and 100b-2 may perform direct communication (e.g., vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V)/vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication). The IoT device (e.g., a sensor) may perform direct communication with other IoT devices (e.g., sensors) or other wireless devices 100a to 100f.

Wireless communication/

connections

150a, 150b and 150c may be established between the wireless devices 100a to 100f and/or between wireless device 100a to 100f and BS 200 and/or between BSs 200. Herein, the wireless communication/connections may be established through various RATs (e.g., 5G NR) such as uplink/downlink communication 150a, sidelink communication (or device-to-device (D2D) communication) 150b, inter-base station communication 150c (e.g., relay, integrated access and backhaul (IAB)), etc. The wireless devices 100a to 100f and the BSs 200/the wireless devices 100a to 100f may transmit/receive radio signals to/from each other through the wireless communication/

connections

150a, 150b and 150c. For example, the wireless communication/

connections

150a, 150b and 150c may transmit/receive signals through various physical channels. To this end, at least a part of various configuration information configuring processes, various signal processing processes (e.g., channel encoding/decoding, modulation/demodulation, and resource mapping/de-mapping), and resource allocating processes, for transmitting/receiving radio signals, may be performed based on the various proposals of the present disclosure.

Here, the radio communication technologies implemented in the wireless devices in the present disclosure may include narrowband internet-of-things (NB-IoT) technology for low-power communication as well as LTE, NR and 6G. For example, NB-IoT technology may be an example of low power wide area network (LPWAN) technology, may be implemented in specifications such as LTE Cat NB1 and/or LTE Cat NB2, and may not be limited to the above-mentioned names. Additionally and/or alternatively, the radio communication technologies implemented in the wireless devices in the present disclosure may communicate based on LTE-M technology. For example, LTE-M technology may be an example of LPWAN technology and be called by various names such as enhanced machine type communication (eMTC). For example, LTE-M technology may be implemented in at least one of the various specifications, such as 1) LTE Cat 0, 2) LTE Cat M1, 3) LTE Cat M2, 4) LTE non-bandwidth limited (non-BL), 5) LTE-MTC, 6) LTE Machine Type Communication, and/or 7) LTE M, and may not be limited to the above-mentioned names. Additionally and/or alternatively, the radio communication technologies implemented in the wireless devices in the present disclosure may include at least one of ZigBee, Bluetooth, and/or LPWAN which take into account low-power communication, and may not be limited to the above-mentioned names. For example, ZigBee technology may generate personal area networks (PANs) associated with small/low-power digital communication based on various specifications such as IEEE 802.15.4 and may be called various names.

Referring to FIG. 2, a first wireless device 100 and a second wireless device 200 may transmit/receive radio signals to/from an external device through a variety of RATs (e.g., LTE and NR). In FIG. 2, {the first wireless device 100 and the second wireless device 200} may correspond to at least one of {the wireless device 100a to 100f and the BS 200}, {the wireless device 100a to 100f and the wireless device 100a to 100f} and/or {the BS 200 and the BS 200} of FIG. 1.

The first wireless device 100 may include one or more processors 102 and one or more memories 104 and additionally further include one or more transceivers 106 and/or one or more antennas 108. The processor(s) 102 may control the memory(s) 104 and/or the transceiver(s) 106 and may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts described in the present disclosure. For example, the processor(s) 102 may process information within the memory(s) 104 to generate first information/signals and then transmit radio signals including the first information/signals through the transceiver(s) 106. The processor(s) 102 may receive radio signals including second information/signals through the transceiver(s) 106 and then store information obtained by processing the second information/signals in the memory(s) 104. The memory(s) 104 may be connected to the processor(s) 102 and may store a variety of information related to operations of the processor(s) 102. For example, the memory(s) 104 may store software code including commands for performing a part or the entirety of processes controlled by the processor(s) 102 or for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts described in the present disclosure. Herein, the processor(s) 102 and the memory(s) 104 may be a part of a communication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement RAT (e.g., LTE or NR). The transceiver(s) 106 may be connected to the processor(s) 102 and transmit and/or receive radio signals through one or more antennas 108. Each of the transceiver(s) 106 may include a transmitter and/or a receiver. The transceiver(s) 106 may be interchangeably used with radio frequency (RF) unit(s). In the present disclosure, the first wireless device 100 may represent a communication modem/circuit/chip.

The second wireless device 200 may include one or more processors 202 and one or more memories 204 and additionally further include one or more transceivers 206 and/or one or more antennas 208. The processor(s) 202 may control the memory(s) 204 and/or the transceiver(s) 206 and may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts described in the present disclosure. For example, the processor(s) 202 may process information within the memory(s) 204 to generate third information/signals and then transmit radio signals including the third information/signals through the transceiver(s) 206. The processor(s) 202 may receive radio signals including fourth information/signals through the transceiver(s) 106 and then store information obtained by processing the fourth information/signals in the memory(s) 204. The memory(s) 204 may be connected to the processor(s) 202 and may store a variety of information related to operations of the processor(s) 202. For example, the memory(s) 204 may store software code including commands for performing a part or the entirety of processes controlled by the processor(s) 202 or for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts described in the present disclosure. Herein, the processor(s) 202 and the memory(s) 204 may be a part of a communication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement RAT (e.g., LTE or NR). The transceiver(s) 206 may be connected to the processor(s) 202 and transmit and/or receive radio signals through one or more antennas 208. Each of the transceiver(s) 206 may include a transmitter and/or a receiver. The transceiver(s) 206 may be interchangeably used with RF unit(s). In the present disclosure, the second wireless device 200 may represent a communication modem/circuit/chip.

Hereinafter, hardware elements of the

wireless devices

100 and 200 will be described more specifically. One or more protocol layers may be implemented by, without being limited to, one or

more processors

102 and 202. For example, the one or

more processors

102 and 202 may implement one or more layers (e.g., functional layers such as physical (PHY) layer, media access control (MAC) layer, radio link control (RLC) layer, packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, radio resource control (RRC) layer, and service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer). The one or

more processors

102 and 202 may generate one or more protocol data units (PDUs) and/or one or more service data unit (SDUs) according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure. The one or

more processors

102 and 202 may generate messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure. The one or

more processors

102 and 202 may generate signals (e.g., baseband signals) including PDUs, SDUs, messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure and provide the generated signals to the one or

more transceivers

106 and 206. The one or

more processors

102 and 202 may receive the signals (e.g., baseband signals) from the one or

more transceivers

106 and 206 and acquire the PDUs, SDUs, messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure.

The one or

more processors

102 and 202 may be referred to as controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or microcomputers. The one or

more processors

102 and 202 may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof. As an example, one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), one or more digital signal processors (DSPs), one or more digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), one or more programmable logic devices (PLDs), or one or more field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) may be included in the one or

more processors

102 and 202. descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure may be implemented using firmware or software and the firmware or software may be configured to include the modules, procedures, or functions. Firmware or software configured to perform the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure may be included in the one or

more processors

102 and 202 or stored in the one or

more memories

104 and 204 so as to be driven by the one or

more processors

102 and 202. The descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure may be implemented using firmware or software in the form of code, commands, and/or a set of commands.

The one or

more memories

104 and 204 may be connected to the one or

more processors

102 and 202 and store various types of data, signals, messages, information, programs, code, instructions, and/or commands. The one or

more memories

104 and 204 may be configured by read-only memories (ROMs), random access memories (RAMs), electrically erasable programmable read-only memories (EPROMs), flash memories, hard drives, registers, cash memories, computer-readable storage media, and/or combinations thereof. The one or

more memories

104 and 204 may be located at the interior and/or exterior of the one or

more processors

102 and 202. The one or

more memories

104 and 204 may be connected to the one or

more processors

102 and 202 through various technologies such as wired or wireless connection.

The one or

more transceivers

106 and 206 may transmit user data, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure, to one or more other devices. The one or

more transceivers

106 and 206 may receive user data, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure, from one or more other devices. For example, the one or

more transceivers

106 and 206 may be connected to the one or

more processors

102 and 202 and transmit and receive radio signals. For example, the one or

more processors

102 and 202 may perform control so that the one or

more transceivers

106 and 206 may transmit user data, control information, or radio signals to one or more other devices. The one or

more processors

102 and 202 may perform control so that the one or

more transceivers

106 and 206 may receive user data, control information, or radio signals from one or more other devices.

The one or

more transceivers

106 and 206 may be connected to the one or

more antennas

108 and 208 and the one or

more transceivers

106 and 206 may be configured to transmit and receive user data, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure, through the one or

more antennas

108 and 208. In the present disclosure, the one or more antennas may be a plurality of physical antennas or a plurality of logical antennas (e.g., antenna ports).

The one or

more transceivers

106 and 206 may convert received radio signals/channels, etc., from RF band signals into baseband signals in order to process received user data, control information, radio signals/channels, etc., using the one or

more processors

102 and 202. The one or

more transceivers

106 and 206 may convert the user data, control information, radio signals/channels, etc., processed using the one or

more processors

102 and 202 from the base band signals into the RF band signals. To this end, the one or

more transceivers

106 and 206 may include (analog) oscillators and/or filters. For example, the

transceivers

106 and 206 can up-convert OFDM baseband signals to a carrier frequency by their (analog) oscillators and/or filters under the control of the

processors

102 and 202 and transmit the up-converted OFDM signals at the carrier frequency. The

transceivers

106 and 206 may receive OFDM signals at a carrier frequency and down-convert the OFDM signals into OFDM baseband signals by their (analog) oscillators and/or filters under the control of the

transceivers

102 and 202.

In the implementations of the present disclosure, a UE may operate as a transmitting device in uplink (UL) and as a receiving device in downlink (DL). In the implementations of the present disclosure, a BS may operate as a receiving device in UL and as a transmitting device in DL. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, it is mainly assumed that the first wireless device 100 acts as the UE, and the second wireless device 200 acts as the BS. For example, the processor(s) 102 connected to, mounted on or launched in the first wireless device 100 may be configured to perform the UE behavior according to an implementation of the present disclosure or control the transceiver(s) 106 to perform the UE behavior according to an implementation of the present disclosure. The processor(s) 202 connected to, mounted on or launched in the second wireless device 200 may be configured to perform the BS behavior according to an implementation of the present disclosure or control the transceiver(s) 206 to perform the BS behavior according to an implementation of the present disclosure.

In the present disclosure, a BS is also referred to as a node B (NB), an eNode B (eNB), or a gNB.

The wireless device may be implemented in various forms according to a use-case/service (refer to FIG. 1).

Referring to FIG. 3,

wireless devices

100 and 200 may correspond to the

wireless devices

100 and 200 of FIG. 2 and may be configured by various elements, components, units/portions, and/or modules. For example, each of the

wireless devices

100 and 200 may include a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, a memory unit 130, and additional components 140. The communication unit 110 may include a communication circuit 112 and transceiver(s) 114. For example, the communication circuit 112 may include the one or

more processors

102 and 202 of FIG. 2 and/or the one or

more memories

104 and 204 of FIG. 2. For example, the transceiver(s) 114 may include the one or

more transceivers

106 and 206 of FIG. 2 and/or the one or

more antennas

108 and 208 of FIG. 2. The control unit 120 is electrically connected to the communication unit 110, the memory 130, and the additional components 140 and controls overall operation of each of the

wireless devices

100 and 200. For example, the control unit 120 may control an electric/mechanical operation of each of the

wireless devices

100 and 200 based on programs/code/commands/information stored in the memory unit 130. The control unit 120 may transmit the information stored in the memory unit 130 to the exterior (e.g., other communication devices) via the communication unit 110 through a wireless/wired interface or store, in the memory unit 130, information received through the wireless/wired interface from the exterior (e.g., other communication devices) via the communication unit 110.

The additional components 140 may be variously configured according to types of the

wireless devices

100 and 200. For example, the additional components 140 may include at least one of a power unit/battery, input/output (I/O) unit (e.g., audio I/O port, video I/O port), a driving unit, and a computing unit. The

wireless devices

100 and 200 may be implemented in the form of, without being limited to, the robot (100a of FIG. 1), the vehicles (100b-1 and 100b-2 of FIG. 1), the XR device (100c of FIG. 1), the hand-held device (100d of FIG. 1), the home appliance (100e of FIG. 1), the IoT device (100f of FIG. 1), a digital broadcast terminal, a hologram device, a public safety device, an MTC device, a medicine device, a FinTech device (or a finance device), a security device, a climate/environment device, the AI server/device (400 of FIG. 1), the BSs (200 of FIG. 1), a network node, etc. The

wireless devices

100 and 200 may be used in a mobile or fixed place according to a use-example/service.

In FIG. 3, the entirety of the various elements, components, units/portions, and/or modules in the

wireless devices

100 and 200 may be connected to each other through a wired interface or at least a part thereof may be wirelessly connected through the communication unit 110. For example, in each of the

wireless devices

100 and 200, the control unit 120 and the communication unit 110 may be connected by wire and the control unit 120 and first units (e.g., 130 and 140) may be wirelessly connected through the communication unit 110. Each element, component, unit/portion, and/or module within the

wireless devices

100 and 200 may further include one or more elements. For example, the control unit 120 may be configured by a set of one or more processors. As an example, the control unit 120 may be configured by a set of a communication control processor, an application processor (AP), an electronic control unit (ECU), a graphical processing unit, and a memory control processor. As another example, the memory 130 may be configured by a RAM, a DRAM, a ROM, a flash memory, a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, and/or a combination thereof.

Referring to FIG. 4,

wireless devices

100 and 200 may correspond to the

wireless devices

100 and 200 of FIG. 2 and may be configured by various elements, components, units/portions, and/or modules.

The first wireless device 100 may include at least one transceiver, such as a transceiver 106, and at least one processing chip, such as a processing chip 101. The processing chip 101 may include at least one processor, such a processor 102, and at least one memory, such as a memory 104. The memory 104 may be operably connectable to the processor 102. The memory 104 may store various types of information and/or instructions. The memory 104 may store a software code 105 which implements instructions that, when executed by the processor 102, perform the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure. For example, the software code 105 may implement instructions that, when executed by the processor 102, perform the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure. For example, the software code 105 may control the processor 102 to perform one or more protocols. For example, the software code 105 may control the processor 102 may perform one or more layers of the radio interface protocol.

The second wireless device 200 may include at least one transceiver, such as a transceiver 206, and at least one processing chip, such as a processing chip 201. The processing chip 201 may include at least one processor, such a processor 202, and at least one memory, such as a memory 204. The memory 204 may be operably connectable to the processor 202. The memory 204 may store various types of information and/or instructions. The memory 204 may store a software code 205 which implements instructions that, when executed by the processor 202, perform the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure. For example, the software code 205 may implement instructions that, when executed by the processor 202, perform the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure. For example, the software code 205 may control the processor 202 to perform one or more protocols. For example, the software code 205 may control the processor 202 may perform one or more layers of the radio interface protocol.

Referring to FIG. 5, a UE 100 may correspond to the first wireless device 100 of FIG. 2 and/or the first wireless device 100 of FIG. 4.

A UE 100 includes a processor 102, a memory 104, a transceiver 106, one or more antennas 108, a power management module 110, a battery 1112, a display 114, a keypad 116, a subscriber identification module (SIM) card 118, a speaker 120, and a microphone 122.

The processor 102 may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure. The processor 102 may be configured to control one or more other components of the UE 100 to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure. Layers of the radio interface protocol may be implemented in the processor 102. The processor 102 may include ASIC, other chipset, logic circuit and/or data processing device. The processor 102 may be an application processor. The processor 102 may include at least one of a digital signal processor (DSP), a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), a modem (modulator and demodulator). An example of the processor 102 may be found in SNAPDRAGON^TM series of processors made by Qualcomm^®, EXYNOS^TM series of processors made by Samsung^®, A series of processors made by Apple^®, HELIO^TM series of processors made by MediaTek^®, ATOM^TM series of processors made by Intel^® or a corresponding next generation processor.

The memory 104 is operatively coupled with the processor 102 and stores a variety of information to operate the processor 102. The memory 104 may include ROM, RAM, flash memory, memory card, storage medium and/or other storage device. When the embodiments are implemented in software, the techniques described herein can be implemented with modules (e.g., procedures, functions, etc.) that perform the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in the present disclosure. The modules can be stored in the memory 104 and executed by the processor 102. The memory 104 can be implemented within the processor 102 or external to the processor 102 in which case those can be communicatively coupled to the processor 102 via various means as is known in the art.

The transceiver 106 is operatively coupled with the processor 102, and transmits and/or receives a radio signal. The transceiver 106 includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transceiver 106 may include baseband circuitry to process radio frequency signals. The transceiver 106 controls the one or more antennas 108 to transmit and/or receive a radio signal.

The power management module 110 manages power for the processor 102 and/or the transceiver 106. The battery 112 supplies power to the power management module 110.

The display 114 outputs results processed by the processor 102. The keypad 116 receives inputs to be used by the processor 102. The keypad 16 may be shown on the display 114.

The SIM card 118 is an　integrated circuit　that is intended to　securely store the　international mobile subscriber identity　(IMSI) number and its related　key, which are used to identify and authenticate subscribers on　mobile telephony　devices (such as　mobile phones　and　computers). It is also possible to store contact information on many SIM cards.

The speaker 120 outputs sound-related results processed by the processor 102. The microphone 122 receives sound-related inputs to be used by the processor 102.

In particular, FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a radio interface user plane protocol stack between a UE and a BS and FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a radio interface control plane protocol stack between a UE and a BS. The control plane refers to a path through which control messages used to manage call by a UE and a network are transported. The user plane refers to a path through which data generated in an application layer, for example, voice data or Internet packet data are transported. Referring to FIG. 6, the user plane protocol stack may be divided into Layer 1 (i.e., a PHY layer) and Layer 2. Referring to FIG. 7, the control plane protocol stack may be divided into Layer 1 (i.e., a PHY layer), Layer 2, Layer 3 (e.g., an RRC layer), and a non-access stratum (NAS) layer. Layer 1, Layer 2 and Layer 3 are referred to as an access stratum (AS).

In the 3GPP LTE system, the Layer 2 is split into the following sublayers: MAC, RLC, and PDCP. In the 3GPP NR system, the Layer 2 is split into the following sublayers: MAC, RLC, PDCP and SDAP. The PHY layer offers to the MAC sublayer transport channels, the MAC sublayer offers to the RLC sublayer logical channels, the RLC sublayer offers to the PDCP sublayer RLC channels, the PDCP sublayer offers to the SDAP sublayer radio bearers. The SDAP sublayer offers to 5G core network quality of service (QoS) flows.

In the 3GPP NR system, the main services and functions of the MAC sublayer include: mapping between logical channels and transport channels; multiplexing/de-multiplexing of MAC SDUs belonging to one or different logical channels into/from transport blocks (TB) delivered to/from the physical layer on transport channels; scheduling information reporting; error correction through hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) (one HARQ entity per cell in case of carrier aggregation (CA)); priority handling between UEs by means of dynamic scheduling; priority handling between logical channels of one UE by means of logical channel prioritization; padding. A single MAC entity may support multiple numerologies, transmission timings and cells. Mapping restrictions in logical channel prioritization control which numerology(ies), cell(s), and transmission timing(s) a logical channel can use.

Different kinds of data transfer services are offered by MAC. To accommodate different kinds of data transfer services, multiple types of logical channels are defined, i.e., each supporting transfer of a particular type of information. Each logical channel type is defined by what type of information is transferred. Logical channels are classified into two groups: control channels and traffic channels. Control channels are used for the transfer of control plane information only, and traffic channels are used for the transfer of user plane information only. Broadcast control channel (BCCH) is a downlink logical channel for broadcasting system control information, paging control channel (PCCH) is a downlink logical channel that transfers paging information, system information change notifications and indications of ongoing public warning service (PWS) broadcasts, common control channel (CCCH) is a logical channel for transmitting control information between UEs and network and used for UEs having no RRC connection with the network, and dedicated control channel (DCCH) is a point-to-point bi-directional logical channel that transmits dedicated control information between a UE and the network and used by UEs having an RRC connection. Dedicated traffic channel (DTCH) is a point-to-point logical channel, dedicated to one UE, for the transfer of user information. A DTCH can exist in both uplink and downlink. In downlink, the following connections between logical channels and transport channels exist: BCCH can be mapped to broadcast channel (BCH); BCCH can be mapped to downlink shared channel (DL-SCH); PCCH can be mapped to paging channel (PCH); CCCH can be mapped to DL-SCH; DCCH can be mapped to DL-SCH; and DTCH can be mapped to DL-SCH. In uplink, the following connections between logical channels and transport channels exist: CCCH can be mapped to uplink shared channel (UL-SCH); DCCH can be mapped to UL-SCH; and DTCH can be mapped to UL-SCH.

The RLC sublayer supports three transmission modes: transparent mode (TM), unacknowledged mode (UM), and acknowledged node (AM). The RLC configuration is per logical channel with no dependency on numerologies and/or transmission durations. In the 3GPP NR system, the main services and functions of the RLC sublayer depend on the transmission mode and include: transfer of upper layer PDUs; sequence numbering independent of the one in PDCP (UM and AM); error correction through ARQ (AM only); segmentation (AM and UM) and re-segmentation (AM only) of RLC SDUs; reassembly of SDU (AM and UM); duplicate detection (AM only); RLC SDU discard (AM and UM); RLC re-establishment; protocol error detection (AM only).

In the 3GPP NR system, the main services and functions of the PDCP sublayer for the user plane include: sequence numbering; header compression and decompression using robust header compression (ROHC); transfer of user data; reordering and duplicate detection; in-order delivery; PDCP PDU routing (in case of split bearers); retransmission of PDCP SDUs; ciphering, deciphering and integrity protection; PDCP SDU discard; PDCP re-establishment and data recovery for RLC AM; PDCP status reporting for RLC AM; duplication of PDCP PDUs and duplicate discard indication to lower layers. The main services and functions of the PDCP sublayer for the control plane include: sequence numbering; ciphering, deciphering and integrity protection; transfer of control plane data; reordering and duplicate detection; in-order delivery; duplication of PDCP PDUs and duplicate discard indication to lower layers.

In the 3GPP NR system, the main services and functions of SDAP include: mapping between a QoS flow and a data radio bearer; marking QoS flow ID (QFI) in both DL and UL packets. A single protocol entity of SDAP is configured for each individual PDU session.

In the 3GPP NR system, the main services and functions of the RRC sublayer include: broadcast of system information related to AS and NAS; paging initiated by 5GC or NG-RAN; establishment, maintenance and release of an RRC connection between the UE and NG-RAN; security functions including key management; establishment, configuration, maintenance and release of signaling radio bearers (SRBs) and data radio bearers (DRBs); mobility functions (including: handover and context transfer, UE cell selection and reselection and control of cell selection and reselection, inter-RAT mobility); QoS management functions; UE measurement reporting and control of the reporting; detection of and recovery from radio link failure; NAS message transfer to/from NAS from/to UE.

The frame structure shown in FIG. 8 is purely exemplary and the number of subframes, the number of slots, and/or the number of symbols in a frame may be variously changed. In the 3GPP based wireless communication system, OFDM numerologies (e.g., subcarrier spacing (SCS), transmission time interval (TTI) duration) may be differently configured between a plurality of cells aggregated for one UE. For example, if a UE is configured with different SCSs for cells aggregated for the cell, an (absolute time) duration of a time resource (e.g., a subframe, a slot, or a TTI) including the same number of symbols may be different among the aggregated cells. Herein, symbols may include OFDM symbols (or CP-OFDM symbols), SC-FDMA symbols (or discrete Fourier transform-spread-OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) symbols).

Referring to FIG. 8, downlink and uplink transmissions are organized into frames. Each frame has T_f = 10ms duration. Each frame is divided into two half-frames, where each of the half-frames has 5ms duration. Each half-frame consists of 5 subframes, where the duration T_sf per subframe is 1ms. Each subframe is divided into slots and the number of slots in a subframe depends on a subcarrier spacing. Each slot includes 14 or 12 OFDM symbols based on a cyclic prefix (CP). In a normal CP, each slot includes 14 OFDM symbols and, in an extended CP, each slot includes 12 OFDM symbols. The numerology is based on exponentially scalable subcarrier spacing βf = 2^u*15 kHz.

Table 1 shows the number of OFDM symbols per slot N^slot _symb, the number of slots per frame N^frame,u _slot, and the number of slots per subframe N^subframe,u _slot for the normal CP, according to the subcarrier spacing △f = 2^u*15 kHz.

Table 2 shows the number of OFDM symbols per slot N^slot _symb, the number of slots per frame N^frame,u _slot, and the number of slots per subframe N^subframe,u _slot for the extended CP, according to the subcarrier spacing △f = 2^u*15 kHz.

A slot includes plural symbols (e.g., 14 or 12 symbols) in the time domain. For each numerology (e.g., subcarrier spacing) and carrier, a resource grid of N ^size,u _grid,x*N ^RB _sc subcarriers and N ^subframe,u _symb OFDM symbols is defined, starting at common resource block (CRB) N ^start,u _grid indicated by higher-layer signaling (e.g., RRC signaling), where N ^size,u _grid,x is the number of resource blocks (RBs) in the resource grid and the subscript x is DL for downlink and UL for uplink. N ^RB _sc is the number of subcarriers per RB. In the 3GPP based wireless communication system, N ^RB _sc is 12 generally. There is one resource grid for a given antenna port p, subcarrier spacing configuration u, and transmission direction (DL or UL). The carrier bandwidth N ^size,u _grid for subcarrier spacing configuration u is given by the higher-layer parameter (e.g., RRC parameter). Each element in the resource grid for the antenna port p and the subcarrier spacing configuration u is referred to as a resource element (RE) and one complex symbol may be mapped to each RE. Each RE in the resource grid is uniquely identified by an index k in the frequency domain and an index l representing a symbol location relative to a reference point in the time domain. In the 3GPP based wireless communication system, an RB is defined by 12 consecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain.

In the 3GPP NR system, RBs are classified into CRBs and physical resource blocks (PRBs). CRBs are numbered from 0 and upwards in the frequency domain for subcarrier spacing configuration u. The center of subcarrier 0 of CRB 0 for subcarrier spacing configuration u coincides with 'point A' which serves as a common reference point for resource block grids. In the 3GPP NR system, PRBs are defined within a bandwidth part (BWP) and numbered from 0 to N ^size _BWP,i-1, where i is the number of the bandwidth part. The relation between the physical resource block n_PRB in the bandwidth part i and the common resource block n_CRB is as follows: n_PRB = n_CRB + N ^size _BWP,i, where N ^size _BWP,i is the common resource block where bandwidth part starts relative to CRB 0. The BWP includes a plurality of consecutive RBs. A carrier may include a maximum of N (e.g., 5) BWPs. A UE may be configured with one or more BWPs on a given component carrier. Only one BWP among BWPs configured to the UE can active at a time. The active BWP defines the UE's operating bandwidth within the cell's operating bandwidth.

The NR frequency band may be defined as two types of frequency range, i.e., FR1 and FR2. The numerical value of the frequency range may be changed. For example, the frequency ranges of the two types (FR1 and FR2) may be as shown in Table 3 below. For ease of explanation, in the frequency ranges used in the NR system, FR1 may mean "sub 6 GHz range", FR2 may mean "above 6 GHz range," and may be referred to as millimeter wave (mmW).

As mentioned above, the numerical value of the frequency range of the NR system may be changed. For example, FR1 may include a frequency band of 410MHz to 7125MHz as shown in Table 4 below. That is, FR1 may include a frequency band of 6GHz (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, etc.) or more. For example, a frequency band of 6 GHz (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, etc.) or more included in FR1 may include an unlicensed band. Unlicensed bands may be used for a variety of purposes, for example for communication for vehicles (e.g., autonomous driving).

In the present disclosure, the term "cell" may refer to a geographic area to which one or more nodes provide a communication system, or refer to radio resources. A "cell" as a geographic area may be understood as coverage within which a node can provide service using a carrier and a "cell" as radio resources (e.g., time-frequency resources) is associated with bandwidth which is a frequency range configured by the carrier. The "cell" associated with the radio resources is defined by a combination of downlink resources and uplink resources, for example, a combination of a DL component carrier (CC) and a UL CC. The cell may be configured by downlink resources only, or may be configured by downlink resources and uplink resources. Since DL coverage, which is a range within which the node is capable of transmitting a valid signal, and UL coverage, which is a range within which the node is capable of receiving the valid signal from the UE, depends upon a carrier carrying the signal, the coverage of the node may be associated with coverage of the "cell" of radio resources used by the node. Accordingly, the term "cell" may be used to represent service coverage of the node sometimes, radio resources at other times, or a range that signals using the radio resources can reach with valid strength at other times.

In CA, two or more CCs are aggregated. A UE may simultaneously receive or transmit on one or multiple CCs depending on its capabilities. CA is supported for both contiguous and non-contiguous CCs. When CA is configured, the UE only has one RRC connection with the network. At RRC connection establishment/re-establishment/handover, one serving cell provides the NAS mobility information, and at RRC connection re-establishment/handover, one serving cell provides the security input. This cell is referred to as the primary cell (PCell). The PCell is a cell, operating on the primary frequency, in which the UE either performs the initial connection establishment procedure or initiates the connection re-establishment procedure. Depending on UE capabilities, secondary cells (SCells) can be configured to form together with the PCell a set of serving cells. An SCell is a cell providing additional radio resources on top of special cell (SpCell). The configured set of serving cells for a UE therefore always consists of one PCell and one or more SCells. For dual connectivity (DC) operation, the term SpCell refers to the PCell of the master cell group (MCG) or the primary SCell (PSCell) of the secondary cell group (SCG). An SpCell supports PUCCH transmission and contention-based random access, and is always activated. The MCG is a group of serving cells associated with a master node, comprised of the SpCell (PCell) and optionally one or more SCells. The SCG is the subset of serving cells associated with a secondary node, comprised of the PSCell and zero or more SCells, for a UE configured with DC. For a UE in RRC_CONNECTED not configured with CA/DC, there is only one serving cell comprised of the PCell. For a UE in RRC_CONNECTED configured with CA/DC, the term "serving cells" is used to denote the set of cells comprised of the SpCell(s) and all SCells. In DC, two MAC entities are configured in a UE: one for the MCG and one for the SCG.

Referring to FIG. 9, "RB" denotes a radio bearer, and "H" denotes a header. Radio bearers are categorized into two groups: DRBs for user plane data and SRBs for control plane data. The MAC PDU is transmitted/received using radio resources through the PHY layer to/from an external device. The MAC PDU arrives to the PHY layer in the form of a transport block.

In the PHY layer, the uplink transport channels UL-SCH and RACH are mapped to their physical channels PUSCH and PRACH, respectively, and the downlink transport channels DL-SCH, BCH and PCH are mapped to PDSCH, PBCH and PDSCH, respectively. In the PHY layer, uplink control information (UCI) is mapped to PUCCH, and downlink control information (DCI) is mapped to PDCCH. A MAC PDU related to UL-SCH is transmitted by a UE via a PUSCH based on an UL grant, and a MAC PDU related to DL-SCH is transmitted by a BS via a PDSCH based on a DL assignment.

Hereinafter, technical features related to measurements are described. Section 5.5 of 3GPP TS 38.331 v17.2.0 may be referred.

The network may configure an RRC_CONNECTED UE to perform measurements. The network may configure the UE to report them in accordance with the measurement configuration or perform conditional reconfiguration evaluation in accordance with the conditional reconfiguration. The measurement configuration is provided by means of dedicated signalling i.e. using the RRCReconfiguration or RRCResume .

The network may configure the UE to perform the following types of measurements:

- NR measurements;

- Inter-RAT measurements of E-UTRA frequencies;

- Inter-RAT measurements of UTRA-FDD frequencies;

- NR sidelink measurements of L2 U2N Relay UEs.

The network may configure the UE to report the following measurement information based on SS/PBCH block(s):

- Measurement results per SS/PBCH block;

- Measurement results per cell based on SS/PBCH block(s);

- SS/PBCH block(s) indexes.

The network may configure the UE to report the following measurement information based on CSI-RS resources:

- Measurement results per CSI-RS resource;

- Measurement results per cell based on CSI-RS resource(s);

- CSI-RS resource measurement identifiers.

The network may configure the UE to perform the following types of measurements for NR sidelink and V2X sidelink:

- CBR measurements.

The network may configure the UE to report the following CLI measurement information based on SRS resources:

- Measurement results per SRS resource;

- SRS resource(s) indexes.

The network may configure the UE to report the following CLI measurement information based on CLI-RSSI resources:

- Measurement results per CLI-RSSI resource;

- CLI-RSSI resource(s) indexes.

The network may configure the UE to report the following Rx-Tx time difference measurement information based on CSI-RS for tracking or PRS:

- UE Rx-Tx time difference measurement result.

The measurement configuration includes the following parameters:

1. Measurement objects: A list of objects on which the UE shall perform the measurements.

- For intra-frequency and inter-frequency measurements a measurement object indicates the frequency/time location and subcarrier spacing of reference signals to be measured. Associated with this measurement object, the network may configure a list of cell specific offsets, a list of 'exclude-listed' cells and a list of 'allow-listed' cells. Exclude-listed cells are not applicable in event evaluation or measurement reporting. Allow-listed cells are the only ones applicable in event evaluation or measurement reporting.

- The measObjectId of the MO which corresponds to each serving cell is indicated by servingCellMO within the serving cell configuration.

- For inter-RAT E-UTRA measurements a measurement object is a single E-UTRA carrier frequency. Associated with this E-UTRA carrier frequency, the network can configure a list of cell specific offsets and a list of 'exclude-listed' cells. Exclude-listed cells are not applicable in event evaluation or measurement reporting.

- For inter-RAT UTRA-FDD measurements a measurement object is a set of cells on a single UTRA-FDD carrier frequency.

- For NR sidelink measurements of L2 U2N Relay UEs, a measurement object is a single NR sidelink frequency to be measured.

- For CBR measurement of NR sidelink communication, a measurement object is a set of transmission resource pool(s) on a single carrier frequency for NR sidelink communication.

- For CBR measurement of NR sidelink discovery, a measurement object is a set of discovery dedicated resource pool(s) or transmission resource pool(s) also used for NR sidelink discovery on a single carrier frequency for NR sidelink discovery.

- For CLI measurements a measurement object indicates the frequency/time location of SRS resources and/or CLI-RSSI resources, and subcarrier spacing of SRS resources to be measured.

2. Reporting configurations: A list of reporting configurations where there can be one or multiple reporting configurations per measurement object. Each measurement reporting configuration consists of the following:

- Reporting criterion: The criterion that triggers the UE to send a measurement report. This can either be periodical or a single event description.

- RS type: The RS that the UE uses for beam and cell measurement results (SS/PBCH block or CSI-RS).

- Reporting format: The quantities per cell and per beam that the UE includes in the measurement report (e.g. RSRP) and other associated information such as the maximum number of cells and the maximum number beams per cell to report.

In case of conditional reconfiguration, each configuration consists of the following:

- Execution criteria: The criteria the UE uses for conditional reconfiguration execution.

- RS type: The RS that the UE uses for obtaining beam and cell measurement results (SS/PBCH block-based or CSI-RS-based), used for evaluating conditional reconfiguration execution condition.

3. Measurement identities: For measurement reporting, a list of measurement identities where each measurement identity links one measurement object with one reporting configuration. By configuring multiple measurement identities, it is possible to link more than one measurement object to the same reporting configuration, as well as to link more than one reporting configuration to the same measurement object. The measurement identity is also included in the measurement report that triggered the reporting, serving as a reference to the network. For conditional reconfiguration triggering, one measurement identity links to exactly one conditional reconfiguration trigger configuration. And up to 2 measurement identities can be linked to one conditional reconfiguration execution condition.

4. Quantity configurations: The quantity configuration defines the measurement filtering configuration used for all event evaluation and related reporting, and for periodical reporting of that measurement. For NR measurements, the network may configure up to 2 quantity configurations with a reference in the NR measurement object to the configuration that is to be used. In each configuration, different filter coefficients can be configured for different measurement quantities, for different RS types, and for measurements per cell and per beam.

5. Measurement gaps: Periods that the UE may use to perform measurements.

A UE in RRC_CONNECTED maintains a measurement object list, a reporting configuration list, and a measurement identities list according to signalling and procedures in this specification. The measurement object list possibly includes NR measurement object(s), CLI measurement object(s), inter-RAT objects, and L2 U2N Relay objects. Similarly, the reporting configuration list includes NR, inter-RAT, and L2 U2N Relay reporting configurations. Any measurement object can be linked to any reporting configuration of the same RAT type. Some reporting configurations may not be linked to a measurement object. Likewise, some measurement objects may not be linked to a reporting configuration.

The measurement procedures distinguish the following types of cells:

1. The NR serving cell(s) - these are the SpCell and one or more SCells.

2. Listed cells - these are cells listed within the measurement object(s).

3. Detected cells - these are cells that are not listed within the measurement object(s) but are detected by the UE on the SSB frequency(ies) and subcarrier spacing(s) indicated by the measurement object(s).

For NR measurement object(s), the UE measures and reports on the serving cell(s)/serving Relay UE (for L2 U2N Remote UE), listed cells and/or detected cells. For inter-RAT measurements object(s) of E-UTRA, the UE measures and reports on listed cells and detected cells and, for RSSI and channel occupancy measurements, the UE measures and reports on the configured resources on the indicated frequency. For inter-RAT measurements object(s) of UTRA-FDD, the UE measures and reports on listed cells. For CLI measurement object(s), the UE measures and reports on configured measurement resources (i.e. SRS resources and/or CLI-RSSI resources). For L2 U2N Relay object(s), the UE measures and reports on the serving NR cell(s), as well as the discovered L2 U2N Relay UEs.

Whenever the procedural specification, other than contained in clause 5.5.2, refers to a field it concerns a field included in the VarMeasConfig unless explicitly stated otherwise i.e. only the measurement configuration procedure covers the direct UE action related to the received measConfig.

In NR-DC, the UE may receive two independent measConfig:

- a measConfig, associated with MCG, that is included in the RRCReconfiguration message received via SRB1; and

- a measConfig, associated with SCG, that is included in the RRCReconfiguration message received via SRB3, or, alternatively, included within a RRCReconfiguration message embedded in a RRCReconfiguration message received via SRB1.

In this case, the UE maintains two independent VarMeasConfig and VarMeasReportList, one associated with each measConfig, and independently performs all the procedures in clause 5.5 for each measConfig and the associated VarMeasConfig and VarMeasReportList, unless explicitly stated otherwise.

The configurations related to CBR measurements are only included in the measConfig associated with MCG.

The configurations related to Rx-Tx time difference measurement are only included in the measConfig associated with MCG.

Performing measurements

An RRC_CONNECTED UE shall derive cell measurement results by measuring one or multiple beams associated per cell as configured by the network. For all cell measurement results, except for RSSI, and CLI measurement results in RRC_CONNECTED, the UE applies the layer 3 filtering, before using the measured results for evaluation of reporting criteria, measurement reporting or the criteria to trigger conditional reconfiguration execution. For cell measurements, the network can configure RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, RSCP or EcN0 as trigger quantity. For CLI measurements, the network can configure SRS-RSRP or CLI-RSSI as trigger quantity. For cell and beam measurements, reporting quantities can be any combination of quantities (i.e. only RSRP; only RSRQ; only SINR; RSRP and RSRQ; RSRP and SINR; RSRQ and SINR; RSRP, RSRQ and SINR; only RSCP; only EcN0; RSCP and EcN0), irrespective of the trigger quantity, and for CLI measurements, reporting quantities can be either SRS-RSRP or CLI-RSSI. For conditional reconfiguration execution, the network can configure up to 2 quantities, both using same RS type. The UE does not apply the layer 3 filtering to derive the CBR measurements. The UE does not apply the layer 3 filtering to derive the Rx-Tx time difference measurements.

The network may also configure the UE to report measurement information per beam (which can either be measurement results per beam with respective beam identifier(s) or only beam identifier(s)). If beam measurement information is configured to be included in measurement reports, the UE applies the layer 3 beam filtering. On the other hand, the exact L1 filtering of beam measurements used to derive cell measurement results is implementation dependent.

Derivation of cell measurement results

The network may configure the UE in RRC_CONNECTED to derive RSRP, RSRQ and SINR measurement results per cell associated to NR measurement objects based on parameters configured in the measObject (e.g. maximum number of beams to be averaged and beam consolidation thresholds) and in the reportConfig (rsType to be measured, SS/PBCH block or CSI-RS).

The network may configure the UE in RRC_IDLE or in RRC_INACTIVE to derive RSRP and RSRQ measurement results per cell associated to NR carriers based on parameters configured in measIdleCarrierListNR within VarMeasIdleConfig for measurements.

Measurement report triggering

If AS security has been activated successfully, the UE shall:

1> for each measId included in the measIdList within VarMeasConfig:

2> if the corresponding reportConfig includes a reportType set to eventTriggered or periodical:

3> if the corresponding measObject concerns NR:

4> if the corresponding reportConfig includes measRSSI - ReportConfig:

5> consider the resource indicated by the rmtc - Config on the associated frequency to be applicable;

4> if the eventA1 or eventA2 is configured in the corresponding reportConfig:

5> consider only the serving cell to be applicable;

4> if the eventA3 or eventA5 is configured in the corresponding reportConfig:

5> if a serving cell is associated with a measObjectNR and neighbours are associated with another measObjectNR, consider any serving cell associated with the other measObjectNR to be a neighbouring cell as well;

4> if the eventX2 is configured in the corresponding reportConfig:

5> consider only the serving L2 U2N Relay UE to be applicable;

4> if corresponding reportConfig includes reportType set to periodical; or

4> for measurement events other than eventA1 , eventA2 , eventD1 or eventX2:

5> if useAllowedCellList is set to true:

6> consider any neighbouring cell detected based on parameters in the associated measObjectNR to be applicable when the concerned cell is included in the allowedCellsToAddModList defined within the VarMeasConfig for this measId;

5> else:

6> consider any neighbouring cell detected based on parameters in the associated measObjectNR to be applicable when the concerned cell is not included in the excludedCellsToAddModList defined within the VarMeasConfig for this measId;

3> else if the corresponding measObject concerns E-UTRA:

4> if eventB1 or eventB2 is configured in the corresponding reportConfig:

5> consider a serving cell, if any, on the associated E-UTRA frequency as neighbour cell;

4> consider any neighbouring cell detected on the associated frequency to be applicable when the concerned cell is not included in the excludedCellsToAddModListEUTRAN defined within the VarMeasConfig for this measId;

3> else if the corresponding measObject concerns UTRA-FDD:

4> if eventB1 - UTRA - FDD or eventB2 - UTRA - FDD is configured in the corresponding reportConfig; or

4> if corresponding reportConfig includes reportType set to periodical:

5> consider a neighbouring cell on the associated frequency to be applicable when the concerned cell is included in the cellsToAddModList defined within the VarMeasConfig for this measId;

3> else if the corresponding measObject concerns L2 U2N Relay UE:

4> if eventY1 -Relay or eventY2 -Relay is configured in the corresponding reportConfig; or

4> if corresponding reportConfig includes reportType set to periodical:

5> consider any L2 U2N Relay UE fulfilling upper layer criteria detected on the associated frequency to be applicable for this measId;

2> else if the corresponding reportConfig includes a reportType set to reportCGI:

3> consider the cell detected on the associated measObject which has a physical cell identity matching the value of the cellForWhichToReportCGI included in the corresponding reportConfig within the VarMeasConfig to be applicable;

2> else if the corresponding reportConfig includes a reportType set to reportSFTD:

3> if the corresponding measObject concerns NR:

4> if the reportSFTD - Meas is set to true:

5> consider the NR PSCell to be applicable;

4> else if the reportSFTD - NeighMeas is included:

5> if cellsForWhichToReportSFTD is configured in the corresponding reportConfig:

6> consider any NR neighbouring cell detected on the associated measObjectNR which has a physical cell identity that is included in the cellsForWhichToReportSFTD to be applicable;

5> else:

6> consider up to 3 strongest NR neighbouring cells detected based on parameters in the associated measObjectNR to be applicable when the concerned cells are not included in the excludedCellsToAddModList defined within the VarMeasConfig for this measId;

3> else if the corresponding measObject concerns E-UTRA:

4> if the reportSFTD - Meas is set to true:

5> consider the E-UTRA PSCell to be applicable;

2> else if the corresponding reportConfig includes a reportType set to cli -Periodical or cli - EventTriggered:

3> consider all CLI measurement resources included in the corresponding measObject to be applicable;

2> else if the corresponding reportConfig includes a reportType set to rxTxPeriodical:

3> consider all Rx-Tx time difference measurement resources included in the corresponding measObject to be applicable;

2> if the corresponding reportConfig concerns the reporting for NR sidelink communication/discovery (i.e. reportConfigNR - SL):

3> consider the transmission resource pools indicated by the tx-PoolMeasToAddModList defined within the VarMeasConfig for this measId to be applicable;

2> if the reportType is set to eventTriggered and if the entry condition applicable for this event, i.e. the event corresponding with the eventId of the corresponding reportConfig within VarMeasConfig, is fulfilled for one or more applicable cells for all measurements after layer 3 filtering taken during timeToTrigger defined for this event within the VarMeasConfig, while the VarMeasReportList does not include a measurement reporting entry for this measId (a first cell triggers the event):

3> include a measurement reporting entry within the VarMeasReportList for this measId;

3> set the numberOfReportsSent defined within the VarMeasReportList for this measId to 0;

3> include the concerned cell(s) in the cellsTriggeredList defined within the VarMeasReportList for this measId;

3> if useT312 is set to true in reportConfig for this event:

4> if T310 for the corresponding SpCell is running; and

4> if T312 is not running for corresponding SpCell:

5> start timer T312 for the corresponding SpCell with the value of T312 configured in the corresponding measObjectNR;

3> initiate the measurement reporting procedure;

2> else if the reportType is set to eventTriggered and if the entry condition applicable for this event, i.e. the event corresponding with the eventId of the corresponding reportConfig within VarMeasConfig, is fulfilled for one or more applicable cells not included in the cellsTriggeredList for all measurements after layer 3 filtering taken during timeToTrigger defined for this event within the VarMeasConfig (a subsequent cell triggers the event):

3> if useT312 is set to true in reportConfig for this event:

4> if T310 for the corresponding SpCell is running; and

4> if T312 is not running for corresponding SpCell:

3> initiate the measurement reporting procedure;

2> if the reportType is set to eventTriggered and if the leaving condition applicable for this event is fulfilled for one or more of the cells included in the cellsTriggeredList defined within the VarMeasReportList for this measId for all measurements after layer 3 filtering taken during timeToTrigger defined within the VarMeasConfig for this event:

3> remove the concerned cell(s) in the cellsTriggeredList defined within the VarMeasReportList for this measId;

3> if reportOnLeave is set to true for the corresponding reporting configuration:

4> initiate the measurement reporting procedure;

3> if the cellsTriggeredList defined within the VarMeasReportList for this measId is empty:

4> remove the measurement reporting entry within the VarMeasReportList for this measId;

4> stop the periodical reporting timer for this measId, if running;

2> if the reportType is set to eventTriggered and if the entry condition applicable for this event, i.e. the event corresponding with the eventId of the corresponding reportConfig within VarMeasConfig, is fulfilled for one or more applicable L2 U2N Relay UEs for all measurements after layer 3 filtering taken during timeToTrigger defined for this event within the VarMeasConfig, while the VarMeasReportList does not include a measurement reporting entry for this measId (a first L2 U2N Relay UE triggers the event):

3> include the concerned L2 U2N Relay UE(s) in the relaysTriggeredList defined within the VarMeasReportList for this measId;

3> initiate the measurement reporting procedure;

2> else if the reportType is set to eventTriggered and if the entry condition applicable for this event, i.e. the event corresponding with the eventId of the corresponding reportConfig within VarMeasConfig, is fulfilled for one or more applicable L2 U2N Relay UEs not included in the relaysTriggeredList for all measurements after layer 3 filtering taken during timeToTrigger defined for this event within the VarMeasConfig (a subsequent L2 U2N Relay UE triggers the event):

3> initiate the measurement reporting procedure;

2> else if the reportType is set to eventTriggered and if the leaving condition applicable for this event is fulfilled for one or more of the L2 U2N Relay UEs included in the relaysTriggeredList defined within the VarMeasReportList for this measId for all measurements after layer 3 filtering taken during timeToTrigger defined within the VarMeasConfig for this event:

3> remove the concerned L2 U2N Relay UE(s) in the relaysTriggeredList defined within the VarMeasReportList for this measId;

4> initiate the measurement reporting procedure;

3> if the relaysTriggeredList defined within the VarMeasReportList for this measId is empty:

4> stop the periodical reporting timer for this measId, if running;

2> else if the reportType is set to eventTriggered and if the entry condition applicable for this event, i.e. the event corresponding with the eventId of the corresponding reportConfig within VarMeasConfig, is fulfilled for one or more applicable transmission resource pools for all measurements taken during timeToTrigger defined for this event within the VarMeasConfig, while the VarMeasReportList does not include an measurement reporting entry for this measId (a first transmission resource pool triggers the event):

3> include the concerned transmission resource pool(s) in the poolsTriggeredList defined within the VarMeasReportList for this measId;

3> initiate the measurement reporting procedure;

2> else if the reportType is set to eventTriggered and if the entry condition applicable for this event, i.e. the event corresponding with the eventId of the corresponding reportConfig within VarMeasConfig, is fulfilled for one or more applicable transmission resource pools not included in the poolsTriggeredList for all measurements taken during timeToTrigger defined for this event within the VarMeasConfig (a subsequent transmission resource pool triggers the event):

3> initiate the measurement reporting procedure;

2> if the reportType is set to eventTriggered and if the leaving condition applicable for this event is fulfilled for one or more applicable transmission resource pools included in the poolsTriggeredList defined within the VarMeasReportList for this measId for all measurements taken during timeToTrigger defined within the VarMeasConfig for this event:

3> remove the concerned transmission resource pool(s) in the poolsTriggeredList defined within the VarMeasReportList for this measId;

3> if the poolsTriggeredList defined within the VarMeasReportList for this measId is empty:

4> stop the periodical reporting timer for this measId, if running

2> else if the reportType is set to eventTriggered and if the eventId is set to eventD1 and if the entering condition applicable for this event, i.e. the event corresponding with the eventId of the corresponding reportConfig within VarMeasConfig, is fulfilled during timeToTrigger defined within the VarMeasConfig for this event:

3> initiate the measurement reporting procedure;

2> else if the reportType is set to eventTriggered and if the eventId is set to eventD1 and if the leaving condition applicable for this event is fulfilled for the associated VarMeasReport within the VarMeasReportList for this measId during timeToTrigger defined within the VarMeasConfig for this event:

4> initiate the measurement reporting procedure;

3> remove the measurement reporting entry within the VarMeasReportList for this measId;

3> stop the periodical reporting timer for this measId, if running;

2> if reportType is set to periodical and if a (first) measurement result is available:

3> if the corresponding reportConfig includes measRSSI - ReportConfig:

4> initiate the measurement reporting procedure immediately when RSSI sample values are reported by the physical layer after the first L1 measurement duration;

3> else if the corresponding reportConfig includes the ul -DelayValueConfig:

4> initiate the measurement reporting procedure immediately after a first measurement result is provided from lower layers of the associated DRB identity;

3> else if the corresponding reportConfig includes the ul -ExcessDelayConfig:

4> initiate the measurement reporting procedure immediately after a first measurement result is provided from lower layers of the associated DRB identity(ies) according to the configured threshold per DRB identity(ies);

3> else if the reportAmount exceeds 1:

4> initiate the measurement reporting procedure immediately after the quantity to be reported becomes available for the NR SpCell or for the serving L2 U2N Relay UE (if the UE is a L2 U2N Remote UE);

3> else (i.e. the reportAmount is equal to 1):

4> initiate the measurement reporting procedure immediately after the quantity to be reported becomes available for the NR SpCell and for the strongest cell among the applicable cells, or for the NR SpCell and for the strongest L2 U2N Relay UEs among the applicable L2 U2N Relay UEs; or initiate the measurement reporting procedure immediately after the quantity to be reported becomes available for the serving L2 U2N Relay UE and for the strongest cell among the applicable cells (if the UE is a L2 U2N Remote UE);

2> if, in case the corresponding reportConfig concerns the reporting for NR sidelink communication/discovery, reportType is set to periodical and if a (first) measurement result is available:

3> initiate the measurement reporting procedure immediately after the quantity to be reported becomes available for the NR SpCell and CBR measurement results become available;

2> if the reportType is set to cli - EventTriggered and if the entry condition applicable for this event, i.e. the event corresponding with the eventId of the corresponding reportConfig within VarMeasConfig, is fulfilled for one or more applicable CLI measurement resources for all measurements after layer 3 filtering taken during timeToTrigger defined for this event within the VarMeasConfig, while the VarMeasReportList does not include a measurement reporting entry for this measId (a first CLI measurement resource triggers the event):

3> include the concerned CLI measurement resource(s) in the cli -TriggeredList defined within the VarMeasReportList for this measId;

3> initiate the measurement reporting procedure;

2> else if the reportType is set to cli - EventTriggered and if the entry condition applicable for this event, i.e. the event corresponding with the eventId of the corresponding reportConfig within VarMeasConfig, is fulfilled for one or more CLI measurement resources not included in the cli -TriggeredList for all measurements after layer 3 filtering taken during timeToTrigger defined for this event within the VarMeasConfig (a subsequent CLI measurement resource triggers the event):

3> initiate the measurement reporting procedure;

2> if the reportType is set to cli - EventTriggered and if the leaving condition applicable for this event is fulfilled for one or more of the CLI measurement resources included in the cli - TriggeredList defined within the VarMeasReportList for this measId for all measurements after layer 3 filtering taken during timeToTrigger defined within the VarMeasConfig for this event:

3> remove the concerned CLI measurement resource(s) in the cli -TriggeredList defined within the VarMeasReportList for this measId;

4> initiate the measurement reporting procedure;

3> if the cli - TriggeredList defined within the VarMeasReportList for this measId is empty:

4> stop the periodical reporting timer for this measId, if running;

2> if reportType is set to cli -Periodical and if a (first) measurement result is available:

3> initiate the measurement reporting procedure immediately after the quantity to be reported becomes available for at least one CLI measurement resource;

2> if reportType is set to rxTxPeriodical and if a (first) measurement result is available:

3> initiate the measurement reporting procedure;

2> upon expiry of the periodical reporting timer for this measId:

3> initiate the measurement reporting procedure.

2> if the corresponding reportConfig includes a reportType is set to reportSFTD:

3> if the corresponding measObject concerns NR:

4> if the drx - SFTD - NeighMeas is included:

5> if the quantity to be reported becomes available for each requested pair of PCell and NR cell:

6> stop timer T322;

6> initiate the measurement reporting procedure;

4> else

5> initiate the measurement reporting procedure immediately after the quantity to be reported becomes available for each requested pair of PCell and NR cell or the maximal measurement reporting delay;

3> else if the corresponding measObject concerns E-UTRA:

4> initiate the measurement reporting procedure immediately after the quantity to be reported becomes available for the pair of PCell and E-UTRA PSCell or the maximal measurement reporting delay;

2> if reportType is set to reportCGI:

3> if the UE acquired the SIB1 or SystemInformationBlockType1 for the requested cell; or

3> if the UE detects that the requested NR cell is not transmitting SIB1:

4> stop timer T321;

4> include a measurement reporting entry within the VarMeasReportList for this measId;

4> set the numberOfReportsSent defined within the VarMeasReportList for this measId to 0;

4> initiate the measurement reporting procedure;

2> upon the expiry of T321 for this measId:

3> initiate the measurement reporting procedure.

2> upon the expiry of T322 for this measId:

3> initiate the measurement reporting procedure.

Events are as follows:

- Event A1: Serving becomes better than threshold

- Event A2: Serving becomes worse than threshold

- Event A3: Neighbour becomes offset better than SpCell

- Event A4: Neighbour becomes better than threshold

- Event A5: SpCell becomes worse than threshold1 and neighbour becomes better than threshold2

- Event A6: Neighbour becomes offset better than SCell

- Event B1: Inter RAT neighbour becomes better than threshold

- Event B2: PCell becomes worse than threshold1 and inter RAT neighbour becomes better than threshold2

- Event I1: Interference becomes higher than threshold

- Event C1: The NR sidelink channel busy ratio is above a threshold

- Event C2: The NR sidelink channel busy ratio is below a threshold

- Event X1: Serving L2 U2N Relay UE becomes worse than threshold1 and NR Cell becomes better than threshold2

- Event X2: Serving L2 U2N Relay UE becomes worse than threshold

- Event Y1: PCell becomes worse than threshold1 and candidate L2 U2N Relay UE becomes better than threshold2

- Event Y2: Candidate L2 U2N Relay UE becomes better than threshold

The purpose of this procedure is to transfer measurement results from the UE to the network. The UE shall initiate this procedure only after successful AS security activation.

For the measId for which the measurement reporting procedure was triggered, the UE shall set the measResults within the MeasurementReport message as follows:

1> set the measId to the measurement identity that triggered the measurement reporting;

1> for each serving cell configured with servingCellMO:

2> if the reportConfig associated with the measId that triggered the measurement reporting includes rsType:

3> if the serving cell measurements based on the rsType included in the reportConfig that triggered the measurement report are available:

4> set the measResultServingCell within measResultServingMOList to include RSRP, RSRQ and the available SINR of the serving cell, derived based on the rsType included in the reportConfig that triggered the measurement report;

2> else:

3> if SSB based serving cell measurements are available:

4> set the measResultServingCell within measResultServingMOList to include RSRP, RSRQ and the available SINR of the serving cell, derived based on SSB;

3> else if CSI-RS based serving cell measurements are available:

4> set the measResultServingCell within measResultServingMOList to include RSRP, RSRQ and the available SINR of the serving cell, derived based on CSI-RS;

1> set the servCellId within measResultServingMOList to include each NR serving cell that is configured with servingCellMO, if any;

1> if the reportConfig associated with the measId that triggered the measurement reporting includes reportQuantityRS -Indexes and maxNrofRS -IndexesToReport:

2> for each serving cell configured with servingCellMO, include beam measurement information according to the associated reportConfig;

1> if the reportConfig associated with the measId that triggered the measurement reporting includes reportAddNeighMeas:

2> for each measObjectId referenced in the measIdList which is also referenced with servingCellMO, other than the measObjectId corresponding with the measId that triggered the measurement reporting:

3> if the measObjectNR indicated by the servingCellMO includes the RS resource configuration corresponding to the rsType indicated in the reportConfig:

4> set the measResultBestNeighCell within measResultServingMOList to include the physCellId and the available measurement quantities based on the reportQuantityCell and rsType indicated in reportConfig of the non-serving cell corresponding to the concerned measObjectNR with the highest measured RSRP if RSRP measurement results are available for cells corresponding to this measObjectNR, otherwise with the highest measured RSRQ if RSRQ measurement results are available for cells corresponding to this measObjectNR, otherwise with the highest measured SINR;

4> if the reportConfig associated with the measId that triggered the measurement reporting includes reportQuantityRS -Indexes and maxNrofRS -IndexesToReport:

5> for each best non-serving cell included in the measurement report:

6> include beam measurement information according to the associated reportConfig.

Reporting of beam measurement information

For beam measurement information to be included in a measurement report the UE shall:

1> if reportType is set to eventTriggered:

2> consider the trigger quantity as the sorting quantity if available, otherwise RSRP as sorting quantity if available, otherwise RSRQ as sorting quantity if available, otherwise SINR as sorting quantity;

1> if reportType is set to periodical:

2> if a single reporting quantity is set to true in reportQuantityRS-Indexes;

3> consider the configured single quantity as the sorting quantity;

2> else:

3> if rsrp is set to true;

4> consider RSRP as the sorting quantity;

3> else:

4> consider RSRQ as the sorting quantity;

1> set rsIndexResults to include up to maxNrofRS - IndexesToReport SS/PBCH block indexes or CSI-RS indexes in order of decreasing sorting quantity as follows:

2> if the measurement information to be included is based on SS/PBCH block:

3> include within resultsSSB -Indexes the index associated to the best beam for that SS/PBCH block sorting quantity and if absThreshSS -BlocksConsolidation is included in the VarMeasConfig for the measObject associated to the cell for which beams are to be reported, the remaining beams whose sorting quantity is above absThreshSS - BlocksConsolidation;

3> if includeBeamMeasurements is set to true, include the SS/PBCH based measurement results for the quantities in reportQuantityRS -Indexes for each SS/PBCH block index;

2> else if the beam measurement information to be included is based on CSI-RS:

3> include within resultsCSI - RS -Indexes the index associated to the best beam for that CSI-RS sorting quantity and, if absThreshCSI - RS -Consolidation is included in the VarMeasConfig for the measObject associated to the cell for which beams are to be reported, the remaining beams whose sorting quantity is above absThreshCSI - RS -Consolidation;

3> if includeBeamMeasurements is set to true, include the CSI-RS based measurement results for the quantities in reportQuantityRS -Indexes for each CSI-RS index.

Sorting of cell measurement results

The UE shall determine the sorting quantity according to parameters of the reportConfig associated with the measId that triggered the reporting:

1> if the reportType is set to eventTriggered:

2> for an NR cell, consider the quantity used in the aN -Threshold (for eventA1, eventA2 and eventA4) or in the a5- Threshold2 (for eventA5) or in the aN -Offset (for eventA3 and eventA6) as the sorting quantity;

2> for an E-UTRA cell, consider the quantity used in the bN -ThresholdEUTRA as the sorting quantity;

2> for an UTRA-FDD cell, consider the quantity used in the bN -ThresholdUTRA-FDD as the sorting quantity;

2> for a candidate L2 U2N Relay UE, consider the yN - Threshold2 -Relay as the sorting quantity;

1> if the reportType is set to periodical:

2> determine the sorting quantity according to reportQuantityCell for an NR cell, and according to reportQuantity for an E-UTRA cell, as below:

3> if a single quantity is set to true:

4> consider this quantity as the sorting quantity;

3> else:

4> if rsrp is set to true;

5> consider RSRP as the sorting quantity;

4> else:

5> consider RSRQ as the sorting quantity;

2> determine the sorting quantity according to reportQuantityUTRA -FDD for UTRA-FDD cell, as below:

3> if a single quantity is set to true:

4> consider this quantity as the sorting quantity;

3> else:

4> consider RSCP as the sorting quantity.

2> for a candidate L2 U2N Relay UE, consider the reportQuantityRelay as the sorting quantity.

Meanwhile, if a cell is about to be turned off, the network needs to receive the measurement reporting from UEs though the quality of neighbour cell is not better than that of the serving cell, or is not as good as the handover is triggered. Though the quality of a neighbour cell is much lower than that of serving cell, if it is suitable to access, UE should be handed over to the neighbour cell before the serving cell is turned off. For this, UE needs to report the measurement results of neighbour cells which measurement quality is not as good as the current serving cell.

Hereinafter, a method for measurement reporting considering network power saving in a wireless communication system, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, will be described with reference to the following drawings.

The following drawings are created to explain specific embodiments of the present disclosure. The names of the specific devices or the names of the specific signals/messages/fields shown in the drawings are provided by way of example, and thus the technical features of the present disclosure are not limited to the specific names used in the following drawings. Herein, a wireless device may be referred to as a user equipment (UE).

In particular, FIG. 11 shows an example of a method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system.

In step S1101, a wireless device may receive, from a network, a reporting configuration related to an activating indication.

For example, the reporting configuration may include information informing that the reporting configuration is deactivated until receiving the activating indication.

For example, the reporting configuration may include information on at least one execution condition for measurement reporting. The at least one execution condition for measurement reporting may be activated in an NES mode.

For example, the at least one execution condition may have a lower threshold for measurement reporting than an execution condition for a normal mode. That is, though a neighbor cell does not satisfy the execution condition for the normal mode, the neighbor cell may satisfy the at least one execution condition activated in the NES mode. In this case, the execution condition for the normal mode may be activated without receiving the activating indication.

In step S1102, a wireless device may consider the reporting configuration is deactivated.

For example, the wireless device may skip evaluating whether the at least one execution condition for measurement reporting is met, while the reporting configuration is deactivated.

For example, the wireless device may skip transmitting a measurement report based on the reporting configuration, while the reporting configuration is deactivated, even though the at least one execution condition for measurement reporting is met.

In step S1103, a wireless device may activate the reporting configuration upon receiving the activating indication.

For example, the activating indication may include a network energy saving (NES)-mode indication and/or a cell-off indication. That is, a cell (for example, a serving cell) may transmit an indication informing that the cell will be turned off. Otherwise, a cell may transmit an indication informing that the cell will enter into a network energy saving mode.

In step S1104, a wireless device may transmit, to the network, a measurement report based on the reporting configuration.

For example, the measurement report may include measurements results of one or more neighbor cells having greater measurements results than other neighbor cells. In other words, the measurement report may include information on one or more neighbor cells having best measurements results (that is, N best neighbor cells).

For example, the measurement report may include information informing that the measurement report is based on the reporting configuration which is activated upon receiving the activating indication. For example, the measurement report may include information informing that the measurement report is transmitted upon receiving the activating indication.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the at least one execution condition may be a condition satisfied for all wireless devices in a cell from which the activating indication is transmitted. That is, all wireless devices having the reporting condition related to the activating indication may perform measurement reporting upon receiving the activating indication.

In other words, when the reporting configuration including the at least one execution condition is activated, all wireless device having the reporting configuration may perform measurement reporting upon receiving the activating indication.

In other words, all wireless devices receiving the activating indication may transmit the measurement report to the network.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, after transmitting the measurement report in step S1104, the wireless device may receive a mobility information in response to the measurement report from the network.

For example, the wireless device may receive a handover command and/or a cell switch command for a lower layer triggered mobility (LTM) from the network (for example, ,the lower layer may be a PHY layer or a MAC layer).

The wireless device may perform a mobility based on the mobility information. For example, the wireless device may perform a handover and/or an LTM to another cell.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the wireless device may be in communication with at least one of a user equipment, a network, or an autonomous vehicle other than the wireless device.

Hereinafter, technical features related to measurement reporting considering network power saving are described. For example, conditional measurement reporting for network power saving are described.

When an UE receives the cell-off indication from network, the UE includes measurement results of best neighbour cells in the measurement report and transmits the measurement report to network.

A new report type may be defined for cell-off specific measurement reporting. In a reporting configuration, if the report type is set to cell-off specific measurement reporting, the UE includes measurement results of best neighbour cells in the measurement report and transmits the measurement report to network upon receiving the cell-off indication from network.

The cell-off indication may be a group measurement reporting/group handover command. That is, if an UE is configured with the group handover configuration, the UE initiate handover according to the group handover configuration upon receiving the cell-off indication. If an UE is not configured with the group handover configuration, or if there is no target cell which satisfied the group handover condition, e.g. the quality of the target cell lower than a handover threshold, the UE initiate the measurement reporting upon receiving the cell-off indication.

When an UE receives the cell-off indication from network, the UE considers the cell-off specific reporting configuration/event configured by network becomes active. UE considers the cell-off specific reporting configuration/event configured by network is inactive, until receiving the cell-off indication from network.

For inactive cell-off specific reporting configuration/event, UE doesn't evaluate whether the inactive cell-off specific reporting condition (or the reporting condition included in the inactive cell-off specific reporting configuration) is met or not. That is, though the reporting event is met, the UE doesn't initiate the measurement reporting procedure.

For active cell-off specific reporting configuration/event, UE evaluates whether the active cell-off specific reporting condition (or the reporting condition included in the active cell-off specific reporting configuration) is met or not. That is, if the reporting condition is met, the UE initiates the measurement reporting procedure.

For non- cell-off specific reporting configuration/event, UE evaluates whether the reporting condition is met or not regardless of the cell-off indication. That is, if the reporting condition is met, the UE initiates the measurement reporting procedure.

When the cell-off indication is received, if no neighbour cell satisfies the cell-off-specific reporting event, the UE constructs the measurement report using the measurement results of the best neighbour cells and transmits it to network.

In the measurement configuration, it is indicated whether the each configured reporting configuration/event is cell-off specific reporting configuration/event or not.

If a measurement object is associated with only the cell-off specific reporting configuration/condition, that is, if a measurement object is not associated with any non-cell-off specific reporting configuration/condition, UE may not measure the measurement object until receiving the cell-off indication from network.

If a measurement object is associated with any non-cell-off specific reporting configuration/condition, UE may measure the measurement object even before receiving the cell-off indication from network.

If a reporting configuration/event is configured as cell-off specific reporting configuration/condition, UE doesn't evaluate the reporting condition is met or not, or doesn't initiate the measurement reporting though the reporting condition is met.

If a reporting configuration/event is configured as non-cell-off specific reporting configuration/condition, UE evaluates the reporting condition is met or not, and initiates the measurement reporting if the reporting condition is met.

In particular, FIG. 12 shows an example of a method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system.

In step S1201, a UE may receive measurement configuration from network.

The measurement configuration includes two reporting events. It is indicated that the first reporting event is a normal reporting event, that is, non-cell-off specific measurement reporting event, and the second reporting event is a cell-off specific measurement reporting event.

In step S1202, a UE may evaluate whether configured reporting event is met or not.

UE evaluates whether the first measurement reporting event is met or not, but doesn't evaluate the second measurement reporting event is met since the cell-off indication has not been received.

In step S1203, a UE may receive the cell-off indication from network.

Upon receiving the cell-off indication from network, the UE starts to evaluate whether or not the second measurement reporting event is met.

In step S1204, a UE may report measurement results of neighbour cell.

If the measurement result of a neighbour cell satisfies the cell-off specific reporting event, the UE transmits the measurement report including the measurement results of the neighbour cell to network. If no neighbour cell satisfies the cell-off-specific reporting event, the UE constructs the measurement report using the measurement results of the best neighbour cells and transmits it to network.

In FIG. 13, a UE may receive, from a serving gNB, a measurement configuration including a cell-off specific reporting event. The UE does not report measurement results though the cell-off specific reporting event is met.

The UE may receive a cell-off indication from the serving gNB. In this case, the UE may transmit measurement report according to the cell-off specific reporting event.

Some of the detailed steps shown in the examples of FIGS. 11, 12, and 13 may not be essential steps and may be omitted. In addition to the steps shown in FIGS. 11, 12, and 13 other steps may be added, and the order of the steps may vary. Some of the above steps may have their own technical meaning.

Hereinafter, an apparatus for measurement reporting considering network power saving in a wireless communication system, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, will be described. Herein, the apparatus may be a wireless device (100 or 200) in FIGS. 2, 3, and 5.

For example, a wireless device may perform methods described above. The detailed description overlapping with the above-described contents could be simplified or omitted.

Referring to FIG. 5, a wireless device 100 may include a processor 102, a memory 104, and a transceiver 106.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the processor 102 may be configured to be coupled operably with the memory 104 and the transceiver 106.

The processor 102 may be adapted to receive, from a network, a reporting configuration related to an activating indication. The processor 102 may be adapted to consider the reporting configuration is deactivated. The processor 102 may be adapted to activate the reporting configuration upon receiving the activating indication. The processor 102 may be adapted to transmit, to the network, a measurement report based on the reporting configuration.

For example, the measurement report may include measurements results of one or more neighbor cells having greater measurements results than other neighbor cells.

For example, the activating indication may include a network energy saving (NES)-mode indication and/or a cell-off indication.

For example, the reporting configuration may include information on at least one execution condition for measurement reporting.

For example, the at least one execution condition for measurement reporting may be activated in an NES mode.

For example, the at least one execution condition may have a lower threshold for measurement reporting than an execution condition for a normal mode. For example, the execution condition for the normal mode may be activated without receiving the activating indication.

For example, the at least one execution condition may be a condition satisfied for all wireless devices in a cell from which the activating indication is transmitted.

For example, the processor 102 may be adapted to skip evaluating whether the at least one execution condition for measurement reporting is met, while the reporting configuration is deactivated.

For example, the processor 102 may be adapted to skip transmitting a measurement report based on the measurement configuration, while the reporting configuration is deactivated.

For example, the measurement report may include information informing that the measurement report is based on the reporting configuration which is activated upon receiving the activating indication.

For example, the measurement report may include information informing that the measurement report is transmitted upon receiving the activating indication.

For example, the processor 102 may be adapted to receive, from the network, a mobility information in response to the measurement report. For example, the processor 102 may be adapted to perform a mobility based on the mobility information.

For example, the processor 102 may be adapted to control the transceiver 106 to be in communication with at least one of a user equipment, a network, or an autonomous vehicle other than the wireless device.

Hereinafter, a processor for a wireless device for measurement reporting considering network power saving in a wireless communication system, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, will be described.

The processor may be adapted to control the wireless device to receive, from a network, a reporting configuration related to an activating indication. The processor may be adapted to control the wireless device to consider the reporting configuration is deactivated. The processor may be adapted to control the wireless device to activate the reporting configuration upon receiving the activating indication. The processor may be adapted to control the wireless device to transmit, to the network, a measurement report based on the reporting configuration.

For example, the processor may be adapted to control the wireless device to skip evaluating whether the at least one execution condition for measurement reporting is met, while the reporting configuration is deactivated.

For example, the processor may be adapted to control the wireless device to skip transmitting a measurement report based on the measurement configuration, while the reporting configuration is deactivated.

For example, the processor may be adapted to control the wireless device to receive, from the network, a mobility information in response to the measurement report. For example, the processor may be adapted to control the wireless device to perform a mobility based on the mobility information.

For example, the processor may be configured to control the wireless device to be in communication with at least one of a user equipment, a network, or an autonomous vehicle other than the wireless device.

Hereinafter, a non-transitory computer-readable medium has stored thereon a plurality of instructions for measurement reporting considering network power saving in a wireless communication system, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, will be described.

According to some embodiment of the present disclosure, the technical features of the present disclosure could be embodied directly in hardware, in a software executed by a processor, or in a combination of the two. For example, a method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. For example, a software may reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other storage medium.

Some example of storage medium is coupled to the processor such that the processor can read information from the storage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium may be integral to the processor. The processor and the storage medium may reside in an ASIC. For another example, the processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components.

The computer-readable medium may include a tangible and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.

For example, non-transitory computer-readable media may include random access memory (RAM) such as synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), read-only memory (ROM), non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), FLASH memory, magnetic or optical data storage media, or any other medium that can be used to store instructions or data structures. Non-transitory computer-readable media may also include combinations of the above.

In addition, the method described herein may be realized at least in part by a computer-readable communication medium that carries or communicates code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed, read, and/or executed by a computer.

According to some embodiment of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer-readable medium has stored thereon a plurality of instructions. The stored a plurality of instructions may be executed by a processor of a wireless device.

The stored a plurality of instructions may cause the wireless device to receive, from a network, a reporting configuration related to an activating indication. The stored a plurality of instructions may cause the wireless device to consider the reporting configuration is deactivated. The stored a plurality of instructions may cause the wireless device to activate the reporting configuration upon receiving the activating indication. The stored a plurality of instructions may cause the wireless device to transmit, to the network, a measurement report based on the reporting configuration.

For example, the stored a plurality of instructions may cause the wireless device to skip evaluating whether the at least one execution condition for measurement reporting is met, while the reporting configuration is deactivated.

For example, the stored a plurality of instructions may cause the wireless device to skip transmitting a measurement report based on the measurement configuration, while the reporting configuration is deactivated.

For example, the stored a plurality of instructions may cause the wireless device to receive, from the network, a mobility information in response to the measurement report. For example, the stored a plurality of instructions may cause the wireless device to perform a mobility based on the mobility information.

For example, the stored a plurality of instructions may cause the wireless device to be in communication with at least one of a user equipment, a network, or an autonomous vehicle other than the wireless device.

Hereinafter, a method performed by a base station (BS) for measurement reporting considering network power saving in a wireless communication system, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, will be described.

The BS may transmit, to a wireless device, a reporting configuration related to an activating indication. For example, the reporting configuration may include information informing that the reporting configuration related to the activating indication is deactivated without the activating indication. The BS may transmit, to the wireless device, the activating indication. The BS may receive, from the wireless device, a measurement report based on the reporting configuration.

Hereinafter, a base station (BS) for measurement reporting considering network power saving in a wireless communication system, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, will be described.

The BS may include a transceiver, a memory, and a processor operatively coupled to the transceiver and the memory.

The processor may be adapted to transmit, to a wireless device, a reporting configuration related to an activating indication. For example, the reporting configuration may include information informing that the reporting configuration related to the activating indication is deactivated without the activating indication. The processor may be adapted to transmit, to the wireless device, the activating indication. The processor may be adapted to receive, from the wireless device, a measurement report based on the reporting configuration.

The present disclosure can have various advantageous effects.

Claims in the present disclosure can be combined in a various way. For instance, technical features in method claims of the present disclosure can be combined to be implemented or performed in an apparatus, and technical features in apparatus claims can be combined to be implemented or performed in a method. Further, technical features in method claim(s) and apparatus claim(s) can be combined to be implemented or performed in an apparatus. Further, technical features in method claim(s) and apparatus claim(s) can be combined to be implemented or performed in a method. Other implementations are within the scope of the following claims.

Claims

A method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a network, a reporting configuration related to an activating indication;

considering the reporting configuration is deactivated;

activating the reporting configuration upon receiving the activating indication; and

transmitting, to the network, a measurement report based on the reporting configuration.
The method of claim 1,

wherein the measurement report includes measurements results of one or more neighbor cells having greater measurements results than other neighbor cells.
The method of claim 1,

wherein the activating indication includes a network energy saving (NES)-mode indication and/or a cell-off indication.
The method of claim 1,

wherein the reporting configuration includes information informing that the reporting configuration is deactivated until receiving the activating indication.
The method of claim 1,

wherein the reporting configuration includes information on at least one execution condition for measurement reporting.
The method of claim 5,

wherein the at least one execution condition for measurement reporting is activated in an NES mode.
The method of claim 5,

wherein the at least one execution condition has a lower threshold for measurement reporting than an execution condition for a normal mode.
The method of claim 7,

wherein the execution condition for the normal mode is activated without receiving the activating indication.
The method of claim 5,

wherein the at least one execution condition is a condition satisfied for all wireless devices in a cell from which the activating indication is transmitted.
The method of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises,

skipping evaluating whether the at least one execution condition for measurement reporting is met, while the reporting configuration is deactivated.
The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises,

skipping transmitting a measurement report based on the measurement configuration, while the reporting configuration is deactivated.
The method of claim 1,

wherein the measurement report includes information informing that the measurement report is based on the reporting configuration which is activated upon receiving the activating indication.
The method of claim 1,

wherein the measurement report includes information informing that the measurement report is transmitted upon receiving the activating indication.
The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises,

receiving, from the network, a mobility information in response to the measurement report; and

performing a mobility based on the mobility information.
The method of claim 1,

wherein the wireless device is in communication with at least one of a user equipment, a network, or an autonomous vehicle other than the wireless device.
A wireless device in a wireless communication system comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory; and

at least one processor operatively coupled to the transceiver and the memory, and adapted to:

receive, from a network, a reporting configuration related to an activating indication;

consider the reporting configuration is deactivated;

activate the reporting configuration upon receiving the activating indication; and

transmit, to the network, a measurement report based on the reporting configuration.
The wireless device of claim 16,

wherein the measurement report includes measurements results of one or more neighbor cells having greater measurements results than other neighbor cells.
The wireless device of claim 16,

wherein the activating indication includes a network energy saving (NES)-mode indication and/or a cell-off indication.
The wireless device of claim 16,

wherein the reporting configuration includes information informing that the reporting configuration is deactivated until receiving the activating indication.
The wireless device of claim 16,

wherein the reporting configuration includes information on at least one execution condition for measurement reporting.
The wireless device of claim 20,

wherein the at least one execution condition for measurement reporting is activated in an NES mode.
The wireless device of claim 20,

wherein the at least one execution condition has a lower threshold for measurement reporting than an execution condition for a normal mode.
The wireless device of claim 22,

wherein the execution condition for the normal mode is activated without receiving the activating indication.
The wireless device of claim 20,

wherein the at least one execution condition is a condition satisfied for all wireless devices in a cell from which the activating indication is transmitted.
The wireless device of claim 20, wherein the at least one processor is further adapted to,

skip evaluating whether the at least one execution condition for measurement reporting is met, while the reporting configuration is deactivated.
The wireless device of claim 16, wherein the at least one processor is further adapted to,

skip transmitting a measurement report based on the measurement configuration, while the reporting configuration is deactivated.
The wireless device of claim 16,

wherein the measurement report includes information informing that the measurement report is based on the reporting configuration which is activated upon receiving the activating indication.
The wireless device of claim 16,

wherein the measurement report includes information informing that the measurement report is transmitted upon receiving the activating indication.
The wireless device of claim 16, wherein the at least one processor is further adapted to,

receive, from the network, a mobility information in response to the measurement report; and

perform a mobility based on the mobility information.
The wireless device of claim 16,

wherein the wireless device is in communication with at least one of a user equipment, a network, or an autonomous vehicle other than the wireless device.
A processor for a wireless device in a wireless communication system, wherein the processor is configured to control the wireless device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a network, a reporting configuration related to an activating indication;

considering the reporting configuration is deactivated;

activating the reporting configuration upon receiving the activating indication; and

transmitting, to the network, a measurement report based on the reporting configuration.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, which, when executed by a processor of a wireless device, cause the wireless device to perform operations, the operations comprises,

receiving, from a network, a reporting configuration related to an activating indication;

considering the reporting configuration is deactivated;

activating the reporting configuration upon receiving the activating indication; and

transmitting, to the network, a measurement report based on the reporting configuration.
A method performed by a first base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising,

transmitting, to a wireless device, a reporting configuration related to an activating indication,

wherein the reporting configuration includes information informing that the reporting configuration related to the activating indication is deactivated without the activating indication;

transmitting, to the wireless device, the activating indication; and

receiving, from the wireless device, a measurement report based on the reporting configuration.
A base station in a wireless communication system comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory; and

a processor operatively coupled to the transceiver and the memory, and adapted to:

transmit, to a wireless device, a reporting configuration related to an activating indication,

wherein the reporting configuration includes information informing that the reporting configuration related to the activating indication is deactivated without the activating indication;

transmit, to the wireless device, the activating indication; and

receive, from the wireless device, a measurement report based on the reporting configuration.