Patent Application
20220353949
This disclosure generally relates to wireless communication networks and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for handling measurement configurations in a wireless communication system.
With the rapid rise in demand for communication of large amounts of data to and from mobile communication devices, traditional mobile voice communication networks are evolving into networks that communicate with Internet Protocol (IP) data packets. Such IP data packet communication can provide users of mobile communication devices with voice over IP, multimedia, multicast and on-demand communication services.
An exemplary network structure is an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN). The E-UTRAN system can provide high data throughput in order to realize the above-noted voice over IP and multimedia services. A new radio technology for the next generation (e.g., 5G) is currently being discussed by the 3GPP standards organization. Accordingly, changes to the current body of 3GPP standard are currently being submitted and considered to evolve and finalize the 3GPP standard.
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for handling measurement configurations in a wireless communication system. A User Equipment (UE) determines the value of a parameter, such as a timeToTrigger, a reportOnLeave, a useWhiteCellList, etc., when the measurement reporting procedure is associated with multiple triggering events.
In various embodiments, with this and other concepts, systems, and methods of the present invention, a method of a Network (NW) comprises configuring multiple triggering events, at least a first triggering event and a second triggering event, as a combined triggering condition in a measurement configuration, configuring a first parameter, a second parameter, and/or a third parameter associated to the combined triggering condition in the measurement configuration.
In various embodiments, with this and other concepts, systems, and methods of the present invention, a method of a UE comprises receiving multiple triggering events, with at least a first triggering event and a second triggering event, as a combined triggering condition in a measurement configuration, and receiving a first parameter, a second parameter, and/or a third parameter associated to the combined triggering condition in the measurement configuration.
In various embodiments, with this and other concepts, systems, and methods of the present invention, a method of a UE comprises receiving a measurement configuration comprising a combined triggering condition of a first triggering event and a second triggering event, triggering a first measurement report in response to fulfilment of an entering condition of the first triggering event and an entering condition of the second triggering event, and triggering a second measurement report in response to fulfilment of one of a leaving condition of the first triggering event and a leaving condition of the second triggering event, if at least a first parameter for the first triggering event or for the second triggering event is set to TRUE.
The invention described herein can be applied to or implemented in exemplary wireless communication systems and devices described below. In addition, the invention is described mainly in the context of the 3GPP architecture reference model. However, it is understood that with the disclosed information, one skilled in the art could easily adapt for use and implement aspects of the invention in a 3GPP2 network architecture as well as in other network architectures.
The exemplary wireless communication systems and devices described below employ a wireless communication system, supporting a broadcast service. Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various types of communication such as voice, data, and so on. These systems may be based on code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), 3GPP LTE (Long Term Evolution) wireless access, 3GPP LTE-A (Long Term Evolution Advanced) wireless access, 3GPP2 UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), WiMax, 3GPP NR (New Radio), or some other modulation techniques.
In particular, the exemplary wireless communication systems and devices described below may be designed to support one or more standards such as the standard offered by a consortium named “3rd Generation Partnership Project” referred to herein as 3GPP, including: [1] RP-201256, “Solutions for NR to support non-terrestrial networks (NTN)”; [2] 3GPP TS 38.331 V16.4.1, “NR, RRC protocol specification”; and [3] 3GPP TR 38.821 V16.0.0, “Solutions for NR to support non-terrestrial networks (NTN)”. The standards and documents listed above are hereby expressly and fully incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
Each group of antennas and/or the area in which they are designed to communicate is often referred to as a sector of the access network. In the embodiment, antenna groups each are designed to communicate to access terminals in a sector of the areas covered by access network 100.
In communication over forward links 120 and 126, the transmitting antennas of access network 100 may utilize beamforming in order to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of forward links for the different access terminals 116 and 122. Also, an access network using beamforming to transmit to access terminals scattered randomly through its coverage normally causes less interference to access terminals in neighboring cells than an access network transmitting through a single antenna to all its access terminals.
The AN may be a fixed station or base station used for communicating with the terminals and may also be referred to as an access point, a Node B, a base station, an enhanced base station, an eNodeB, or some other terminology. The AT may also be called User Equipment (UE), a wireless communication device, terminal, access terminal or some other terminology.
In one embodiment, each data stream is transmitted over a respective transmit antenna. TX data processor 214 formats, codes, and interleaves the traffic data for each data stream based on a particular coding scheme selected for that data stream to provide coded data.
The coded data for each data stream may be multiplexed with pilot data using OFDM techniques. The pilot data is typically a known data pattern that is processed in a known manner and may be used at the receiver system to estimate the channel response. The multiplexed pilot and coded data for each data stream is then modulated (e.g., symbol mapped) based on a particular modulation scheme (e.g., BPSK, QPSK, M-PSK, or M-QAM) selected for that data stream to provide modulation symbols. The data rate, coding, and modulation for each data stream may be determined by instructions performed by processor 230.
The modulation symbols for all data streams are then provided to a TX MIMO processor 220, which may further process the modulation symbols (e.g., for OFDM). TX MIMO processor 220 then provides NT modulation symbol streams to NT transmitters (TMTR) 222a through 222t. In certain embodiments, TX MIMO processor 220 applies beamforming weights to the symbols of the data streams and to the antenna from which the symbol is being transmitted.
Each transmitter 222 receives and processes a respective symbol stream to provide one or more analog signals, and further conditions (e.g., amplifies, filters, and upconverts) the analog signals to provide a modulated signal suitable for transmission over the MIMO channel. NT modulated signals from transmitters 222a through 222t are then transmitted from NT antennas 224a through 224t, respectively.
At receiver system 250, the transmitted modulated signals are received by NR antennas 252a through 252r and the received signal from each antenna 252 is provided to a respective receiver (RCVR) 254a through 254r. Each receiver 254 conditions (e.g., filters, amplifies, and downconverts) a respective received signal, digitizes the conditioned signal to provide samples, and further processes the samples to provide a corresponding “received” symbol stream.
An RX data processor 260 then receives and processes the NR received symbol streams from NR receivers 254 based on a particular receiver processing technique to provide NT “detected” symbol streams. The RX data processor 260 then demodulates, deinterleaves, and decodes each detected symbol stream to recover the traffic data for the data stream. The processing by RX data processor 260 is complementary to that performed by TX MIMO processor 220 and TX data processor 214 at transmitter system 210.
A processor 270 periodically determines which pre-coding matrix to use (discussed below). Processor 270 formulates a reverse link message comprising a matrix index portion and a rank value portion.
The reverse link message may comprise various types of information regarding the communication link and/or the received data stream. The reverse link message is then processed by a TX data processor 238, which also receives traffic data for a number of data streams from a data source 236, modulated by a modulator 280, conditioned by transmitters 254a through 254r, and transmitted back to transmitter system 210.
At transmitter system 210, the modulated signals from receiver system 250 are received by antennas 224, conditioned by receivers 222, demodulated by a demodulator 240, and processed by a RX data processor 242 to extract the reserve link message transmitted by the receiver system 250. Processor 230 then determines which pre-coding matrix to use for determining the beamforming weights then processes the extracted message.
Memory 232 may be used to temporarily store some buffered/computational data from 240 or 242 through Processor 230, store some buffed data from 212, or store some specific program codes. And Memory 272 may be used to temporarily store some buffered/computational data from 260 through Processor 270, store some buffed data from 236, or store some specific program codes.
Turning to
For LTE, LTE-A, or NR systems, the Layer 2 portion 404 may include a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer and a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer. The Layer 3 portion 402 may include a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer.
Any two or more than two of the following paragraphs, (sub-)bullets, points, actions, or claims described in each invention may be combined logically, reasonably, and properly to form a specific method.
Any sentence, paragraph, (sub-)bullet, point, action, or claim described in each of the following invention may be implemented independently and separately to form a specific method. Dependency, e.g., “based on”, “more specifically”, etc., in the following invention is just one possible embodiment which would not restrict the specific method.
The work item of non-terrestrial networks (NTN) in NR has been approved in RAN plenary #88 meeting. The description of the work item is specified in [1] RP-201256:
Non-terrestrial networks refer to networks, or segments of networks, using an airborne or spaceborne vehicle for transmission:
The work item aims to specify the enhancements identified for NR NTN (non-terrestrial networks) especially LEO and GEO with implicit compatibility to support HAPS (high altitude platform station) and ATG (air to ground) scenarios according to the following principles:
The measurement report and triggering events are specified in TS 38.331 [2] as below:
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:
If AS security has been activated successfully, the UE shall:
Ms−Hys>Thresh Inequality A1-1 (Entering condition)
Ms+Hys<Thresh Inequality A1-2 (Leaving condition)
[ . . . ]
5.5.4.3 Event A2 (Serving Becomes Worse than Threshold)
The UE shall:
Ms+Hys<Thresh Inequality A2-1 (Entering condition)
Ms−Hys>Thresh Inequality A2-2 (Leaving condition)
[ . . . ]
5.5.4.4 Event A3 (Neighbour Becomes Offset Better than SpCell)
The UE shall:
Mn+Ofn+Ocn−Hys>Mp+Ofp+Ocp+Off Inequality A3-1 (Entering condition)
Mn+Ofn+Ocn+Hys<Mp+Ofp+Ocp+Off Inequality A3-2 (Leaving condition)
[ . . . ]
Mn+Ofn+Ocn—Hys>Thresh Inequality A4-1 (Entering condition)
Mn+Ofn+Ocn+Hys<Thresh Inequality A4-2 (Leaving condition)
[ . . . ]
5.5.4.6 Event A5 (SpCell Becomes Worse than Threshold1 and Neighbour Becomes Better than Threshold2)
The UE shall:
Mp+Hys<Thresh1 Inequality A5-1 (Entering condition 1)
Mn+Ofn+Ocn—Hys>Thresh2 Inequality A5-2 (Entering condition 2)
Mp—Hys>Thresh1 Inequality A5-3 (Leaving condition 1)
Mn+Ofn+Ocn+Hys<Thresh2 Inequality A5-4 (Leaving condition 2)
[ . . . ]
Mn+Ocn−Hys>Ms+Ocs+Off Inequality A6-1 (Entering condition)
Mn+Ocn+Hys<Ms+Ocs+Off Inequality A6-2 (Leaving condition)
The measurement triggering events could be configured by RRC, as specified in TS 38.331 [2] as below:
ReportConfigNR
The IE ReportConfigNR specifies criteria for triggering of an NR measurement reporting event or of a CHO or CPC event. For events labelled AN with N equal to 1, 2 and so on, measurement reporting events and CHO or CPC events are based on cell measurement results, which can either be derived based on SS/PBCH block or CSI-RS.
In a Radio Resource Control (RRC)_CONNECTED state, a User Equipment (UE) measures multiple beams (or at least one) of a cell to derive the cell quality with respect to synchronized signal block (SSB) and/or channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS). And when a triggering event (e.g., criteria/condition for a triggering event) based on the measurement results is met, the UE initiates a measurement reporting procedure to send the measurement results to the Network (NW). A triggering event may have an entering condition and a leaving or exiting condition. The UE may initiate a measurement reporting procedure if the entering condition and/or leaving condition for a triggering event is met. The triggering events may be that the radio condition of a serving cell and/or neighbor cell becomes better/worse than a threshold. The threshold may be an absolute threshold and/or an amount of offset. The details regarding measurement reports can be found in TS 38.331 [2].
On the other hand, the non-terrestrial networks (NTN) to be introduced in New Radio (NR) are to use an airborne/spaceborne vehicle as a platform for providing mobile services (e.g., RP-201256 [1]). The UE may link to, camp on, and/or connect to the NTN network that involves airborne/spaceborne for transmission. NTN comprises various platforms, including low earth orbiting (LEO) satellites, medium earth orbiting (MEO) satellites, highly elliptical orbiting (HEO) satellites, geostationary earth orbiting (GEO) satellites, non-geostationary orbiting (NGSO) satellites, and/or high-altitude platform stations (HAPS). A LEO satellite could have earth-fixed beam (e.g., the beam is temporarily fixed on a location during a time period) or earth-moving beam (e.g., the beam is continuously moving along with the satellite). More details regarding different NTN platforms could be found in TR 38.821 [3]. The NTN could offer a wide-area coverage and provide NW access in the scenario when terrestrial networks (TN) are unfeasible (e.g., desert, polar area, and/or on an airplane). However, there is a small difference/variation in radio condition/signal strength between the cell edge and cell center in NTN compares to in TN due to the longer distance between the UE and the satellite (e.g., TR 38.821[3]). The NTN UE may thus have difficulty distinguishing whether to trigger a measurement report based on the measurement results (e.g., based on radio condition such as reference signal received power (RSRP)) as currently used in TN.
To solve the issue, based on the Work Item (WI) RP-201256 [1] and TR 38.821 [3], location information in addition to measurement results for coverage management may be introduced. In the 3GPP RAN2 #112 e-meeting, it is agreed that the location-based measurement event, in combination with the existing measurement event in NR, should be supported in NTN. Therefore, a location-based triggering event combined with an existing triggering event (based on radio condition) may be defined for NTN. For example, a NTN UE may be configured to trigger a measurement report (or initiate a measurement reporting procedure) based on a combined triggering condition of a first triggering event and a second triggering event. The first triggering event may be based on radio condition (e.g., Event A1, Event A2, Event A3, Event A4, Event A5, Event A6, CondEvent A3 and/or CondEvent A5 in TS 38.331 [2]). The second triggering event may be based on location (e.g., the distance between the UE and a reference location such as cell center). The UE may trigger a measurement report (or initiate a measurement reporting procedure) when both the first triggering event and second triggering event (e.g., the combined triggering condition) are met.
On the other hand, it may be possible that a UE is configured with a triggering event based on location (e.g., the second triggering event, based on distance between the UE and a reference location such as cell center) solely, e.g., without being configured with the first triggering event. In such a case, the UE could trigger a measurement report (or initiate a measurement reporting procedure) when the second triggering event is met (even if the first triggering event is not met).
It is assumed that the configuration of each event (e.g., the first or the second triggering event) has its own associated parameters, respectively (e.g., timeToTrigger, reportOnLeave, useWhiteCellList). However, if the UE is configured to trigger a measurement report (or initiate a measurement reporting procedure) based on a combined triggering condition of more than one triggering event (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event), which value to be used for the parameter(s) corresponding to the combined triggering condition would be an issue. If the measurement reporting procedure is associated with multiple triggering events while all the events need to be fulfilled, some parameters configured for/in each triggering event may be a duplicate and cause confusion.
For example, there may be a first parameter (e.g., timeToTrigger) with a first value configured for/in the first triggering event and the first parameter with a second value configured for/in the second triggering event. The first parameter with the first value may specify the length of duration for the first triggering event needed to be met to trigger a measurement report. The first parameter with the second value may specify the length of duration for the second triggering event needed to be met to trigger a measurement report. The first value and the second value may be time duration in milliseconds (ms). The first value may be different from the second value. When the first triggering event has been met for the time duration with the first value, the second triggering event may not have been met for the time duration with the second value. When the second triggering event has been met for the time duration with the second value, the first triggering event may no longer be met. The UE may not know whether to trigger a measurement report since the two triggering events are not met in the same duration.
For example, there may be a second parameter (e.g., reportOnLeave) with a third value configured for/in the first triggering event and the second parameter with a fourth value configured for/in the second triggering event. The second parameter with the third value may indicate whether to initiate a measurement reporting procedure when the leaving condition in the first triggering event is met. The second parameter with the fourth value may indicate whether to initiate a measurement reporting procedure when the leaving condition in the second triggering event is met. The third value and the fourth value may be a Boolean value.
The second parameter (e.g., reportOnLeave) may be treated separately for the first triggering event and second triggering event with the different value. In one example, the UE is configured to trigger a measurement report based on a combined triggering condition of a first triggering event and a second triggering event, and a measurement report may be triggered when (or in response to) the entering conditions for the first triggering event and second triggering event have been met. If the second parameter (e.g., reportOnLeave) for both the first triggering event and the second triggering event are set to TRUE, the UE may trigger a measurement report when the leaving conditions for the first and second triggering event are met. However, as shown in
In another example, the UE is configured to trigger a measurement report based on a combined triggering condition of a first triggering event and a second triggering event, and a measurement report may be triggered when (or in response to) the entering conditions for the first and second triggering event have been met. If the second parameter (e.g., reportOnLeave) for the first triggering event is set to TRUE and the second parameter for the second triggering event is set to FALSE, as shown in
In another example, the UE is configured to trigger a measurement report based on a combined triggering condition of a first triggering event and a second triggering event, and the entering conditions for the first and second triggering event have not been met (e.g., the entering condition for the first triggering event is met but the entering condition for the second triggering event has not been met), so the UE does not trigger a measurement report. However, as shown in
When the UE is configured with two triggering events in a measurement configuration (e.g., a combined triggering condition), the UE is expected to trigger a measurement report when both the triggering events are met. However, if the third value is TRUE and the fourth value is FLASE, the UE may trigger a measurement report when only the leaving condition in the first triggering event is met. The second triggering event is not met when the UE reports measurement results in this case.
If the UE is configured to trigger a measurement report based on a combined triggering condition of a first triggering event and a second triggering event, and the second parameter (e.g., reportOnLeave) for the combined triggering condition is determined to be TRUE (e.g., based on method described below), the UE could trigger a measurement report if the leaving condition for either the first triggering event or the second triggering event has been met. Once the measurement report has been triggered due to one of the leaving conditions having been met, the UE may not trigger a measurement report if the leaving condition for both the first triggering event and the second triggering event have been met (e.g., as shown in
Moreover, for a combined triggering condition, if a measurement report due to fulfilling the entering condition has not been triggered, the UE does not trigger a measurement report due to fulfilling the leaving condition (even if the reportOnLeave is set to TRUE).
For example, there may be a third parameter (e.g., useWhiteCellList) with a fifth value configured for/in the first triggering event and the third parameter with a sixth value configured for/in the second triggering event. The third parameter with the fifth value may indicate whether only the neighbor cells included in the white-list are applicable for the first triggering event. The third parameter with the sixth value may indicate whether only the neighbor cells included in the white-list are applicable for the second triggering event. The fifth value and the sixth value may be a Boolean value. If the fifth value and the sixth value is different, the UE may consider the first triggering event and second triggering event for different groups of neighbor cells. However, the two triggering events need to be met on the same cell (e.g., a neighbor cell) to trigger a measurement report. Once one of the values of the third parameter is TRUE, the UE may report the measurement results only for the neighbor cells included in the white-list. If the fifth value is TRUE and the sixth value is FALSE, it is inefficient for the UE to examine the second triggering event on the neighbor cells not included in the white-list.
Therefore, when the measurement reporting procedure is associated with multiple triggering events, the UE needs to know how to determine (value of) the first, second, and/or third parameters.
To solve the issue, the NW could configure the same value for a parameter in/for the triggering events in a measurement configuration. For example, if the NW configures a UE to trigger a measurement report (or initiate a measurement reporting procedure) based on a combined triggering condition (e.g., a first triggering event and a second triggering event), at least a parameter of all the triggering events associated with the combined triggering condition (e.g., a parameter of the first triggering event and the parameter of the second triggering event) need to be configured with the same value. For example, if the NW configures a UE to trigger a measurement report (or initiate a measurement reporting procedure) based on a combined triggering condition (e.g., a first triggering event and a second triggering event), at least a parameter of all the triggering events associated with the combined triggering condition (e.g., a parameter of the first triggering event and the parameter of the second triggering event) are not allowed to be configured with different values. The parameter may be timeToTrigger. The parameter may be reportOnLeave. The parameter may be use WhiteCellList.
The UE may initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) all the triggering events associated with the combined triggering condition (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event) are met. The NW could configure the same length of duration to the first parameters (e.g., timeToTrigger) in/for the triggering events (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event). The NW could configure the same Boolean value to the second parameters (e.g., reportOnLeave) in/for the triggering events (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event). The NW could configure the same Boolean value to the third parameters (e.g., use WhiteCellList) in/for the triggering events (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event). The triggering event (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event) configured in the measurement configuration may be a triggering event based on cell quality (e.g., the RSRP/Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ)/Signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) of a cell) and/or based on UE location (e.g., the distance between the UE and reference location, such as a cell center). The UE may be configured to trigger a measurement report (or initiate a measurement reporting procedure) based on a combined triggering condition of multiple triggering events (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event). The triggering events (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event) that need to have the same value for the parameter (e.g., timeToTrigger, reportOnleave, useWhileCellList) may be associated with the combined triggering condition.
The UE may not be configured to trigger (or initiate) a measurement report based on the first triggering event solely. The UE may not be configured to trigger (or initiate) a measurement report based on the second triggering event solely. The UE may not trigger (or initiate) a measurement report if (or in response to) the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the first triggering event is met but the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the second triggering event is not met. The UE may not trigger (or initiate) a measurement report if (or in response to) the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the second triggering event is met but the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the first triggering event is not met.
For example, the NW may configure a first triggering event based on cell quality and a second triggering event based on UE location as a combined triggering condition. The NW may configure the first parameters (e.g., timeToTrigger) with the same value in/for the first triggering event and the second triggering event. The UE may initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) both the first triggering event and second triggering event are met for a time duration with the value in the first parameter. The NW may configure the second parameters (e.g., reportOnLeave) as TRUE in/for the first triggering event and the second triggering event. The UE may initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) the leaving conditions in both first and second triggering events are met. The UE may initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) the leaving condition in one of the first and second triggering events is met. The NW may configure the second parameters (e.g., reportOnLeave) as FALSE in/for the first triggering event and the second triggering event. The UE may not initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) any of the leaving conditions in the first triggering event and the second triggering event are met. The NW may configure the third parameters (e.g., useWhiteCellList) as TRUE in/for the first triggering event and the second triggering event. The UE may examine the first triggering event and the second triggering event on the neighbor cells included in the white-list. The NW may configure the third parameters (e.g., useWhiteCellList) as FALSE in the first triggering event and the second triggering event. The UE may examine the first triggering event and the second triggering event on all the neighbor cells.
To solve the issue, the NW could configure a parameter in/for one of the triggering events and not configure the parameter in/for the other triggering event(s) in a measurement configuration. For example, the parameter could be associated with one of the triggering events (e.g., triggering event based on cell quality) but not associated with the other triggering event(s) (e.g., triggering event based on UE location). For example, as shown in
The UE may not be configured to trigger (or initiate) a measurement report based on the first triggering event solely. The UE may not be configured to trigger (or initiate) a measurement report based on the second triggering event solely. The UE may not trigger (or initiate) a measurement report if (or in response to) the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the first triggering event is met but the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the second triggering event is not met. The UE may not trigger (or initiate) a measurement report if (or in response to) the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the second triggering event is met but the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the first triggering event is not met.
For example, the NW may configure a first triggering event based on cell quality and a second triggering event based on UE location as combined triggering condition. The NW may configure the second parameters (e.g., reportOnLeave) as TRUE in/for the first triggering event and not configure another second parameter (e.g., reportOnLeave) in/for the second triggering event. The UE may initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) the leaving conditions in both first and second triggering events are met. The UE may initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) the leaving condition in one of the first and second triggering events is met. The UE may consider the second parameters (e.g., reportOnLeave) as TRUE in/for the second triggering event and/or the combined triggering condition. The UE may not initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) any of the leaving condition in the first triggering event and the second triggering event is met. The UE may consider the second parameters (e.g., reportOnLeave) as FALSE in/for the second triggering event and/or the combined triggering condition. The NW may configure the second parameters (e.g., reportOnLeave) as FALSE in/for the first triggering event and the second triggering event. The UE may not initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) any of the leaving condition in the first triggering event and the second triggering event is met.
In one example, the NW could configure a parameter in/for one of the triggering events. The NW could not configure the parameter in/for more than one triggering event.
For example, again as shown in
In another example, the NW could configure a parameter as optional in/for the triggering events. The NW could configure the parameter as not optional in/for one of the triggering events and configure the parameter as optional in/for the other triggering event(s). The NW could configure the parameter as optional in/for all the triggering events. The NW could not configure the parameter as not optional in/for all the triggering events. A parameter in/for one of the triggering events may be present, while the parameter in/for the other triggering event(s) may be absent in the measurement configuration.
For example, as shown in
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To solve the issue, the NW could configure a parameter in a measurement configuration for all the triggering events in a measurement configuration. For example, as shown in
The UE may not be configured to trigger (or initiate) a measurement report based on the first triggering event solely. The UE may not be configured to trigger (or initiate) a measurement report based on the second triggering event solely. The UE may not trigger (or initiate) a measurement report if (or in response to) the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the first triggering event is met but the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the second triggering event is not met. The UE may not trigger (or initiate) a measurement report if (or in response to) the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the second triggering event is met but the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the first triggering event is not met.
For example, the NW may configure a first triggering event based on cell quality (e.g., eventA4) and a second triggering event based on UE location (e.g., eventL1) as a combined triggering condition in a list of event IDs in an event triggering configuration (e.g., EventTriggerConfig) in the measurement configuration. The NW may configure the first parameter (e.g., timeToTrigger), second parameter (e.g., reportOnLeave) and/or third parameter (e.g., useWhiteCellList) in the event triggering configuration (e.g., EventTriggerConfig). The NW may not configure the above parameters separately in/for the first triggering event and/or second triggering event in an event ID (e.g., eventId) (e.g., for a combined triggering condition). The UE may initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) both the first triggering event and second triggering event are met.
For example, the NW may configure a first triggering event based on cell quality and a second triggering event based on UE location as a combined triggering condition in an event triggering configuration (e.g., EventTriggerConfig). The NW may configure the second parameters (e.g., reportOnLeave) as TRUE in the event triggering configuration (e.g., EventTriggerConfig). The UE may initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) the leaving conditions in both first and second triggering events are met. The UE may initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) the leaving condition in one of the first and second triggering events is met. The NW may configure the second parameters (e.g., reportOnLeave) as FALSE in the event triggering configuration (e.g., Event TriggerConfig). The UE may not initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) any of the leaving conditions in the first triggering event and the second triggering event is met.
To solve the issue, the UE could select the shortest value of a parameter in/for the triggering events. The parameter may be a first parameter (e.g., timeToTrigger). The triggering events are configured as a combined triggering condition in a measurement configuration. The UE may initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) all the triggering events associated with the combined triggering condition (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event) are met. The triggering events configured in the measurement configuration may be a triggering event based on cell quality (e.g., the RSRP/RSRQ/SINR of a cell) and/or based on UE location (e.g., the distance between the UE and reference location such as a cell center). The UE may be configured to trigger a measurement report (or initiate a measurement reporting procedure) based on the combined triggering condition of multiple triggering events (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event).
The UE may not be configured to trigger (or initiate) a measurement report based on the first triggering event solely. The UE may not be configured to trigger (or initiate) a measurement report based on the second triggering event solely. The UE may not trigger (or initiate) a measurement report if (or in response to) the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the first triggering event is met but the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the second triggering event is not met. The UE may not trigger (or initiate) a measurement report if (or in response to) the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the second triggering event is met but the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the first triggering event is not met.
For example, the NW may configure a first triggering event based on cell quality and a second triggering event based on UE location as a combined triggering condition. The NW may configure the first parameters (e.g., timeToTrigger) in the first triggering event and the second triggering event. The value of the first parameter in the first triggering event may be shorter than the value in the second triggering event. Then the UE may initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) both the first and second triggering events are met for the time duration with the value of the first parameter in the first triggering event.
To solve the issue, the UE could select the longest value of a parameter in/for the triggering events. The parameter may be a first parameter (e.g., timeToTrigger). The triggering events are configured as a combined triggering condition in a measurement configuration. The UE may initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) all the triggering events associated with the combined triggering condition (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event) are met. The triggering event configured in the measurement configuration may be a triggering event based on cell quality (e.g., the RSRP/RSRQ/SINR of a cell) and/or based on UE location (e.g., the distance between the UE and reference location such as a cell center). The UE may be configured to trigger a measurement report (or initiate a measurement reporting procedure) based on the combined triggering condition of multiple triggering events (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event).
For example, the NW may configure a first triggering event based on cell quality and a second triggering event based on UE location as a combined triggering condition. The NW may configure the first parameters (e.g., timeToTrigger) in the first triggering event and the second triggering event. The value of the first parameter in the second triggering event may be longer than the value in the first triggering event. The UE may initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) both the first and second triggering events are met for the time duration with the value of the first parameter in the second triggering event.
To solve the issue, the UE could consider the value of a parameter as TRUE if one of the values of the parameters in/for the triggering events is TRUE. The UE could consider the value of a parameter as FALSE if all of the values of the parameter in/for the triggering events are FALSE. It could be applied to the case that only one triggering event among the combined triggering events is configured with the parameter (e.g., the other triggering event is not configured with the parameter). The triggering events are configured as a combined triggering condition in a measurement configuration. The UE may initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) all the triggering events associated with the combined triggering condition (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event) are met. The parameter may be a second parameter (e.g., reportOnLeave) and/or a third parameter (e.g., useWhiteCellList). The triggering event configured in the measurement configuration may be a triggering event based on cell quality (e.g., the RSRP/RSRQ/SINR of a cell) and/or based on UE location (e.g., the distance between the UE and reference location such as a cell center). The UE may be configured to trigger a measurement report (or initiate a measurement reporting procedure) based on the combined triggering condition of multiple triggering events (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event).
The UE may not be configured to trigger (or initiate) a measurement report based on the first triggering event solely. The UE may not be configured to trigger (or initiate) a measurement report based on the second triggering event solely. The UE may not trigger (or initiate) a measurement report if (or in response to) the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the first triggering event is met but the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the second triggering event is not met. The UE may not trigger (or initiate) a measurement report if (or in response to) the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the second triggering event is met but the triggering condition (e.g., condition) associated with the first triggering event is not met.
For example, the NW may configure a first triggering event based on cell quality and a second triggering event based on UE location as a combined triggering condition. The NW may configure the second parameters (e.g., reportOnLeave) in/for the first triggering event and the second triggering event. If one of the values of the second parameters in/for the two triggering events is TRUE, the UE may trigger a measurement report when (or in response to) both the leaving conditions in the first and second triggering events are met. If one of the values of the second parameters in/for the two triggering events is TRUE, the UE may trigger a measurement report when (or in response to) one of the leaving conditions in the first and second triggering events is met. If both of the values of the second parameters in/for the two triggering events are FALSE, the UE may not trigger a measurement report when (or in response to) the leaving condition(s) in the first triggering event and/or second triggering event are met.
For example, the NW may configure a first triggering event based on cell quality and a second triggering event based on UE location as a combined triggering condition. The NW may configure the third parameters (e.g., useWhiteCellList) in/for the first triggering event and the second triggering event. If both the values of the third parameters in/for the two triggering events are FALSE, the UE may examine the first and second triggering events on all the neighbor cells. If one of the values of the third parameters in/for the two triggering events is TRUE, the UE may examine the first and second triggering events on the neighbor cells included in the white-list.
To solve the issue, the UE could consider the value of a parameter as FALSE if one of the values of the parameters in/for the triggering events is FALSE. The UE could consider the value of a parameter as TRUE if all of the values of the parameters in/for the triggering events are TRUE. It could be applied to the case that only one triggering event among the combined triggering events is configured with the parameter (e.g., the other triggering event is not configured with the parameter). The triggering events are configured as a combined triggering condition in a measurement configuration. The UE may initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) all the triggering events associated with the combined triggering condition (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event) are met. The parameter may be a second parameter (e.g., reportOnLeave) and/or a third parameter (e.g., useWhiteCellList). The triggering event configured in the measurement configuration may be a triggering event based on cell quality (e.g., the RSRP/RSRQ/SINR of a cell) and/or based on UE location (e.g., the distance between the UE and reference location such as a cell center). The UE may be configured to trigger a measurement report (or initiate a measurement reporting procedure) based on the combined triggering condition of multiple triggering events (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event).
The UE may not be configured to trigger (or initiate) a measurement report based on the first triggering event solely. The UE may not be configured to trigger (or initiate) a measurement report based on the second triggering event solely. The UE may not trigger (or initiate) a measurement report if (or in response to) the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the first triggering event is met but the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the second triggering event is not met. The UE may not trigger (or initiate) a measurement report if (or in response to) the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the second triggering event is met but the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the first triggering event is not met.
For example, the NW may configure a first triggering event based on cell quality and a second triggering event based on UE location as a combined triggering condition. The NW may configure the second parameters (e.g., reportOnLeave) in/for the first triggering event and the second triggering event. If one of the values of the second parameters in/for the two triggering events is FALSE, the UE may not trigger a measurement report when (or in response to) the leaving condition(s) in the first triggering event and/or second triggering event are met. If both of the values of the second parameters in/for the two triggering events are TRUE, the UE may trigger a measurement report when (or in response to) both the leaving conditions in the first and second triggering events are met. If both of the values of the second parameters in/for the two triggering events are TRUE, the UE may trigger a measurement report when (or in response to) one of the leaving conditions in the first and second triggering events is met.
For example, the NW may configure a first triggering event based on cell quality and a second triggering event based on UE location as a combined triggering condition. The NW may configure the third parameters (e.g., useWhiteCellList) in/for the first triggering event and the second triggering event. If both the values of the third parameters in/for the two triggering events are TRUE, the UE may examine the first and second triggering events on the neighbor cells included in the white-list. If one of the values of the third parameters in/for the two triggering events is FALSE, the UE may examine the first and second triggering event on all the neighbor cells.
To solve the issue, the UE could use the (value of a) parameter in/for a specific triggering event among the triggering events. The triggering events are configured as a combined triggering condition in a measurement configuration. The UE may initiate a measurement reporting procedure when (or in response to) all the triggering events associated with the combined triggering condition (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event) are met. The parameter may be configured in/for the triggering events. The parameter may be a first parameter (e.g., timeToTrigger), second parameter (e.g., reportOnLeave) and/or third parameter (e.g., use WhiteCellList). The UE may use the (value of the) parameter in/for one of the triggering events. The UE may ignore the (value of the) parameter in/for the other triggering event(s). The triggering event configured in the measurement configuration may be a triggering event based on cell quality (e.g., the RSRP/RSRQ/SINR of a cell) and/or based on UE location (e.g., the distance between the UE and reference location such as a cell center). The UE may use the (value of the) parameter in/for the triggering event which is based on cell quality. The UE may use the (value of the) parameter in/for the triggering event which is based on UE location. The UE may use the (value of the) parameter in/for the measurement-based triggering event. The UE may use the (value of the) parameter in/for the location-based triggering event. The UE may use the (value of the) parameter in/for the triggering event which is associated to serving cell. The UE may use the (value of the) parameter in/for the triggering event which is associated to neighbor cell. The UE may use the (value of the) parameter in/for the triggering event which is indicated by the NW. The NW may configure an indication in the measurement configuration for UE to select the (value of the) parameter in/for which triggering event. The UE may be configured to trigger a measurement report (or initiate a measurement reporting procedure) based on a combined triggering condition of multiple triggering events (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event).
The UE may not be configured to trigger (or initiate) a measurement report based on the first triggering event solely. The UE may not be configured to trigger (or initiate) a measurement report based on the second triggering event solely. The UE may not trigger (or initiate) a measurement report if (or in response to) the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the first triggering event is met but the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the second triggering event is not met. The UE may not trigger (or initiate) a measurement report if (or in response to) the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the second triggering event is met but the triggering condition (e.g., entering condition) associated with the first triggering event is not met.
For example, the NW may configure a first triggering event based on cell quality and a second triggering event based on UE location as a combined triggering condition. The NW may configure the second parameters (e.g., reportOnLeave) in the first triggering event and the second triggering event. If the value of the second parameter in/for the first triggering event is FALSE, the UE may not trigger a measurement report when (or in response to) the leaving condition(s) in the first triggering event and/or second triggering event are met. If the value of the second parameter in/for the first triggering event is TRUE, the UE may trigger a measurement report when (or in response to) both the leaving conditions in the first triggering event and second triggering event are met. If the value of the second parameter in/for the first triggering event is TRUE, the UE may trigger a measurement report when (or in response to) one of the leaving conditions in the first triggering event and second triggering event is met.
The UE may receive configurations related to measurement and/or a measurement report (or measurement reporting). The (measurement) configuration may include the combined triggering condition for a measurement report. The combined triggering condition may be the multiple triggering events (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event) which need to be met to trigger a measurement report (or initiate a measurement reporting procedure). The (measurement) configuration may include two or more than two triggering events for a measurement report. The triggering event may comprise entering a condition and/or leaving a condition. The entering condition and/or leaving condition may be and/or comprise one or more formula. The UE may trigger a measurement report in response to the entering conditions of the first triggering event and the second triggering event being fulfilled.
The (measurement) configuration may not include a non-combined triggering condition for a measurement report. The (measurement) configuration may not include a single triggering condition for a measurement report. The (measurement) configuration may not include a first triggering event without a second triggering event for a measurement report. The (measurement) configuration may not include a second triggering event without a first triggering event for a measurement report. The UE may not trigger a measurement report in response to the entering condition of the first triggering event being fulfilled (e.g., and the entering condition of the second triggering event is not fulfilled). The UE may not trigger a measurement report in response to the entering condition of the second triggering event being fulfilled (e.g., and the entering condition of the first triggering event is not fulfilled).
The (measurement) configuration may include the first parameter (e.g., timeToTrigger), second parameter (e.g., reportOnLeave) and/or third parameter (e.g., useWhiteCellList) in/for the triggering events. The third parameter may be configured when (or at least one of) the triggering event is associated to neighbor cell(s).
In various embodiments, the triggering events may be associated to serving cell and/or neighbor cell(s). The serving cell could be a special cell (SpCell) of the UE. The serving cell could be a secondary cell (SCell) of the UE. The neighbor cell could be one of a plurality of neighbor cells of the UE.
In various embodiments, the triggering events based on cell quality, the measurement-based triggering events and/or the existing triggering events may be at least one of the below (or the combination of the events below):
In various embodiments, the triggering events based on UE location and/or the location-based triggering events may be at least one of the below (or the combination of the events below):
In various embodiments, the cell (e.g., serving cell, neighbor cell) center may be replaced by other reference locations of a cell. The reference location of a cell could be the geographical location of the cell center on the ground. The reference location of a cell could be a virtual location defined by the network (e.g., the geographical area is split into rectangular grids and the reference location is represented by indices of the grid). The reference location of a cell could be provided by the network to the UE. The reference location of a cell could be derived by the UE (based on e.g., satellite location and mapping of the satellite location to the cell location).
In various embodiments, one, some, and/or all instances of “radio condition” may correspond to, may be supplemented with and/or may be replaced by “cell quality”. The radio condition and/or the measurement results may be represented by RSRP, RSRQ and/or SINR. The radio condition and/or the measurement results may be with respect to a pathloss reference, an average of a set of pathloss references, and/or a reference signal of a beam (e.g., SSB, CSI-RS).
In various embodiments, one, some, and/or all instances of “the triggering event is met” may correspond to, may be supplemented with and/or may be replaced by “the triggering event is fulfilled/satisfied”, “the criteria for the triggering event is met/fulfilled/satisfied”, and/or “the (triggering) condition of/for the triggering event is met/fulfilled/satisfied”.
A similar issue described above could also occur when the measurement configuration and/or the triggering event is used to trigger or initiate a conditional handover (or conditional reconfiguration). The method(s) described above could also be applied to conditional handover (or conditional reconfiguration).
In various embodiments, the measurement report could be replaced by conditional handover (or conditional reconfiguration). For example, the triggering condition to trigger a measurement report could be replaced by the triggering condition to trigger a conditional handover (or conditional reconfiguration).
The UE may be in a cell of a NTN. The UE may be connected to a cell of a NTN. The UE may be connected to a LEO, GEO, MEO, HEO, and/or HAPS.
The UE may be referred to the UE or a RRC entity of the UE.
The UE may be a NR device. The UE may be a NR-light device. The UE may be a reduced capability device. The UE may be a mobile phone. The UE may be a wearable device. The UE may be a sensor. The UE may be a stationary device.
The network may be a network node. The network may be a base station. The network may be an access point. The network may be an eNB. The network may be a gNB. The network may be a gateway.
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In various embodiments, the first triggering event may be a triggering event based on cell quality.
In various embodiments, the second triggering event may be a triggering event based on UE location.
In various embodiments, the first triggering event and second triggering event may associate to serving cells and/or neighbor cells.
In various embodiments, the first parameter specifies the length of duration for a triggering event (e.g., the first triggering event, the second triggering event) that needs to be fulfilled to trigger a measurement report.
In various embodiments, the second parameter indicates whether to trigger a measurement report when (or in response to) a leaving condition in a triggering event (e.g., the first triggering event, the second triggering event) is fulfilled.
In various embodiments, the third parameter indicates whether only the neighbor cells included in the white-list are applicable for a triggering event (e.g., the first triggering event, the second triggering event).
In various embodiments, the NW configures the same value for a parameter (e.g., the first parameter, second parameter, third parameter) in/for the multiple triggering events (e.g., first triggering event and the second triggering event).
In various embodiments, the NW configures a parameter (e.g., the first parameter, second parameter, third parameter) in/for one of the multiple triggering events (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event).
In various embodiments, the NW does not configure the parameter (e.g., the first parameter, second parameter, third parameter) in/for more than one triggering event among the multiple triggering events (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event).
In various embodiments, the NW configures the parameter present (e.g., the first parameter, second parameter, third parameter) in/for one of the multiple triggering events (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event).
In various embodiments, the NW configures a parameter (e.g., the first parameter, second parameter, third parameter) for all the multiple triggering events (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event).
In various embodiments, the NW does not individually configure the parameter in/for each triggering event among the multiple triggering events (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event).
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In various embodiments, the first triggering event may be a triggering event based on cell quality.
In various embodiments, the second triggering event may be a triggering event based on UE location.
In various embodiments, the first triggering event and second triggering event may associate to serving cells and/or neighbor cells.
In various embodiments, the first parameter specifies the length of duration for a triggering event (e.g., the first triggering event, the second triggering event) that needs to be fulfilled to trigger a measurement report.
In various embodiments, the second parameter indicates whether to trigger a measurement report when (or in response to) a leaving condition in a triggering event (e.g., the first triggering event, the second triggering event) is fulfilled.
In various embodiments, the third parameter indicates whether only the neighbor cells included in the white-list are applicable for a triggering event (e.g., the first triggering event, the second triggering event).
In various embodiments, the UE selects the shortest value of the first parameter from the values of the first parameter configured in/for the multiple triggering events (e.g., first triggering event and the second triggering event).
In various embodiments, the UE considers the value of the second parameter as TRUE/FALSE if one of the values of the second parameter in/for the multiple triggering events (e.g., first triggering event and the second triggering event) is TRUE.
In various embodiments, the UE considers the value of the third parameter as TRUE/FALSE if one of the values of the third parameter in/for the multiple triggering events (e.g., first triggering event and the second triggering event) is TRUE.
In various embodiments, the UE uses the value of a parameter (e.g., the first parameter, second parameter, third parameter) in/for a specific triggering event among the multiple triggering events.
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In various embodiments, the specific triggering event is one of the multiple triggering events based on cell quality.
In various embodiments, the specific triggering event is one of the multiple triggering events based on UE location.
In various embodiments, the specific triggering event is one of the multiple triggering events associated to serving cells.
In various embodiments, the specific triggering event is one of the multiple triggering events associated to neighbor cells.
In various embodiments, the specific triggering event is one of the multiple triggering events indicated by the NW in the measurement configuration.
In various embodiments, the UE triggers the measurement report and/or initiates a measurement report procedure when (or in response to) the combined triggering condition (e.g., the first triggering event and the second triggering event) in the measurement configuration is fulfilled.
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In various embodiments, the first triggering event is a triggering event based on cell quality.
In various embodiments, the second triggering event is a triggering event based on UE location.
In various embodiments, the first parameter is reportOnLeave.
In various embodiments, the UE further receives the first parameter for the first triggering event and does not receive the first parameter for the second triggering event in the measurement configuration.
In various embodiments, the UE further receives the first parameter for the first triggering event and the first parameter for the second triggering event in the measurement configuration.
In various embodiments, the UE further considers the first parameter for the combined triggering condition as TRUE if the first parameter for one of the first triggering event or the second triggering event is set to TRUE.
In various embodiments, the UE further applies the first parameter for the first triggering event as the first parameter for the combined triggering condition.
In various embodiments, the UE does not trigger a third measurement report in response to fulfilment of the entering condition of the first triggering event or the second triggering event.
In various embodiments, the UE is in a NTN.
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Any combination of the above concepts or teachings can be jointly combined or formed to a new embodiment. The disclosed details and embodiments can be used to solve at least (but not limited to) the issues mentioned above and herein.
It is noted that any of the methods, alternatives, steps, examples, and embodiments proposed herein may be applied independently, individually, and/or with multiple methods, alternatives, steps, examples, and embodiments combined together.
Various aspects of the disclosure have been described above. It should be apparent that the teachings herein may be embodied in a wide variety of forms and that any specific structure, function, or both being disclosed herein is merely representative. Based on the teachings herein one skilled in the art should appreciate that an aspect disclosed herein may be implemented independently of any other aspects and that two or more of these aspects may be combined in various ways. For example, an apparatus may be implemented or a method may be practiced using any number of the aspects set forth herein. In addition, such an apparatus may be implemented or such a method may be practiced using other structure, functionality, or structure and functionality in addition to or other than one or more of the aspects set forth herein. As an example of some of the above concepts, in some aspects, concurrent channels may be established based on pulse repetition frequencies. In some aspects, concurrent channels may be established based on pulse position or offsets. In some aspects, concurrent channels may be established based on time hopping sequences. In some aspects, concurrent channels may be established based on pulse repetition frequencies, pulse positions or offsets, and time hopping sequences.
Those of ordinary skill in the art would understand that information and signals may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced throughout the above description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.
Those of ordinary skill in the art would further appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, processors, means, circuits, and algorithm steps described in connection with the aspects disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware (e.g., a digital implementation, an analog implementation, or a combination of the two, which may be designed using source coding or some other technique), various forms of program or design code incorporating instructions (which may be referred to herein, for convenience, as “software” or a “software module”), or combinations of both. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps have been described above generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present disclosure.
In addition, the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the aspects disclosed herein may be implemented within or performed by an integrated circuit (“IC”), an access terminal, or an access point. The IC may comprise a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, electrical components, optical components, mechanical components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein, and may execute codes or instructions that reside within the IC, outside of the IC, or both. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration.
It is understood that any specific order or hierarchy of steps in any disclosed process is an example of a sample approach. Based upon design preferences, it is understood that the specific order or hierarchy of steps in the processes may be rearranged while remaining within the scope of the present disclosure. The accompanying method claims present elements of the various steps in a sample order, and are not meant to be limited to the specific order or hierarchy presented.
The steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the aspects disclosed herein may be embodied directly in hardware, in a software module executed by a processor, or in a combination of the two. A software module (e.g., including executable instructions and related data) and other data may reside in a data memory such as RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, a hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of computer-readable storage medium known in the art. A sample storage medium may be coupled to a machine such as, for example, a computer/processor (which may be referred to herein, for convenience, as a “processor”) such the processor can read information (e.g., code) from and write information to the storage medium. A sample storage medium may be integral to the processor. The processor and the storage medium may reside in an ASIC. The ASIC may reside in user equipment. In the alternative, the processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components in user equipment. Moreover, in some aspects, any suitable computer-program product may comprise a computer-readable medium comprising codes relating to one or more of the aspects of the disclosure. In some aspects, a computer program product may comprise packaging materials.
While the invention has been described in connection with various aspects and examples, it will be understood that the invention is capable of further modifications. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses or adaptation of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention, and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within the known and customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains.
The present application claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 63/181,882, filed Apr. 29, 2021, which is fully incorporated herein by reference.
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