Multi-user subscriber identity module gap pattern modification

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may obtain a configuration associated with a first universal subscriber identity module (USIM) and a configuration associated with a second USIM. The UE may send a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM. The UE may receive an indication of the gap pattern. The UE may selectively communicate or measure according to the gap pattern. Numerous other aspects are described.

Description

[0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0002] This patent application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63 / 364,776, filed on May 16, 2022, entitled “MULTIPLE USER SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE GAP PATTERN MODIFICATION” and U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application No. 18 / 308,340, filed on April 27, 2023, entitled “MULTIPLE USER SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE GAP PATTERN MODIFICATION” and assigned to the assignee of this application. The disclosures of these prior applications are considered part of and incorporated by reference into this patent application. Technical Field

[0003] Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to wireless communications, and to techniques and apparatus for multi-user subscriber identity module gap pattern modification. Background Art

[0004] Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide a variety of telecommunication services, such as telephony, video, data, messaging, and broadcasting. Typical wireless communication systems may employ multiple access technologies that can support communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources (e.g., bandwidth, transmit power, etc.). Examples of such multiple access technologies include code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) systems, time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems, and long term evolution (LTE). LTE / LTE-Advanced is a collection of enhancements to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) mobile standard promulgated by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).

[0005] A wireless network may include one or more network nodes that support communications for wireless communication devices, such as a user equipment (UE) or multiple UEs. A UE may communicate with a network node via downlink communications and uplink communications. A "downlink" (or "DL") refers to a communication link from a network node to a UE, and an "uplink" (or "UL") refers to a communication link from a UE to a network node. Some wireless networks may support device-to-device communications, such as via a local link (e.g., a side link (SL), a wireless local area network (WLAN) link, and / or a wireless personal area network (WPAN) link, among other examples).

[0006] The above-mentioned multiple access technologies have been adopted in various telecommunication standards to provide a common protocol that enables different UEs to communicate at a city, country, region and / or global level. New Radio (NR), which may be referred to as 5G, is a collection of enhancements to the LTE mobile standard promulgated by 3GPP. NR is designed to better integrate with other open standards by improving spectrum efficiency, reducing costs, improving services, utilizing new spectrum, and using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) (CP-OFDM) with cyclic prefix (CP) on the downlink, using CP-OFDM and / or single carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) (also known as discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM)) on the uplink, as well as supporting beamforming, multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna technology and carrier aggregation, so as to better support mobile broadband Internet access. As the demand for mobile broadband access continues to increase, further improvements in LTE, NR and other radio access technologies remain useful. Summary of the invention

[0007] Some aspects described herein relate to a method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE). The method may include obtaining a configuration associated with a first universal subscriber identity module (USIM) and a configuration associated with a second USIM. The method may include sending a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM. The method may include receiving an indication of the gap pattern. The method may include selectively communicating or measuring according to the gap pattern.

[0008] Some aspects described herein relate to a method of wireless communication performed by a network node. The method may include sending a configuration associated with a first USIM and a configuration associated with a second USIM to a UE. The method may include receiving a request from the UE for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM. The method may include sending an indication of the gap pattern to the UE.

[0009] Some aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication performed by a UE. The apparatus may include a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors may be configured to obtain a configuration associated with a first USIM and a configuration associated with a second USIM. The one or more processors may be configured to send a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM. The one or more processors may be configured to receive an indication of the gap pattern. The one or more processors may be configured to selectively communicate or measure according to the gap pattern.

[0010] Some aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication performed by a network node. The apparatus may include a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors may be configured to send a configuration associated with a first USIM and a configuration associated with a second USIM to a UE. The one or more processors may be configured to receive a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM from the UE. The one or more processors may be configured to send an indication of the gap pattern to the UE.

[0011] Some aspects described herein relate to a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an instruction set for wireless communication by a UE. The instruction set, when executed by one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to obtain a configuration associated with a first USIM and a configuration associated with a second USIM. The instruction set, when executed by one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to send a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM. The instruction set, when executed by one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to receive an indication of the gap pattern. The instruction set, when executed by one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to selectively communicate or measure according to the gap pattern.

[0012] Some aspects described herein relate to a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an instruction set for wireless communication by a network node. The instruction set, when executed by one or more processors of the network node, may cause the network node to send a configuration associated with a first USIM and a configuration associated with a second USIM to a UE. The instruction set, when executed by one or more processors of the network node, may cause the network node to receive a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM from the UE. The instruction set, when executed by one or more processors of the network node, may cause the network node to send an indication of the gap pattern to the UE.

[0013] Some aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus may include means for obtaining a configuration associated with a first USIM and a configuration associated with a second USIM. The apparatus may include means for sending a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM. The apparatus may include means for receiving an indication of the gap pattern. The apparatus may include means for selectively communicating or measuring according to the gap pattern.

[0014] Some aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus may include means for sending a configuration associated with a first USIM and a configuration associated with a second USIM to a UE. The apparatus may include means for receiving a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM from the UE. The apparatus may include means for sending an indication of the gap pattern to the UE.

[0015] Aspects generally include methods, apparatus, systems, computer program products, non-transitory computer readable media, user equipment, base stations, network entities, network nodes, wireless communication devices and / or processing systems as fully described herein with reference to and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

[0016] The features and technical advantages of examples according to the present disclosure have been outlined quite extensively above so that the following specific embodiments may be better understood. Additional features and advantages will be described below. The disclosed concepts and specific examples may be easily used as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for achieving the same purpose of the present disclosure. Such equivalent constructions do not depart from the scope of protection of the appended claims. The characteristics of the concepts disclosed herein, both in terms of their organization and method of operation, and the associated advantages will be better understood by considering the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Each of the accompanying drawings is provided for the purpose of illustration and description, and not as a definition of the limitations of the claims.

[0017] Although various aspects are described in the present disclosure by illustrating some examples, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that such aspects can be implemented in many different arrangements and scenarios. The technology described herein can be implemented using different platform types, devices, systems, shapes, sizes and / or packaging arrangements. For example, some aspects can be implemented via integrated chip implementations or other devices based on non-module components (e.g., end-user devices, vehicles, communication equipment, computing equipment, industrial equipment, retail / shopping equipment, medical equipment, and / or artificial intelligence devices). Various aspects can be implemented in chip-level components, modular components, non-modular components, non-chip-level components, device-level components and / or system-level components. The equipment incorporating the various aspects and features described may include additional components and features for implementing and practicing the various aspects claimed and described. For example, the transmission and reception of wireless signals may include one or more components (e.g., hardware components, including antennas, radio frequency (RF) chains, power amplifiers, modulators, buffers, processors, interleavers, adders and / or summers) for analog and digital purposes. The various aspects described herein are intended to be practiced in various devices, components, systems, distributed arrangements, and / or end-user devices of various sizes, shapes and configurations. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] In order to fully understand the above features of the present disclosure, a more specific description of the invention briefly summarized above can be obtained by referring to various aspects (some of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings). However, it should be noted that the accompanying drawings only illustrate certain typical aspects of the present disclosure and are therefore not to be considered as limiting the scope thereof, as the specification may admit other equally effective aspects. The same reference numerals in different drawings may identify the same or similar elements.

[0019] Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless network according to the present disclosure.

[0020] Figure 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of communication between a network node and a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network according to the present disclosure.

[0021] Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating an example decomposed base station architecture according to the present disclosure.

[0022] Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of physical channels and reference signals in a wireless network according to the present disclosure.

[0023] Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of Multi-User Subscriber Identity Module (MUSIM) communication.

[0024] Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating an example associated with MUSIM gap pattern modification according to the present disclosure.

[0025] Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating an example process associated with MUSIM gap pattern modification according to the present disclosure.

[0026] Figure 8 is a diagram illustrating an example process associated with MUSIM gap pattern modification according to the present disclosure.

[0027] Fig. 9 is a diagram of an example apparatus for wireless communications according to the present disclosure.

[0028] Fig.10 is a diagram of an example apparatus for wireless communications according to the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] The various aspects of the disclosure are described more fully below with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the disclosure can be embodied in many different forms, and should not be construed as being limited to any specific structure or function presented throughout the disclosure. Instead, these aspects are provided so that the disclosure will be thorough and complete, and the protection scope of the disclosure will be fully conveyed to those skilled in the art. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the scope of the disclosure is intended to cover any aspect of the disclosure disclosed herein, whether it is implemented independently or in combination with any other aspect of the disclosure. For example, any number of aspects set forth herein may be used to implement a device or practice method. In addition, the scope of the disclosure is intended to cover such a device or method implemented using other structures, functions, or structures and functions other than the various aspects of the disclosure set forth herein or different from the various aspects of the disclosure set forth herein. It should be understood that any aspect of the disclosure disclosed herein may be embodied by one or more elements of the claims.

[0030] Several aspects of telecommunication systems will now be presented with reference to various devices and techniques. These devices and techniques will be described in the following detailed description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, modules, components, circuits, steps, processes, algorithms, etc. (collectively referred to as "elements"). These elements can be implemented using hardware, software, or a combination thereof. Whether these elements are implemented as hardware or software depends on the specific application and the design constraints imposed on the overall system.

[0031] Although aspects may be described herein using terminology generally associated with 5G or new radio (NR) radio access technology (RAT), aspects of the present disclosure may be applied to other RATs, such as 3G RAT, 4G RAT, and / or post-5G RATs (e.g., 6G).

[0032] Figure 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless network 100 according to the present disclosure. The wireless network 100 may be a 5G (e.g., NR) network and / or a 4G (e.g., Long Term Evolution (LTE)) network, or may include elements of a 5G (e.g., NR) network and / or elements of a 4G (e.g., Long Term Evolution (LTE)) network, among other examples. . The wireless network 100 may include one or more network nodes 110 (shown as network node 110a, network node 110b, network node 110c, and network node 110d), one user equipment (UE) 120 or multiple UEs 120 (shown as UE 120a, UE 120b, UE 120c, UE 120d, and UE 120e), and / or other entities. The network node 110 is a network node that communicates with the UE 120. As shown, the network node 110 may include one or more network nodes. For example, the network node 110 may be a converged network node, which means that the converged network node is configured to utilize a radio protocol stack that is physically or logically integrated within a single radio access network (RAN) node (e.g., within a single device or unit). As another example, the network node 110 may be a decomposed network node (sometimes referred to as a decomposed base station), which means that the network node 110 is configured to utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically distributed between two or more nodes (such as one or more central units (CUs), one or more distributed units (DUs), or one or more radio units (RUs)).

[0033] In some examples, the network node 110 is or includes a network node that communicates with the UE 120 via a radio access link, such as an RU. In some examples, the network node 110 is or includes a network node that communicates with other network nodes 110 via a fronthaul link or a midhaul link, such as a DU. In some examples, the network node 110 is or includes a network node that communicates with other network nodes 110 via a midhaul link or communicates with the core network via a backhaul link, such as a CU. In some examples, the network node 110 (such as an aggregated network node 110 or a decomposed network node 110) may include multiple network nodes, such as one or more RUs, one or more CUs, and / or one or more DUs. For example, the network node 110 may include an NR base station, an LTE base station, a Node B, an eNB (e.g., in 4G), a gNB (e.g., in 5G), an access point, a transmit receive point (TRP), a DU, a RU, a CU, a mobility element of a network, a core network node, a network element, a network equipment, a RAN node, or a combination thereof. In some examples, network nodes 110 may be interconnected to each other or to one or more other network nodes 110 in wireless network 100 via various types of fronthaul, midhaul, and / or backhaul interfaces, such as direct physical connections, air interfaces, or virtual networks, using any suitable transport network.

[0034] In some examples, the network node 110 may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area. In the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), the term "cell" may refer to the coverage area of ​​the network node 110 and / or the network node subsystem serving the coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used. The network node 110 may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, and / or another type of cell. A macro cell may cover a relatively large geographic area (e.g., a radius of several kilometers) and may allow unrestricted access by a UE 120 with a service subscription. A pico cell may cover a relatively small geographic area and may allow unrestricted access by a UE 120 with a service subscription. A femto cell may cover a relatively small geographic area (e.g., a home) and may allow restricted access by a UE 120 with an association with a femto cell (e.g., a UE 120 in a closed subscriber group (CSG)). A network node 110 for a macro cell may be referred to as a macro network node. A network node 110 for a pico cell may be referred to as a pico network node. The network node 110 for a femto cell may be referred to as a femto network node or a home network node. Figure 1 In the example shown in , network node 110a may be a macro network node for macro cell 102a, network node 110b may be a pico network node for pico cell 102b, and network node 110c may be a femto network node for femto cell 102c. A network node may support one or more (e.g., three) cells. In some examples, a cell may not necessarily be stationary, and the geographic area of ​​a cell may move depending on the location of a mobile network node 110 (e.g., a mobile network node).

[0035] In some aspects, the term "base station" or "network node" may refer to a clustered base station, a decomposed base station, an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, a relay node, or one or more components thereof. For example, in some aspects, a "base station" or "network node" may refer to a CU, a DU, a RU, a near real-time (near RT) RAN intelligent controller (RIC) or a non-real-time (non-RT) RIC, or a combination thereof. In some aspects, the term "base station" or "network node" may refer to a device configured to perform one or more functions (such as those described herein in conjunction with network node 110). In some aspects, the term "base station" or "network node" may refer to multiple devices configured to perform one or more functions. For example, in some distributed systems, each of a number of different devices (which may be located in the same geographic location or in different geographic locations) may be configured to perform at least a portion of a function, or to repeat the execution of at least a portion of the function, and the term "base station" or "network node" may refer to any one or more of these different devices. In some aspects, the term "base station" or "network node" may refer to one or more virtual base stations or one or more virtual base station functions. For example, in some aspects, two or more base station functions may be instantiated on a single device. In some aspects, the term "base station" or "network node" may refer to one of the base station functions but not the other. In this way, a single device may include more than one base station.

[0036] The wireless network 100 may include one or more relay stations. A relay station is a network node that can receive transmissions of data from an upstream node (e.g., a network node 110 or a UE 120) and transmit transmissions of data to a downstream node (e.g., a UE 120 or a network node 110). A relay station may be a UE 120 that can relay transmissions for other UEs 120. Figure 1 In the example shown in , a network node 110d (e.g., a relay network node) may communicate with a network node 110a (e.g., a macro network node) and a UE 120d to facilitate communication between the network node 110a and the UE 120d. A network node 110 that relays communications may be referred to as a relay station, a relay base station, a relay network node, a relay node, a relay, etc.

[0037] The wireless network 100 may be a heterogeneous network that includes different types of network nodes 110, such as macro network nodes, pico network nodes, femto network nodes, relay network nodes, etc. These different types of network nodes 110 may have different transmit power levels, different coverage areas, and / or different impacts on interference in the wireless network 100. For example, a macro network node may have a high transmit power level (e.g., 5 watts to 40 watts), while a pico network node, a femto network node, and a relay network node may have a lower transmit power level (e.g., 0.1 watt to 2 watts).

[0038] The network controller 130 may be coupled to or in communication with a set of network nodes 110 and may provide coordination and control for the network nodes 110. The network controller 130 may communicate with the network nodes 110 via a backhaul communication link or a midhaul communication link. The network nodes 110 may also communicate directly with each other or indirectly via a wireless backhaul link or a wired backhaul link. In some aspects, the network controller 130 may be or may include a CU or a core network device.

[0039] UE 120 may be dispersed throughout the wireless network 100, and each UE 120 may be stationary or mobile. UE 120 may include, for example, an access terminal, a terminal, a mobile station, and / or a subscriber unit. UE 120 may be a cellular phone (e.g., a smart phone), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wireless modem, a wireless communication device, a handheld device, a laptop computer, a cordless phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a tablet computer, a camera, a gaming device, a netbook, a smartbook, an ultrabook, a medical device, a biometric device, a wearable device (e.g., a smart watch, smart clothing, smart glasses, a smart wristband, smart jewelry (e.g., a smart ring or a smart bracelet)), an entertainment device (e.g., a music device, a video device, and / or a satellite radio), a vehicle component or sensor, a smart meter / sensor, an industrial manufacturing equipment, a global positioning system device, a UE function of a network node, and / or any other suitable device configured to communicate via a wireless or wired medium.

[0040] Some UE 120 may be considered as machine type communication (MTC) or evolved or enhanced machine type communication (eMTC) UE. MTC UE and / or eMTC UE may include, for example, a robot, a drone, a remote device, a sensor, a meter, a monitor and / or a location tag, which may communicate with a network node, another device (e.g., a remote device) or some other entity. Some UE 120 may be considered as an Internet of Things (IoT) device and / or may be implemented as a NB-IoT (narrowband IoT) device. Some UE 120 may be considered as client equipment. UE 120 may be included inside a housing that houses components of UE 120, such as a processor component and / or a memory component. In some examples, the processor component and the memory component may be coupled together. For example, a processor component (e.g., one or more processors) and a memory component (e.g., a memory) may be operably coupled, communicatively coupled, electronically coupled, and / or electrically coupled.

[0041] In general, any number of wireless networks 100 may be deployed in a given geographic area. Each wireless network 100 may support a specific RAT and may operate on one or more frequencies. RAT may be referred to as a radio technology, air interface, etc. Frequency may be referred to as a carrier, frequency channel, etc. Each frequency may support a single RAT in a given geographic area to avoid interference between wireless networks of different RATs. In some cases, NR or 5G RAT networks may be deployed.

[0042] In some examples, two or more UEs 120 (e.g., shown as UE 120a and UE 120e) may communicate directly (e.g., without using network node 110 as an intermediary to communicate with each other) using one or more side link channels. For example, UE 120 may communicate using peer-to-peer (P2P) communication, device-to-device (D2D) communication, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) protocols (e.g., which may include vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) protocols, vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) protocols, or vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) protocols), and / or mesh networks. In such examples, UE 120 may perform scheduling operations, resource selection operations, and / or other operations described elsewhere herein as being performed by network node 110.

[0043] The devices of the wireless network 100 may communicate using an electromagnetic spectrum, which may be subdivided into various categories, bands, channels, etc., based on frequency or wavelength. For example, the devices of the wireless network 100 may communicate using one or more operating bands. In 5G NR, two initial operating bands have been identified as frequency ranges designated FR1 (410 MHz–7.125 GHz) and FR2 (24.25 GHz–52.6 GHz). It should be understood that, although portions of FR1 are greater than 6 GHz, FR1 is often (interchangeably) referred to as the “below 6 GHz” band in various documents and articles. Similar naming issues sometimes occur with respect to FR2, which is often (interchangeably) referred to as the “millimeter wave” band in documents and articles, although different from the extremely high frequency (EHF) band (30 GHz–300 GHz) identified as the “millimeter wave” band by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

[0044] Frequencies between FR1 and FR2 are generally referred to as mid-band frequencies. Recent 5G NR research has identified the operating bands for these mid-band frequencies as frequency range designation FR3 (7.125GHz–24.25GHz). The bands falling within FR3 can inherit FR1 characteristics and / or FR2 characteristics, and therefore the features of FR1 and / or FR2 can be effectively extended to mid-band frequencies. In addition, higher frequency bands are currently being explored to extend 5G NR operations to more than 52.6GHz. For example, three higher operating bands have been identified as frequency range designations FR4a or FR4-1 (52.6GHz–71GHz), FR4 (52.6GHz–114.25GHz), and FR5 (114.25GHz–300GHz). Each of these higher frequency bands falls within the EHF band.

[0045] Considering the above examples, unless otherwise explicitly stated, it should be understood that if the term "below 6 GHz" or the like is used herein, the term may broadly refer to frequencies that may be lower than 6 GHz, may be within FR1, or may include mid-band frequencies. In addition, unless otherwise explicitly stated, it should be understood that if the term "millimeter wave" or the like is used herein, the term may broadly refer to frequencies that may include mid-band frequencies, may be within FR2, FR4, FR4-a or FR4-1, and / or FR5, or may be within the EHF band. It is contemplated that the frequencies included in these operating bands (e.g., FR1, FR2, FR3, FR4, FR4-a, FR4-1, and / or FR5) may be modified, and the techniques described herein are applicable to those modified frequency ranges.

[0046] In some aspects, UE 120 may include a communications manager 140. As described in greater detail elsewhere herein, communications manager 140 may obtain a configuration associated with a first universal subscriber identity module (USIM) and a configuration associated with a second USIM; send a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM; receive an indication of the gap pattern; and selectively communicate or measure according to the gap pattern. Additionally or alternatively, communications manager 140 may perform one or more other operations described herein.

[0047] In some aspects, the network node 110 may include a communication manager 150. As described in more detail elsewhere herein, the communication manager 150 may send a configuration associated with the first USIM and a configuration associated with the second USIM to the UE; receive a request from the UE for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM; and send an indication of the gap pattern to the UE. Additionally or alternatively, the communication manager 150 may perform one or more other operations described herein.

[0048] As indicated above, Figure 1 are provided as examples. Other examples can be found in the Figure 1 The examples described are different.

[0049] Figure 2 2 is a diagram illustrating an example 200 of a network node 110 communicating with a UE 120 in a wireless network 100 according to the present disclosure. The network node 110 may be equipped with a set of antennas 234a to 234t, such as T antennas (T≥1). The UE 120 may be equipped with a set of antennas 252a to 252r, such as R antennas (R≥1). The network node 110 of example 200 includes one or more radio frequency components, such as an antenna 234 and a modem 254. In some examples, the network node 110 may include an interface, a communication component, or another component that facilitates communication with the UE 120 or another network node. Some network nodes 110 may not include a radio frequency component that facilitates direct communication with the UE 120, such as one or more CUs or one or more DUs.

[0050] At the network node 110, the transmit processor 220 may receive data intended for the UE 120 (or a set of UEs 120) from the data source 212. The transmit processor 220 may select one or more modulation and coding schemes (MCS) for the UE 120 based at least in part on one or more channel quality indicators (CQI) received from the UE 120. The network node 110 may process (e.g., encode and modulate) the data for the UE 120 based at least in part on the MCS selected for the UE 120, and provide data symbols for the UE 120. The transmit processor 220 may process system information (e.g., for semi-static resource partitioning information (SRPI)) and control information (e.g., CQI requests, grants, and / or upper layer signaling), and provide overhead symbols and control symbols. The transmit processor 220 may generate reference symbols for reference signals (e.g., cell-specific reference signals (CRS) or demodulation reference signals (DMRS)) and synchronization signals (e.g., primary synchronization signals (PSS) or secondary synchronization signals (SSS)). The transmit (TX) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) processor 230 may perform spatial processing (e.g., pre-decoding) on ​​data symbols, control symbols, overhead symbols, and / or reference symbols, where applicable, and may provide a set of output symbol streams (e.g., T output symbol streams) to a corresponding set of modems 232 (e.g., T modems) (shown as modems 232a to 232t). For example, each output symbol stream may be provided to a modulator component (shown as MOD) of the modem 232. Each modem 232 may process a corresponding output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM) using a corresponding modulator component to obtain an output sample stream. Each modem 232 may further process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and / or up-convert) the output sample stream using a corresponding modulator component to obtain a downlink signal. The modems 232a to 232t may transmit a set of downlink signals (e.g., T downlink signals) via a corresponding set of antennas 234 (e.g., T antennas) (shown as antennas 234a to 234t).

[0051] At the UE 120, a set of antennas 252 (shown as antennas 252a to 252r) may receive downlink signals from the network node 110 and / or other network nodes 110 and may provide a set of received signals (e.g., R received signals) to a set of modems 254 (e.g., R modems) (shown as modems 254a to 254r). For example, each received signal may be provided to a demodulator component (shown as DEMOD) of the modem 254. Each modem 254 may use a corresponding demodulator component to condition (e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, and / or digitize) the received signal to obtain input samples. Each modem 254 may use a demodulator component to further process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM) to obtain received symbols. A MIMO detector 256 may obtain received symbols from the modem 254, may perform MIMO detection on the received symbols where applicable, and may provide detected symbols. The receive processor 258 may process (e.g., demodulate and decode) the detected symbols, may provide decoded data for the UE 120 to the data sink 260, and may provide decoded control information and system information to the controller / processor 280. The term "controller / processor" may refer to one or more controllers, one or more processors, or a combination thereof. The channel processor may determine a reference signal received power (RSRP) parameter, a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) parameter, a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) parameter, and / or a CQI parameter, among other things. In some examples, one or more components of the UE 120 may be included in the housing 284.

[0052] The network controller 130 may include a communication unit 294, a controller / processor 290, and a memory 292. The network controller 130 may include, for example, one or more devices in a core network. The network controller 130 may communicate with the network node 110 via the communication unit 294.

[0053] One or more antennas (e.g., antennas 234a to 234t and / or antennas 252a to 252r) may include or be included within one or more antenna panels, one or more antenna groups, one or more sets of antenna elements, and / or one or more antenna arrays, etc. Antenna panels, antenna groups, sets of antenna elements, and / or antenna arrays may include one or more antenna elements (in a single housing or multiple housings), sets of coplanar antenna elements, sets of non-coplanar antenna elements, and / or coupled to one or more transmit and / or receive components (such as, Figure 2 One or more antenna elements of one or more components in.

[0054] On the uplink, at the UE 120, the transmit processor 264 may receive and process data from the data source 262 and control information from the controller / processor 280 (e.g., for reports including RSRP, RSSI, RSRQ, and / or CQI). The transmit processor 264 may generate reference symbols for one or more reference signals. The symbols from the transmit processor 264 may be pre-decoded by the TX MIMO processor 266, where applicable, further processed by the modem 254 (e.g., for DFT-s-OFDM or CP-OFDM), and sent to the network node 110. In some examples, the modem 254 of the UE 120 may include a modulator and a demodulator. In some examples, the UE 120 includes a transceiver. The transceiver may include any combination of an antenna 252, a modem 254, a MIMO detector 256, a receive processor 258, a transmit processor 264, and / or a TX MIMO processor 266. The transceiver may be used by a processor (eg, controller / processor 280) and memory 282 to perform aspects of any of the methods described herein (eg, reference 280). Figures 6 to 10 ).

[0055] At the network node 110, uplink signals from the UE 120 and / or other UEs may be received by the antenna 234, processed by the modem 232 (e.g., a demodulator component of the modem 232 shown as DEMOD), detected by the MIMO detector 236 (where applicable), and further processed by the receive processor 238 to obtain decoded data and control information transmitted by the UE 120. The receive processor 238 may provide the decoded data to the data sink 239 and provide the decoded control information to the controller / processor 240. The network node 110 may include a communication unit 244 and may communicate with the network controller 130 via the communication unit 244. The network node 110 may include a scheduler 246 to schedule one or more UEs 120 for downlink and / or uplink communications. In some examples, the modem 232 of the network node 110 may include a modulator and a demodulator. In some examples, the network node 110 includes a transceiver. The transceiver may include any combination of antenna 234, modem 232, MIMO detector 236, receive processor 238, transmit processor 220, and / or TX MIMO processor 230. The transceiver may be used by a processor (e.g., controller / processor 240) and memory 242 to perform aspects of any of the methods described herein (e.g., reference 20 to FIG. 1 ). Figures 6 to 10 ).

[0056] The controller / processor 240 of the network node 110, the controller / processor 280 of the UE 120, and / or Figure 2 Any other component in the MUSIM gap pattern may perform one or more techniques associated with MUSIM gap pattern modification, as described in more detail elsewhere herein. For example, the controller / processor 240 of the network node 110, the controller / processor 280 of the UE 120, and / or Figure 2 Any other component of the Figure 7 The process 700 Figure 8 800 and / or operations of other processes as described herein. Memory 242 and memory 282 may store data and program codes for network node 110 and UE 120, respectively. In some examples, memory 242 and / or memory 282 may include a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions (e.g., code and / or program code) for wireless communication. For example, the one or more instructions, when executed by one or more processors of network node 110 and / or UE 120 (e.g., directly, or after compilation, conversion, and / or interpretation), may cause the one or more processors, UE 120, and / or network node 110 to perform or direct, for example, Figure 7 The process 700 Figure 8 The process 800 of , and / or the operation of other processes as described herein. In some examples, executing instructions may include running instructions, converting instructions, compiling instructions, and / or interpreting instructions, etc.

[0057] In some aspects, the UE includes: a component for obtaining a configuration associated with a first USIM and a configuration associated with a second USIM; a component for sending a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM; a component for receiving an indication of the gap pattern; and / or a component for selectively communicating or measuring according to the gap pattern. The components for the UE to perform the operations described herein may include, for example, one or more of the following: a communication manager 140, an antenna 252, a modem 254, a MIMO detector 256, a receive processor 258, a transmit processor 264, a TX MIMO processor 266, a controller / processor 280, or a memory 282.

[0058] In some aspects, the network node includes: a means for sending a configuration associated with the first USIM and a configuration associated with the second USIM to the UE; a means for receiving a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM from the UE; and / or a means for sending an indication of the gap pattern to the UE. In some aspects, the means for the network node to perform the operations described herein may include, for example, one or more of the following: the communication manager 150, the transmit processor 220, the TX MIMO processor 230, the modem 232, the antenna 234, the MIMO detector 236, the receive processor 238, the controller / processor 240, the memory 242, or the scheduler 246.

[0059] Although Figure 2 The blocks in the 2000 and 2010 are illustrated as distinct components, but the functionality described above for these blocks may be implemented in a single hardware, software, or combined component or in various combinations of components. For example, the functionality described with respect to the transmit processor 264, the receive processor 258, and / or the TX MIMO processor 266 may be performed by or under the control of the controller / processor 280.

[0060] As indicated above, Figure 2 are provided as examples. Other examples can be found in the Figure 2 The examples described are different.

[0061] The deployment of a communication system (such as a 5G NR system) can be arranged with various components or components in a variety of ways. In a 5G NR system or network, a network node, a network entity, a mobility element of a network, a RAN node, a core network node, a network element, a base station or network equipment can be implemented in an aggregated or decomposed architecture. For example, a base station (such as a node B (NB), an evolved NB (eNB), an NR BS, a 5G NB, an access point (AP), a TRP or a cell, etc.) or one or more units (or one or more components) that perform base station functionality can be implemented as an aggregated base station (also referred to as an independent base station or a monolithic base station) or a decomposed base station. "Network entity" or "network node" may refer to a decomposed base station or one or more units of a decomposed base station (such as one or more CUs, one or more DUs, one or more RUs, or a combination thereof).

[0062] An aggregated base station (e.g., an aggregated network node) may be configured to utilize a radio protocol stack that is physically or logically integrated within a single RAN node (e.g., within a single device or unit). A decomposed base station (e.g., a decomposed network node) may be configured to utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically distributed between two or more units (such as one or more CUs, one or more DUs, or one or more RUs). In some examples, a CU may be implemented within a network node, and one or more DUs may be co-located with the CU, or alternatively, may be geographically or virtually distributed across one or more other network nodes. A DU may be implemented to communicate with one or more RUs. Each of the CU, DU, and RU may also be implemented as a virtual unit, such as a virtual central unit (VCU), a virtual distributed unit (VDU), or a virtual radio unit (VRU), and the like.

[0063] Base station type operations or network designs may take into account the aggregated nature of base station functionality. For example, a decomposed base station may be utilized in an IAB network, an open radio access network (O-RAN (such as a network configuration initiated by the O-RAN Alliance)), or a virtualized radio access network (vRAN, also known as a cloud radio access network (C-RAN)) to facilitate the scaling of a communication system by separating base station functionality into one or more units that can be deployed separately. A decomposed base station may include functionality implemented across two or more units at various physical locations, as well as functionality implemented virtually for at least one unit, which may enable flexibility in network design. Individual units of a decomposed base station may be configured for wired or wireless communication with at least one other unit of the decomposed base station.

[0064] Figure 3 3 is a diagram illustrating an example disaggregated base station architecture 300 according to the present disclosure. The disaggregated base station architecture 300 may include a CU 310 that may communicate directly with a core network 320 via a backhaul link, or indirectly with the core network 320 through one or more disaggregated control units, such as a near-RT RIC 325 via an E2 link, or a non-RT RIC 315 associated with a service management and orchestration (SMO) framework 305, or both. The CU 310 may communicate with one or more DUs 330 via respective midhaul links, such as via an F1 interface. Each of the DUs 330 may communicate with one or more RUs 340 via respective fronthaul links. Each of the RUs 340 may communicate with one or more UEs 120 via respective radio frequency (RF) access links. In some implementations, a UE 120 may be served simultaneously by multiple RUs 340.

[0065] Each of the units (including CU 310, DU 330, RU 340) and the near-RT RIC 325, non-RT RIC 315, and SMO framework 305 may include or be coupled to one or more interfaces, the one or more interfaces being configured to receive or send signals, data, or information (collectively referred to as signals) via a wired or wireless transmission medium. Each of the units or an associated processor or controller that provides instructions to one or more communication interfaces of the corresponding unit may be configured to communicate with one or more of the other units via a transmission medium. In some examples, each of the units may include a wired interface and a wireless interface, the wired interface being configured to receive signals or send signals to one or more of the other units via a wired transmission medium, the wireless interface being configured to receive signals or send signals to one or more of the other units via a wired transmission medium, or both.

[0066] In some aspects, the CU 310 may host one or more higher layer control functions. Such control functions may include radio resource control (RRC) functions, packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) functions, or service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) functions, etc. Each control function may be implemented using an interface that is configured to transmit signals with other control functions hosted by the CU 310. The CU 310 may be configured to handle user plane functionality (e.g., central unit-user plane (CU-UP) functionality), control plane functionality (e.g., central unit-control plane (CU-CP) functionality), or a combination thereof. In some specific implementations, the CU 310 may be logically split into one or more CU-UP units and one or more CU-CP units. When implemented in an O-RAN configuration, the CU-UP unit may communicate bidirectionally with the CU-CP unit via an interface (such as an E1 interface). As needed, the CU 310 may be implemented to communicate with the DU 330 for network control and signaling.

[0067] Each DU 330 may correspond to a logical unit that includes one or more base station functions for controlling the operation of one or more RUs 340. In some aspects, the DU 330 may host one or more of a radio link control (RLC) layer, a MAC layer, and one or more high physical (PHY) layers, at least in part, according to a functional partition such as that defined by 3GPP. In some aspects, one or more high PHY layers may be implemented by one or more modules for forward error correction (FEC) encoding and decoding, scrambling, modulation and demodulation, etc. In some aspects, the DU 330 may also host one or more low PHY layers, such as one or more modules for fast Fourier transform (FFT), inverse FFT (iFFT), digital beamforming, or physical random access channel (PRACH) extraction and filtering. Each layer (which may also be referred to as a module) may be implemented using an interface that is configured to communicate signals with other layers (and modules) hosted by the DU 330 or with control functions hosted by the CU 310.

[0068] Each RU 340 may implement lower layer functionality. In some deployments, the RU 340 controlled by the DU 330 may correspond to a logical node that hosts RF processing functions or low PHY layer functions such as performing FFT, performing iFFT, digital beamforming, or PRACH extraction and filtering based on functional splitting (e.g., functional splitting defined by 3GPP) (such as lower layer functional splitting). In this architecture, each RU 340 may be operated to handle over-the-air (OTA) communications with one or more UEs 120. In some specific implementations, real-time and non-real-time aspects of control plane and user plane communications with the RU 340 may be controlled by the corresponding DU 330. In some scenarios, this configuration may enable each DU 330 and CU 310 to be implemented in a cloud-based RAN architecture (such as a vRAN architecture).

[0069] The SMO framework 305 may be configured to support RAN deployment and provisioning of non-virtualized network elements and virtualized network elements. For non-virtualized network elements, the SMO framework 305 may be configured to support the deployment of dedicated physical resources for RAN coverage requirements, which may be managed via an operation and maintenance interface (such as an O1 interface). For virtualized network elements, the SMO framework 305 may be configured to interact with a cloud computing platform (such as an open cloud (O-Cloud) platform 390) to perform network element lifecycle management (such as instantiating virtualized network elements) via a cloud computing platform interface (such as an O2 interface). Such virtualized network elements may include, but are not limited to, CU 310, DU 330, RU 340, non-RT RIC 315, and near-RTRIC 325. In some specific implementations, the SMO framework 305 may communicate with hardware aspects of the 4G RAN (such as an open eNB (O-eNB) 311) via the O1 interface. Additionally, in some implementations, the SMO framework 305 can communicate directly with each of the one or more RUs 340 via a corresponding O1 interface. The SMO framework 305 can also include a non-RT RIC 315 configured to support the functionality of the SMO framework 305.

[0070] The non-RT RIC 315 may be configured to include logic functions that implement non-real-time control and optimization of RAN elements and resources, artificial intelligence / machine learning (AI / ML) workflows including model training and updating, or policy-based guidance of applications / features in the near-RT RIC 325. The non-RT RIC 315 may be coupled to or communicate with the near-RT RIC 325 (such as via an A1 interface). The near-RT RIC 325 may be configured to include logic functions that implement near-real-time control and optimization of RAN elements and resources via data collection and actions through an interface (such as via an E2 interface) that connects one or more CUs 310, one or more DUs 330, or both, and the O-eNB with the near-RT RIC 325.

[0071] In some implementations, in order to generate an AI / ML model to be deployed in the near-RT RIC 325, the non-RT RIC 315 may receive parameters or external enrichment information from an external server. Such information may be utilized by the near-RT RIC 325 and may be received at the SMO framework 305 or the non-RT RIC 315 from a non-network data source or from a network function. In some examples, the non-RT RIC 315 or the near-RT RIC 325 may be configured to adjust RAN behavior or performance. For example, the non-RT RIC 315 may monitor long-term trends and patterns of performance and employ AI / ML models to perform corrective actions through the SMO framework 305 (such as via reconfiguration of the O1 interface) or via the creation of RAN management policies (such as A1 interface policies).

[0072] As indicated above, Figure 3 are provided as examples. Other examples can be found in the Figure 3 The examples described are different.

[0073] Figure 4 4 is a diagram illustrating an example 400 of physical channels and reference signals in a wireless network according to the present disclosure. Figure 4 As shown, the downlink channel and the downlink reference signal may carry information from the network node 110 to the UE 120 , and the uplink channel and the uplink reference signal may carry information from the UE 120 to the network node 110 .

[0074] As shown, the downlink channel may include a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carrying downlink control information (DCI), a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carrying downlink data, or a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) carrying system information, etc. In some aspects, PDSCH communication may be scheduled by PDCCH communication. As further shown, the uplink channel may include a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) carrying uplink control information (UCI), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) carrying uplink data, or a PRACH for initial network access and other examples. In some aspects, UE 120 may send confirmation (ACK) or negative confirmation (NACK) feedback (e.g., ACK / NACK feedback or ACK / NACK information) in the UCI on PUCCH and / or PUSCH.

[0075] As further shown, the downlink reference signal may include a synchronization signal block (SSB), a channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS), a DMRS, a positioning reference signal (PRS), or a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS), etc. As also shown in the figure, the uplink reference signal may include a sounding reference signal (SRS), a DMRS, or a PTRS, etc.

[0076] The SSB may carry information used for initial network acquisition and synchronization, such as PSS, SSS, PBCH, and PBCH DMRS. The SSB is sometimes referred to as a synchronization signal / PBCH (SS / PBCH) block. In some aspects, the network node 110 may send multiple SSBs on multiple corresponding beams, and the SSBs may be used for beam selection.

[0077] The CSI-RS may carry information for downlink channel estimation (e.g., downlink CSI acquisition), which may be used for scheduling, link adaptation, or beam management, etc. The network node 110 may configure a CSI-RS set for the UE 120, and the UE 120 may measure the configured CSI-RS set. Based at least in part on the measurements, the UE 120 may perform channel estimation and may report channel estimation parameters (e.g., in a CSI report) such as CQI, a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), a CSI-RS resource indicator (CRI), a layer indicator (LI), a rank indicator (RI), or RSRP, etc., to the network node 110. The network node 110 may use the CSI report to select transmission parameters for downlink communication with the UE 120, such as the number of transmission layers (e.g., rank), a precoding matrix (e.g., a precoder), an MCS, or a refined downlink beam (e.g., using a beam refinement procedure or a beam management procedure), etc.

[0078] DMRS can carry information used to estimate the radio channel to demodulate the associated physical channel (e.g., PDCCH, PDSCH, PBCH, PUCCH, or PUSCH). The design and mapping of DMRS can be specific to the physical channel that the DMRS is used to estimate. DMRS is UE-specific, can be beamformed, can be restricted to scheduled resources (e.g., instead of being sent over a wideband), and can be sent only when necessary. As shown, DMRS is used for both downlink and uplink communications.

[0079] PTRS can carry information for compensating for oscillator phase noise. Typically, phase noise increases with the increase of the oscillator carrier frequency. Therefore, PTRS can be used at high carrier frequencies (such as millimeter wave frequencies) to mitigate phase noise. PTRS can be used to track the phase of the local oscillator and to achieve suppression of phase noise and common phase error (CPE). As shown, PTRS is used for both downlink communications (e.g., on PDSCH) and uplink communications (e.g., on PUSCH).

[0080] The PRS may carry information for implementing timing or ranging measurements of the UE 120 based on signals sent by the network node 110 to improve observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) positioning performance. For example, the PRS may be a pseudo-random quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) sequence mapped in a diagonal pattern with a frequency offset and a time offset to avoid conflicts with cell-specific reference signals and control channels (e.g., PDCCH). In general, the PRS may be designed to improve the detectability of the UE 120, which may need to detect downlink signals from multiple neighboring network nodes in order to perform OTDOA-based positioning. Therefore, the UE 120 may receive the PRS from multiple cells (e.g., a reference cell and one or more neighboring cells), and may report a reference signal time difference (RSTD) based on the OTDOA measurements associated with the PRS received from the multiple cells. In some aspects, the network node 110 may then calculate the position of the UE 120 based on the RSTD measurements reported by the UE 120.

[0081] The SRS may carry information for uplink channel estimation, which may be used for scheduling, link adaptation, pre-decoder selection, or beam management, etc. The network node 110 may configure one or more SRS resource sets for the UE 120, and the UE 120 may send the SRS on the configured SRS resource sets. The SRS resource sets may have configured usages, such as uplink CSI acquisition, downlink CSI acquisition for reciprocity-based operation, uplink beam management, etc. The network node 110 may measure the SRS, may perform channel estimation based at least in part on these measurements, and may use the SRS measurements to configure communications with the UE 120.

[0082] As indicated above, Figure 4 are provided as examples. Other examples can be found in the Figure 4 The examples described are different.

[0083] Figure 55 is a diagram illustrating an example of multi-USIM (MUSIM) communication according to the present disclosure. In some cases, UE 120 may be configured with multiple USIMs. For example, UE 120 may be configured with a first USIM (USIM1 505) and a second USIM (USIM2 510). In some cases, USIM1 505 may be associated with a first service provider or a first set of functions for UE 120, and USIM2 510 may be associated with a second service provider or a second set of functions for UE 120. For example, UE 120 may use USIM1 505 to communicate or perform a first set of functions using a first service provider, and may use USIM2 510 to communicate or perform a second set of functions using a second service provider.

[0084] As shown by reference numeral 515, UE 120 may activate USIM1 505. Therefore, USIM1 505 may be considered to be in an active state. Conversely, USIM2 510 may be considered to be in an idle state or an inactive state. In some cases, only one USIM in a MUSIM configuration may be in an active state at a given time. In some cases, UE 120 may be configured to perform one or more active state operations 520 associated with USIM1 505 when USIM1 505 is in an active state. For example, UE 120 may be configured to use USIM1 505 to send information or data to network node 110 and receive information or data from the network node when USIM1 505 is in an active state.

[0085] In some cases, one or more gap periods 525 may occur between USIM1 active state operations 520. The gap periods 525 may occur between USIM1 active state operations 520 periodically according to a gap pattern. For example, a USIM1 active state operation 520 may occur for a duration X, a gap period may occur for a duration Y, another USIM1 active state operation 520 may occur for a duration X, and another gap period may occur for a duration Y, and so on. In some cases, the UE 120 may not be able to perform USIM1 active state operations 520 (e.g., transmit and receive) during the gap period 525. However, the UE 120 may use the gap period 525 to perform one or more functions associated with the USIM2 510 (e.g., limited functions). For example, the UE 120 may use the gap period 525 to monitor and receive paging, receive SSB, and / or perform idle mode measurements, which are associated with the USIM2 510.

[0086] In some cases, UE 120 may be configured with two periodic gaps and a single aperiodic gap. For example, gap period 525 may include (at most) two periodic gaps and one aperiodic gap. Each periodic gap (or aperiodic gap) may have a duration less than or equal to 20 milliseconds (ms). UE 120 may need to perform multiple activities within these gaps, such as paging reception or inter-frequency measurements. However, depending on the type of activity and the arrangement of activities that need to be performed, gap period 525 may be too short, resulting in insufficient time to perform the activity, or the gap period may be too long, resulting in a waste of network resources.

[0087] In one example, the gap period 525 (e.g., the periodic gap within the gap period 525) can be used to perform three activities: measuring the resident cell SSB during the paging duration, receiving PDCCH or PDSCH information, and measuring the SSB of a certain frequency (e.g., a frequency different from the frequency currently used by UE 120). However, as described above, the gap period 525 may include (at most) two periodic gaps. Therefore, UE 120 may need to use only one or two periodic gaps to perform these three activities. In some cases, each activity may require 5ms to 10ms to perform. In order to be able to allocate two periodic gaps between the three activities, UE 120 may need to request a longer gap duration. In addition, in some cases, the periodicity of one activity may be different from the periodicity of another activity. For example, SSB monitoring and paging may need to be performed in each gap period, while inter-frequency measurements may only need to be performed once every other gap period. These limitations may result in inefficient use of the gap period 525. For example, depending on the location of the inter-frequency SSB, UE 120 may need to request up to 20 ms for two periodic gaps, even though UE 120 may actually need less time than this to perform the above activities.

[0088] Techniques and apparatus for MUSIM gap pattern modification are described herein. In some aspects, UE 120 may obtain a configuration for a first USIM and a configuration for a second USIM. UE 120 may send a request for a modified gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM. For example, UE 120 may send a request for a gap pattern with a modified gap period duration, a request for a gap pattern with a gap period including two or more sub-gap periods, or a request to skip a gap pattern occurrence. UE 120 may receive an indication of the modified gap pattern and may selectively communicate or measure according to the modified gap pattern.

[0089] As described above, the UE 120 may need to perform multiple activities within the gap period, such as paging monitoring and reception, SSB reception, and idle mode measurements. However, depending on the type of activity and the order of activities that need to be performed, the gap period may be too short, resulting in insufficient time to perform the activity, or the gap period may be too long, resulting in wasted network resources. Using the techniques and apparatus described herein, the UE 120 may request a modified gap pattern including a modified gap period duration, one or more sub-gap periods within a gap period, or a skipping of the occurrence of a gap pattern. Thus, the likelihood that the gap period is too short, resulting in insufficient time to perform the activity, or too long, resulting in wasted network resources, may be reduced.

[0090] As indicated above, Figure 5 are provided as examples. Other examples can be found in the Figure 5 The examples described are different.

[0091] Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating an example 600 for MUSIM gap pattern modification according to the present disclosure. UE 120 may communicate with network node 110.

[0092] As shown by reference numeral 605, UE 120 may obtain a configuration associated with a first USIM and a configuration associated with a second USIM. In some cases, the first USIM may be associated with a first service provider or a first set of functions for UE 120, and the second USIM may be associated with a second service provider or a second set of functions for UE 120. For example, UE 120 may use the first USIM to communicate or perform a first set of functions using a first service provider, and may use the second USIM to communicate or perform a second set of functions using a second service provider.

[0093] In some aspects, the UE 120 may activate the first USIM. Thus, the first USIM may be in an activated state. Conversely, the second USIM may be considered to be in an idle state or an inactive state. The second USIM may be deactivated by the UE 120, or may be defaulted to being in an idle state or an inactive state based at least in part on the activation of the first USIM. As described above, only one USIM in a MUSIM configuration may be activated at a given time. In some aspects, the UE 120 may be configured to perform one or more activation state operations associated with the first USIM when the first USIM is in an activated state. For example, when the first USIM is in an activated state, the UE 120 may use the first USIM to send information or data to the network node 110 and may receive information or data from the network node.

[0094] As indicated by reference numeral 610, the UE 120 may send a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM, and the network node 110 may receive the request for the gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM. In some aspects, the request for the gap pattern may be a request for a modified gap pattern. The request for the modified gap pattern may be a request for an initial gap pattern, or may be a request for a modified gap pattern associated with the initial gap pattern. The modified gap pattern may be, for example, a modified version of the initial gap pattern. As described in more detail below, the request for the modified gap pattern may be or may include a request for a gap pattern with a modified gap period duration, a request for a gap pattern with a gap period including two or more sub-gap periods, and / or a request to skip a gap pattern occurrence (e.g., a gap period), etc.

[0095] In some aspects, the request for a modified gap pattern may be a request for a gap pattern with a modified gap period duration. As described above, the gap period may have a duration less than or equal to 20 ms. In some aspects, the request for a modified gap pattern may be a request to shorten the gap period duration or to extend the gap period duration. In this case, each (periodic) gap period may have a shortened gap period duration or an extended gap period duration. In some aspects, the request for a modified gap pattern may be a request for a gap pattern with different gap period durations. For example, the request for a modified gap pattern may be a request for a modified gap period that alternates between 10 ms, 0 ms, and 20 ms. Thus, the modified gap pattern may have gap periods that have a duration of 10 ms during a first gap period, a duration of 0 ms (or a skipped gap) during a second gap period, and a duration of 20 ms during a third gap period. These alternating gap periods may be repeated periodically. For example, the gap periods may be repeated periodically as follows: 10 ms, 0 ms, 20 ms, 10 ms, 0 ms, 20 ms, and so on. In some aspects, each alternating gap period may correspond to one or more activities to be performed by UE 120. For example, UE 120 may perform SSB camp cell measurements during a first alternating gap period, may not perform any activities during a second alternating gap period, and may perform two or more of SSB camp cell measurements, PDCCH or PDSCH reception, and SSB measurements on other frequencies during a third alternating gap period.

[0096] In some aspects, the request for the modified gap pattern may be a request for one or more sub-gap periods of one or more gap periods associated with the gap pattern. For example, the request for the modified gap pattern may be a request to divide the existing gap period duration into a plurality of sub-gap period durations. In an example where the existing gap period duration is 20 ms, the request for the modified gap pattern may be to divide the 20 ms gap period duration into three sub-gap period durations: a first sub-gap period duration of 6 ms, a second sub-gap period duration of 10 ms, and a third sub-gap period duration of 4 ms. In some aspects, each sub-gap period may correspond to one or more activities to be performed by the UE 120. For example, the UE 120 may be configured to perform one or more activities associated with the second USIM configuration in the first sub-gap period, one or more activities associated with the first USIM configuration in the second sub-gap period, and one or more activities associated with the second USIM configuration in the third sub-gap period. For example, the UE 120 may perform SSB camp cell measurements for the second USIM configuration during the first sub-gap period, and may perform inter-frequency SSB measurements for the second USIM configuration during the third sub-gap period. During the second sub-gap period, UE 120 may switch to the first USIM configuration to perform one or more activities for the first USIM configuration, and may switch back to the second USIM configuration before the third sub-gap period begins. Although the above example describes a modified gap period with three sub-gap periods, the modified gap period may have any number of sub-gap periods for performing any number of activities.

[0097] In some aspects, the request for a modified gap pattern may be a request to skip a gap pattern occurrence (e.g., a gap period). For example, UE 120 may determine to skip a gap pattern occurrence based at least in part on an indication that there is no paging for UE 120 (e.g., a personal equipment identifier (PEI) for UE 120) or an indication that there is no wake-up signaling (WUS). In another example, UE 120 may determine to skip a gap pattern occurrence based at least in part on an indication that UE 120 is at the center of a cell and does not need to perform inter-frequency SSB measurements.

[0098] In some aspects, the request for a modified gap pattern may indicate that all gap periods of the gap pattern are to be modified. For example, the UE 120 may send signaling indicating that the network node 110 is to modify the gap period indefinitely. In some aspects, the request for a modified gap pattern may be a dynamic request indicating one or more specific gap periods to modify the gap pattern. For example, the UE 120 may send signaling indicating that the network node 110 modifies the next gap pattern occurrence or one or more subsequent gap pattern occurrences. After the one or more modified gap pattern occurrences, the gap pattern may return to a previous gap pattern configuration or switch to another gap pattern configuration. In some aspects, the signaling may be layer 1 signaling, layer 2 signaling, or layer 3 signaling. For example, the UE 120 may send a UCI, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) (MAC-CE), or an RRC message including an indication of the modified gap pattern.

[0099] In some aspects, the request for a modified gap pattern may include a combination of the above requests. For example, the request for a modified gap pattern may include two or more of the following: a request for a gap pattern with a modified gap period duration, a request for a gap pattern with a gap period including two or more sub-gap periods, or a request to skip a gap pattern occurrence. In some aspects, the request may indicate that two or more modifications occur in the same gap period occurrence. For example, the request may instruct the network node 110 to modify (e.g., extend) the duration of the gap period of the gap pattern and divide the extended gap period into a plurality of sub-gap periods. In some aspects, the request may indicate that one or more of these modifications should be performed for some of the gap period occurrences, and one or more other modifications should be performed for other gap period occurrences. For example, the request may indicate that all gap periods of the gap pattern should be extended, but every other gap period of the gap pattern should be divided into a plurality of sub-gap periods.

[0100] In some aspects, the request for a modified gap pattern may be based at least in part on a carrier aggregation mode of the UE 120, a dual connectivity mode of the UE 120, or a frequency band being used by the UE 120. For example, the UE 120 may send a first type of modified gap pattern request based at least in part on the UE 120 using a first carrier aggregation mode, or may send a second type of modified gap pattern request based at least in part on the UE 120 using a second carrier aggregation mode (or may not send a modified gap pattern request). In another example, the UE 120 may send a first type of modified gap pattern request based at least in part on the UE 120 using a first dual connectivity mode (e.g., using a primary node (MN)), or may send a second type of modified gap pattern request based at least in part on the UE 120 using a second dual connectivity mode (e.g., using a secondary node (SN)) (or may not send a modified gap pattern request). In another example, UE 120 may send a first type of modified gap pattern request based at least in part on UE 120's use of a first frequency band (e.g., FR1), or may send a second type of modified gap pattern request (or may not send a modified gap pattern request) based at least in part on UE 120's use of a second frequency band (e.g., FR2).

[0101] As indicated by reference numeral 615, the network node 110 may send an indication of the modified gap pattern, and the UE 120 may receive the indication of the modified gap pattern. For example, the network node 110 may send an indication that the UE 120 may use the requested modified gap pattern. In some aspects, the indication of the modified gap pattern may include a modified gap pattern configuration. The modified gap pattern configuration may correspond to the requested modified gap pattern or may be based at least in part on the requested modified gap pattern.

[0102] In some aspects, the modified gap pattern may be activated or deactivated by the UE 120 or the network node 110. For example, the UE 120 may activate the modified gap pattern based at least in part on receiving an indication of the modified gap pattern, and may deactivate the modified gap pattern based at least in part on determining to use another modified gap pattern. Additionally or alternatively, the network node 110 may activate the modified gap pattern based at least in part on sending an indication of the modified gap pattern, and may deactivate the modified gap pattern based at least in part on determining to use another modified gap pattern or receiving an indication that another modified gap pattern will be used. In some aspects, activating or deactivating the modified gap pattern may include activating one gap pattern of a plurality of configured gap patterns, and deactivating another gap pattern of the plurality of configured gap patterns. In some aspects, the UE 120 and / or the network node 110 may be configured to switch between a plurality of gap patterns. For example, the UE 120 and / or the network node 110 may switch from the modified gap pattern to another modified gap pattern or to a previously configured gap pattern. In some aspects, the UE 120 and / or the network node 110 may use layer 1 signaling, layer 2 signaling, or layer 3 signaling to activate, deactivate, and / or switch between multiple gap pattern configurations. For example, the UE 120 may send a UCI, MAC-CE, or RRC message indicating activation, deactivation, and / or switching between multiple gap pattern configurations. Additionally or alternatively, the network node 110 may send a DCI, MAC-CE, or RRC message indicating activation, deactivation, and / or switching between multiple gap pattern configurations.

[0103] As indicated by reference numeral 620, the UE 120 may selectively communicate or measure according to the modified gap pattern. As described above, the UE 120 may be configured to perform one or more active state operations (e.g., transmission or reception) associated with the first USIM configuration when the first USIM configuration is in an active state. Additionally or alternatively, the UE 120 may be configured to perform one or more other functions associated with the second USIM configuration during the gap period when the second USIM configuration is in an idle state or an inactive state. For example, the UE 120 may be configured to measure the camped cell SSB, receive PDCCH or PDSCH information, and / or measure SSB of a frequency different from the currently used frequency, etc. for the second USIM configuration and during the gap period of the modified gap pattern. In some aspects, the UE 120 may be configured to perform (or not perform) one or more of the above activities during the extended gap period of the modified gap pattern, during the shortened gap period of the modified gap pattern, and / or during one or more sub-gap periods of the modified gap pattern. Alternatively, UE 120 may be configured to not perform any of the above activities during the occurrence of the skip gap pattern (eg, the skip gap period of the modified gap pattern).

[0104] As described above, depending on the type of activity and the arrangement of activities that need to be performed, the gap period may be too short, resulting in insufficient time to perform the activity, or the gap period may be too long, resulting in wasted network resources. Using the techniques and apparatus described herein, the UE 120 may request a modified gap pattern including a modified gap period duration, one or more sub-gap periods within a gap period, or a skipping of the occurrence of a gap pattern. Thus, the likelihood that the gap period is too short, resulting in insufficient time to perform the activity, or too long, resulting in wasted network resources, may be reduced.

[0105] As indicated above, Figure 6 are provided as examples. Other examples can be found in the Figure 6 The examples described are different.

[0106] Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating an example process 700 performed, for example, by a UE in accordance with the present disclosure. Example process 700 is an example in which a UE (eg, UE 120) performs operations associated with MUSIM gap pattern modification.

[0107] like Figure 7 As shown, in some aspects, process 700 may include obtaining a configuration associated with a first USIM and a configuration associated with a second USIM (block 710). Fig. 9The communication manager 140 and / or obtaining component 908 depicted in FIG. 1 may obtain a configuration associated with the first USIM and a configuration associated with the second USIM, as described above.

[0108] like Figure 7 As further shown, in some aspects, process 700 may include sending a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM (block 720). Fig. 9 The communication manager 140 and / or sending component 904 depicted in FIG. 1 may send a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM, as described above.

[0109] like Figure 7 As further shown, in some aspects, process 700 may include receiving an indication of the gap pattern (block 730). For example, a UE (e.g., using Fig. 9 The communications manager 140 and / or receiving component 902 depicted in FIG. 1 may receive an indication of the gap pattern, as described above.

[0110] like Figure 7 As further shown, in some aspects, process 700 may include selectively communicating or measuring based on the gap pattern (block 740). Fig. 9 The communication manager 140 and / or selection component 910 depicted in FIG. 1 can selectively communicate or measure based on the gap pattern, as described above.

[0111] Process 700 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or in conjunction with one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0112] In a first aspect, sending a request for a gap pattern includes sending a request for a gap pattern associated with a first USIM, and wherein selectively communicating or measuring includes selectively communicating or measuring according to the gap pattern and using a second USIM.

[0113] In a second aspect, either alone or in combination with the first aspect, selectively communicating or measuring according to a gap pattern comprises measuring a resident cell SSB for paging reception, receiving physical downlink control channel information or physical downlink shared channel information, or measuring an SSB associated with a specific frequency.

[0114] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, sending a request for a gap pattern comprises sending a request for two or more alternating gap period durations.

[0115] In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to third aspects, sending a request for a gap pattern comprises sending a request for a gap period having a modified duration.

[0116] In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fourth aspects, sending a request for the gap pattern includes sending a request for a plurality of sub-gap periods of a period associated with the gap pattern.

[0117] In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fifth aspects, selectively performing communication or measurement according to a gap pattern includes: performing communication or measurement during a first sub-gap period among the multiple sub-gap period, not performing communication or measurement during a second sub-gap period among the multiple sub-gap period, and performing communication or measurement during a third sub-gap period among the multiple sub-gap period.

[0118] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to sixth aspects, sending a request for the gap pattern includes sending a request to skip one or more occurrences of the gap pattern.

[0119] In an eighth aspect, either alone or in combination with one or more of aspects 1 to 7, sending a request for a gap pattern comprises sending uplink control information, a medium access control message, or a radio resource control message including an indication of a request for a gap pattern.

[0120] In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of aspects one to eight, sending a request for a gap pattern includes sending a request for a gap pattern based at least in part on a carrier aggregation mode of the UE, a dual connectivity mode of the UE, or a frequency band being used by the UE.

[0121] In a tenth aspect, either alone or in combination with one or more of aspects one to nine, sending a request for a gap pattern comprises sending a request for a plurality of gap patterns, and wherein receiving an indication of a gap pattern comprises receiving an indication of one or more of the plurality of gap patterns.

[0122] In an eleventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to tenth aspects, process 700 includes activating or deactivating a selected gap pattern of the one or more gap patterns.

[0123] In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eleventh aspects, the process 700 includes switching between a first gap pattern of the one or more gap patterns and a second gap pattern of the one or more gap patterns.

[0124] In a thirteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to twelfth aspects, the gap pattern includes at least one periodic gap period.

[0125] although Figure 7 An example block diagram of process 700 is shown, but in some aspects, process 700 may include Figure 7 Additional blocks, fewer blocks, different blocks, or blocks arranged in a different manner than those depicted in the process 700. Additionally or alternatively, two or more blocks of the blocks of process 700 may be performed in parallel.

[0126] Figure 8 is a diagram illustrating an example process 800 performed, for example, by a network node in accordance with the present disclosure. The example process 800 is an example in which a network node (eg, the network node 110) performs operations associated with MUSIM gap pattern modification.

[0127] like Figure 8 As shown, in some aspects, process 800 may include sending a configuration associated with a first USIM and a configuration associated with a second USIM to a UE (810). For example, a network node (e.g., using Fig.10 The communications manager 150 and / or sending component 1004 depicted in FIG. 1004 may send a configuration associated with the first USIM and a configuration associated with the second USIM to the UE, as described above.

[0128] like Figure 8 As further shown, in some aspects, process 800 may include receiving a request from the UE for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM (block 820). Fig.10 The communications manager 150 and / or receiving component 1002 depicted in FIG. 1004 may receive a request from a UE for a gap pattern associated with a first USIM or a second USIM, as described above.

[0129] like Figure 8 As further shown, in some aspects, process 800 may include sending an indication of the gap pattern to the UE (block 830). Fig.10 The communications manager 150 and / or sending component 1004 depicted in FIG. 1004 may send an indication of the gap pattern to the UE, as described above.

[0130] Process 800 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or in conjunction with one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0131] In a first aspect, the request for the gap pattern comprises a request for two or more alternating gap period durations, and wherein the indication of the gap pattern comprises an indication of the two or more alternating gap period durations.

[0132] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, the request for the gap pattern comprises a request for gap periods having a modified duration, and wherein the indication of the gap pattern comprises an indication of the gap periods having a modified duration.

[0133] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, the request for the gap pattern comprises a request for a plurality of sub-gap periods of a period associated with the gap pattern, and wherein the indication of the gap pattern comprises an indication of a plurality of sub-gap periods of the period associated with the gap pattern.

[0134] In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to third aspects, the request for the gap pattern comprises a request to skip one or more occurrences of the gap pattern, and wherein the indication of the gap pattern comprises an indication to skip the one or more occurrences of the gap pattern.

[0135] In a fifth aspect, either alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fourth aspects, receiving a request for a gap pattern comprises receiving uplink control information, a medium access control message, or a radio resource control message including an indication of a request for a gap pattern.

[0136] In a sixth aspect, either alone or in combination with one or more of aspects 1 to 5, process 800 includes sending downlink control information, a medium access control message, or a radio resource control message associated with a confirmation gap pattern, an activation gap pattern, or a deactivation gap pattern.

[0137] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to sixth aspects, the request for the gap pattern comprises a request for a plurality of gap patterns, and wherein the indication of the gap pattern comprises an indication of one or more gap patterns of the plurality of gap patterns.

[0138] In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to seventh aspects, process 800 includes receiving an indication that a selected gap pattern of the one or more gap patterns has been activated or deactivated.

[0139] In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eighth aspects, process 800 includes receiving an indication of a switch between a first gap pattern of the one or more gap patterns and a second gap pattern of the one or more gap patterns.

[0140] In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to ninth aspects, the gap pattern comprises at least one periodic gap period.

[0141] although Figure 8 An example block diagram of process 800 is shown, but in some aspects, process 800 may include Figure 8 Additional blocks, fewer blocks, different blocks, or blocks arranged in a different manner than those depicted in the process 800. Additionally or alternatively, two or more blocks of the blocks of process 800 may be performed in parallel.

[0142] Fig. 9 900 is a diagram of an example apparatus 900 for wireless communication. The apparatus 900 may be a UE, or the UE may include the apparatus 900. In some aspects, the apparatus 900 includes a receiving component 902 and a sending component 904 that may communicate with each other (e.g., via one or more buses and / or one or more other components). As shown, the apparatus 900 may use the receiving component 902 and the sending component 904 to communicate with another apparatus 906 (such as a UE, a base station, or another wireless communication device). As further shown, the apparatus 900 may include a communication manager 140. The communication manager 140 may include one or more of an obtaining component 908, a selecting component 910, an activating component 912, or a switching component 914, etc.

[0143] In some aspects, the apparatus 900 may be configured to perform Figure 6 Additionally or alternatively, the apparatus 900 may be configured to perform one or more processes described herein, such as Figure 7 In some aspects, the apparatus 900 and / or Fig. 9 One or more of the components shown may include a combination of Figure 2 Additionally or alternatively, Fig. 9 One or more of the components shown may be combined with Figure 2 Additionally or alternatively, one or more of the components in the set of components may be implemented at least in part as software stored in a memory. For example, a component (or part of a component) may be implemented as instructions or code that are stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and can be executed by a controller or processor to perform the function or operation of the component.

[0144] The receiving component 902 may receive communications from the device 906, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or combinations thereof. The receiving component 902 may provide the received communications to one or more other components of the device 900. In some aspects, the receiving component 902 may perform signal processing (such as filtering, amplification, demodulation, analog-to-digital conversion, demultiplexing, deinterleaving, demapping, equalization, interference cancellation, or decoding) on ​​the received communications and may provide the processed signals to one or more other components of the device 900. In some aspects, the receiving component 902 may include combining Figure 2 One or more antennas, modems, demodulators, MIMO detectors, receive processors, controllers / processors, memories, or combinations thereof of the described UE.

[0145] Transmit component 904 may transmit communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or combinations thereof, to device 906. In some aspects, one or more other components of device 900 may generate communications and may provide the generated communications to transmit component 904 for transmission to device 906. In some aspects, transmit component 904 may perform signal processing (such as filtering, amplification, modulation, digital-to-analog conversion, multiplexing, interleaving, mapping, or encoding, etc.) on the generated communications and may transmit the processed signals to device 906. In some aspects, transmit component 904 may include combining Figure 2 One or more antennas, modems, demodulators, transmit MIMO processors, transmit processors, controllers / processors, memories, or combinations thereof of the described UE. In some aspects, the transmit component 904 can be co-located with the receive component 902 in a transceiver.

[0146] The obtaining component 908 can obtain a configuration associated with the first USIM and a configuration associated with the second USIM. The sending component 904 can send a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM. The receiving component 902 can receive an indication of the gap pattern. The selecting component 910 can selectively communicate or measure according to the gap pattern.

[0147] The activation component 912 can activate or deactivate a selected gap pattern among the one or more gap patterns.

[0148] The switching component 914 can switch between a first gap pattern of the one or more gap patterns and a second gap pattern of the one or more gap patterns.

[0149] Fig. 9 The number and arrangement of components shown are provided as examples. In practice, there may be Fig. 9 Additional components, fewer components, different components, or components arranged in a different manner than those shown. Fig. 9Two or more components shown may be implemented in a single component, or Fig. 9 The single component shown may be implemented as multiple distributed components. Additionally or alternatively, Fig. 9 The illustrated set (one or more) of components may be described as being executable by Fig. 9 Another group of components shown performs one or more functions.

[0150] Fig.10 1 is a diagram of an example apparatus 1000 for wireless communication. Apparatus 1000 may be a network node, or a network node may include apparatus 1000. In some aspects, apparatus 1000 includes a receiving component 1002 and a transmitting component 1004 that may communicate with each other (e.g., via one or more buses and / or one or more other components). As shown, apparatus 1000 may use receiving component 1002 and transmitting component 1004 to communicate with another apparatus 1006 (such as a UE, a base station, or another wireless communication device). As further shown, apparatus 1000 may include a communication manager 150. Communication manager 150 may include configuration component 1008, etc.

[0151] In some aspects, the apparatus 1000 may be configured to perform Figure 6 Additionally or alternatively, the apparatus 1000 may be configured to perform one or more processes described herein, such as Figure 8 The process 800. In some aspects, Fig.10 The apparatus 1000 and / or one or more components shown in FIG. 1 may include a combination of Figure 2 Additionally or alternatively, Fig.10 One or more of the components shown may be combined with Figure 2 Additionally or alternatively, one or more of the components in the set of components may be implemented at least in part as software stored in a memory. For example, a component (or part of a component) may be implemented as instructions or code that are stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and can be executed by a controller or processor to perform the function or operation of the component.

[0152] The receiving component 1002 may receive communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or combinations thereof, from the device 1006. The receiving component 1002 may provide the received communications to one or more other components of the device 1000. In some aspects, the receiving component 1002 may perform signal processing (such as filtering, amplification, demodulation, analog-to-digital conversion, demultiplexing, deinterleaving, demapping, equalization, interference cancellation, or decoding) on ​​the received communications and may provide the processed signals to one or more other components of the device 1000. In some aspects, the receiving component 1002 may include combining Figure 2 One or more antennas, modems, demodulators, MIMO detectors, receive processors, controllers / processors, memories, or combinations thereof, of the described network nodes.

[0153] The transmitting component 1004 may transmit communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or combinations thereof, to the device 1006. In some aspects, one or more other components of the device 1000 may generate communications and may provide the generated communications to the transmitting component 1004 for transmission to the device 1006. In some aspects, the transmitting component 1004 may perform signal processing (such as filtering, amplification, modulation, digital-to-analog conversion, multiplexing, interleaving, mapping, or encoding, etc.) on the generated communications and may transmit the processed signals to the device 1006. In some aspects, the transmitting component 1004 may include combining Figure 2 One or more antennas, modems, modulators, transmit MIMO processors, transmit processors, controllers / processors, memories, or combinations thereof of the described network nodes. In some aspects, the transmit component 1004 can be co-located with the receive component 1002 in a transceiver.

[0154] The configuration component 1008 can obtain a configuration associated with the first USIM and a configuration associated with the second USIM. The sending component 1004 can send the configuration associated with the first USIM and the configuration associated with the second USIM to the UE. The receiving component 1002 can receive a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM from the UE. The sending component 1004 can send an indication of the gap pattern to the UE.

[0155] Transmitting component 1004 can transmit downlink control information, a medium access control message, or a radio resource control message associated with an acknowledgement gap pattern, an activation gap pattern, or a deactivation gap pattern.

[0156] Receiving component 1002 can receive an indication that a selected gap pattern of the one or more gap patterns has been activated or deactivated. Receiving component 1002 can receive an indication of a switch between a first gap pattern of the one or more gap patterns and a second gap pattern of the one or more gap patterns.

[0157] Fig.10 The number and arrangement of components shown are provided as examples. In practice, there may be Fig.10 Additional components, fewer components, different components, or components arranged in a different manner than those shown. Fig.10 Two or more components shown may be implemented in a single component, or Fig.10 The single component shown may be implemented as multiple distributed components. Additionally or alternatively, Fig.10The illustrated set (one or more) of components may be described as being executable by Fig.10 Another group of components shown performs one or more functions.

[0158] The following provides an overview of some aspects of the disclosure:

[0159] Aspect 1: A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: obtaining a configuration associated with a first universal subscriber identity module (USIM) and a configuration associated with a second USIM; sending a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM; receiving an indication of the gap pattern; and selectively communicating or measuring according to the gap pattern.

[0160] Aspect 2: The method according to aspect 1, wherein sending the request for the gap pattern includes: sending a request for an initial gap pattern, or sending a request for a modified gap pattern associated with the initial gap pattern.

[0161] Aspect 3: The method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 2, wherein sending the request for the gap pattern includes sending the request for the gap pattern associated with the first USIM, and wherein selectively communicating or measuring includes selectively communicating or measuring according to the gap pattern and using the second USIM.

[0162] Aspect 4: The method according to aspect 3, wherein, during the gap pattern associated with the first USIM, the first USIM is in a connected state and the second USIM is in an idle state or an inactive state.

[0163] Aspect 5: A method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 4, wherein selectively communicating or measuring according to the gap pattern includes: measuring a resident cell synchronization signal block (SSB) for paging reception, receiving physical downlink control channel information or physical downlink shared channel information, or measuring an SSB associated with a specific frequency.

[0164] Aspect 6: The method according to any one of aspects 1 to 5, wherein sending the request for the gap pattern comprises sending a request for two or more alternating gap period durations.

[0165] Aspect 7: The method according to any one of aspects 1 to 6, wherein sending the request for the gap pattern comprises sending a request for a gap period with a modified duration.

[0166] Aspect 8: The method according to any one of aspects 1 to 7, wherein sending the request for the gap pattern comprises sending a request for a plurality of sub-gap periods of a period associated with the gap pattern.

[0167] Aspect 9: A method according to Aspect 8, wherein selectively performing communication or measurement according to the gap pattern includes: performing communication or measurement during a first sub-gap period among the multiple sub-gap period, not performing communication or measurement during a second sub-gap period among the multiple sub-gap period, and performing communication or measurement during a third sub-gap period among the multiple sub-gap period.

[0168] Aspect 10: The method according to any one of aspects 1 to 9, wherein sending the request for the gap pattern comprises sending a request to skip one or more occurrences of the gap pattern.

[0169] Aspect 11: A method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 10, wherein sending the request for the gap pattern includes: sending uplink control information, a medium access control message, or a radio resource control message including an indication of the request for the gap pattern.

[0170] Aspect 12: A method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 11, wherein sending the request for the gap pattern includes sending the request for the gap pattern based at least in part on a carrier aggregation mode of the UE, a dual connectivity mode of the UE, or a frequency band being used by the UE.

[0171] Aspect 13: The method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 12, wherein sending the request for the gap pattern includes sending requests for multiple gap patterns, and wherein receiving the indication of the gap pattern includes receiving indications of one or more gap patterns in the multiple gap patterns.

[0172] Aspect 14: The method according to aspect 13, further comprising activating or deactivating a selected gap pattern among the one or more gap patterns.

[0173] Aspect 15: The method according to aspect 13, further comprising switching between a first gap pattern among the one or more gap patterns and a second gap pattern among the one or more gap patterns.

[0174] Aspect 16: The method according to any one of aspects 1 to 15, wherein the gap pattern includes at least one periodic gap period.

[0175] Aspect 17: A method of wireless communication performed by a network node, the method comprising: sending a configuration associated with a first universal subscriber identity module (USIM) and a configuration associated with a second USIM to a user equipment (UE); receiving a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM from the UE; and sending an indication of the gap pattern to the UE.

[0176] Aspect 18: The method according to aspect 17, wherein receiving the request for the gap pattern includes: receiving a request for an initial gap pattern, or receiving a request for a modified gap pattern associated with the initial gap pattern.

[0177] Aspect 19: The method according to any one of Aspects 17 to 18, wherein the request for the gap pattern includes a request for two or more alternating gap period durations, and wherein the indication of the gap pattern includes an indication of the two or more alternating gap period durations.

[0178] Aspect 20: A method according to any one of Aspects 17 to 19, wherein the request for the gap pattern includes a request for a gap period having a modified duration, and wherein the indication of the gap pattern includes an indication of the gap period having the modified duration.

[0179] Aspect 21: A method according to any one of Aspects 17 to 20, wherein the request for the gap pattern includes a request for multiple sub-gap periods of a period associated with the gap pattern, and wherein the indication of the gap pattern includes an indication of the multiple sub-gap periods of the period associated with the gap pattern.

[0180] Aspect 22: The method according to any one of Aspects 17 to 21, wherein the request for the gap pattern comprises a request to skip one or more occurrences of the gap pattern, and wherein the indication of the gap pattern comprises an indication to skip the one or more occurrences of the gap pattern.

[0181] Aspect 23: A method according to any one of Aspects 17 to 22, wherein receiving the request for the gap pattern includes receiving uplink control information, a medium access control message, or a radio resource control message including an indication of the request for the gap pattern.

[0182] Aspect 24: A method according to any one of Aspects 17 to 23, wherein the method further comprises sending downlink control information, a medium access control message or a radio resource control message associated with confirming the gap pattern, activating the gap pattern or deactivating the gap pattern.

[0183] Aspect 25: The method according to any one of Aspects 17 to 24, wherein the request for the gap pattern comprises a request for a plurality of gap patterns, and wherein the indication of the gap pattern comprises an indication of one or more gap patterns among the plurality of gap patterns.

[0184] Aspect 26: The method according to aspect 25, wherein the method further comprises receiving an indication that a selected gap pattern among the one or more gap patterns has been activated or deactivated.

[0185] Aspect 27: The method according to aspect 25, wherein the method further comprises receiving an indication of a switch between a first gap pattern of the one or more gap patterns and a second gap pattern of the one or more gap patterns.

[0186] Aspect 28: The method according to any one of aspects 17 to 27, wherein the gap pattern includes at least one periodic gap period.

[0187] Aspect 29: An apparatus for performing wireless communications at a device, the apparatus comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform one or more of the methods described in Aspects 1 to 16.

[0188] Aspect 30: A device for wireless communication, the device comprising: a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors being configured to execute the method according to one or more of aspects 1 to 16.

[0189] Aspect 31: An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising at least one means for performing the method according to one or more of aspects 1 to 16.

[0190] Aspect 32: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform the method according to one or more of aspects 1 to 16.

[0191] Aspect 33: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an instruction set for wireless communication, the instruction set comprising one or more instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors of a device, causes the device to perform one or more of the methods described in aspects 1 to 16.

[0192] Aspect 34: An apparatus for performing wireless communications at a device, the apparatus comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform one or more of the methods described in Aspects 17 to 28.

[0193] Aspect 35: A device for wireless communication, the device comprising: a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors being configured to execute the method according to one or more of aspects 17 to 28.

[0194] Aspect 36: An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising at least one means for performing the method according to one or more of aspects 17 to 28.

[0195] Aspect 37: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform the method according to one or more of aspects 17 to 28.

[0196] Aspect 38: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an instruction set for wireless communication, the instruction set comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform one or more of the methods described in aspects 17 to 28.

[0197] The foregoing disclosure provides illustration and description, but is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the aspects to the precise forms disclosed. Modifications and variations may be made in light of the above disclosure or may be acquired from practice of these aspects.

[0198] As used herein, the term "component" is intended to be broadly interpreted as hardware, and / or a combination of hardware and software. Whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language or other names, "software" should be broadly interpreted as meaning instructions, instruction sets, codes, code segments, program codes, programs, subroutines, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executable files, threads of execution, procedures and / or functions and other examples. As used herein, a "processor" is implemented in a combination of hardware and / or hardware and software. It will be apparent that the system or method described herein can be implemented by a combination of hardware and / or hardware and software in different forms. The actual dedicated control hardware or software code used to implement these systems and / or methods does not limit various aspects. Therefore, there is no reference to a specific software code herein to describe the operation and behavior of the system and / or method, because those skilled in the art will understand that software and hardware can be designed to implement the system and / or method based at least in part on the description herein.

[0199] As used herein, "satisfying a threshold" may mean a value is greater than a threshold, greater than or equal to a threshold, less than a threshold, less than or equal to a threshold, equal to a threshold, not equal to a threshold, etc., depending on the context.

[0200] Although the specific combination of features is set forth in the claims and / or disclosed in the specification, these combinations are not intended to limit the disclosure of various aspects. Many of these features can be combined in a manner that is not specifically listed in the claims and / or is not disclosed in the specification. The disclosure of various aspects includes each dependent claim combined with each other claim in the claim set. As used herein, the phrase "at least one of" the list of items refers to any combination of these items (which includes a single member). As an example, "at least one of a, b or c" is intended to cover a, b, c, a+b, a+c, b+c and a+b+c, and any combination with multiple identical elements (e.g., a+a, a+a+a, a+a+b, a+a+c, a+b+b, a+c+c, b+b, b+b+b, b+b+c, c+c and c+c+c, or any other ordering of a, b and c).

[0201] Any element, action or instruction used herein should not be interpreted as key or necessary unless clearly stated. In addition, as used herein, the articles "one" and "a kind of" are intended to include one or more items, and can be used interchangeably with "one or more". In addition, as used herein, the article "said" is intended to include one or more items connected to the article "said", and can be used interchangeably with "one or more". In addition, as used herein, the terms "set" and "group" are intended to include one or more items, and can be used interchangeably with "one or more". If only one item is intended to be referred to, the phrase "only one" or similar terms will be used. Moreover, as used herein, the terms "have", "have" etc. are intended to be open terms, which do not limit the elements they modify (for example, "elements with" A can also have B). In addition, the phrase "based on" is intended to represent "based at least in part on", unless explicitly stated otherwise. Furthermore, as used herein, the term "or" when used in a series is intended to be open-ended and used interchangeably with "and / or" unless expressly stated otherwise (e.g., if used in conjunction with "either" or "only one of").

Claims

1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising: Memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to: obtaining a configuration associated with a first universal subscriber identity module (USIM) and a configuration associated with a second USIM; sending a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM; receiving an indication of the gap pattern; and Communication or measurement is selectively performed according to the gap pattern.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to send the request for the gap pattern, the one or more processors are configured to: send a request for an initial gap pattern, or send a request for a modified gap pattern associated with the initial gap pattern.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to send the request for the gap pattern, the one or more processors are configured to send a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM, and wherein to selectively communicate or measure, the one or more processors are configured to selectively communicate or measure according to the gap pattern and using the second USIM.

4. The device according to claim 3, wherein: During the gap pattern associated with the first USIM, the first USIM is in a connected state and the second USIM is in an idle state or an inactive state.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, to selectively communicate or measure according to the gap pattern, the one or more processors are configured to: measure a resident cell synchronization signal block (SSB) for paging reception, receive physical downlink control channel information or physical downlink shared channel information, or measure an SSB associated with a specific frequency.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein to send the request for the gap pattern, the one or more processors are configured to send a request for two or more alternating gap period durations.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein to send the request for the gap pattern, the one or more processors are configured to send a request for a gap period having a modified duration.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein to send the request for the gap pattern, the one or more processors are configured to send a request for a plurality of sub-gap periods of a period associated with the gap pattern.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein, in order to selectively perform communication or measurement according to the gap pattern, the one or more processors are configured to: perform communication or measurement during a first sub-gap period among the plurality of sub-gap periods, not perform communication or measurement during a second sub-gap period among the plurality of sub-gap periods, and perform communication or measurement during a third sub-gap period among the plurality of sub-gap periods.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein to send the request for the gap pattern, the one or more processors are configured to send a request to skip one or more occurrences of the gap pattern.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to send the request for the gap pattern, the one or more processors are configured to: send uplink control information, a medium access control message, or a radio resource control message including an indication of the request for the gap pattern.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to send the request for the gap pattern, the one or more processors are configured to send the request for the gap pattern based at least in part on a carrier aggregation mode of the UE, a dual connectivity mode of the UE, or a frequency band being used by the UE.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to send the request for the gap pattern, the one or more processors are configured to send requests for a plurality of gap patterns, and wherein to receive the indication of the gap pattern, the one or more processors are configured to receive indications of one or more gap patterns of the plurality of gap patterns.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to activate or deactivate a selected gap pattern of the one or more gap patterns.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to switch between a first gap pattern of the one or more gap patterns and a second gap pattern of the one or more gap patterns.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the gap pattern comprises at least one periodic gap period.

17. An apparatus for wireless communication at a network node, the apparatus comprising: Memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to: sending a configuration associated with a first universal subscriber identity module (USIM) and a configuration associated with a second USIM to a user equipment (UE); receiving, from the UE, a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM; as well as An indication of the gap pattern is sent to the UE.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein to receive the request for the gap pattern, the one or more processors are configured to: receive a request for an initial gap pattern, or receive a request for a modified gap pattern associated with the initial gap pattern.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the request for the gap pattern comprises a request for two or more alternating gap period durations, and wherein the indication of the gap pattern comprises an indication of the two or more alternating gap period durations.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the request for the gap pattern comprises a request for a gap period having a modified duration, and wherein the indication of the gap pattern comprises an indication of the gap period having the modified duration.

21. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the request for the gap pattern comprises a request for a plurality of sub-gap periods of a period associated with the gap pattern, and wherein the indication of the gap pattern comprises an indication of the plurality of sub-gap periods of the period associated with the gap pattern.

22. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the request for the gap pattern comprises a request to skip one or more occurrences of the gap pattern, and wherein the indication of the gap pattern comprises an indication to skip the one or more occurrences of the gap pattern.

23. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein to receive the request for the gap pattern, the one or more processors are configured to receive uplink control information, a medium access control message, or a radio resource control message including an indication of the request for the gap pattern.

24. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to send downlink control information, a medium access control message, or a radio resource control message associated with confirming the gap pattern, activating the gap pattern, or deactivating the gap pattern.

25. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the request for the gap pattern comprises a request for a plurality of gap patterns, and wherein the indication of the gap pattern comprises an indication of one or more gap patterns of the plurality of gap patterns.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive an indication that a selected gap pattern of the one or more gap patterns has been activated or deactivated.

27. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive an indication of a switch between a first gap pattern of the one or more gap patterns and a second gap pattern of the one or more gap patterns.

28. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the gap pattern comprises at least one periodic gap period.

29. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: obtaining a configuration associated with a first universal subscriber identity module (USIM) and a configuration associated with a second USIM; sending a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM; receiving an indication of the gap pattern; and Communication or measurement is selectively performed according to the gap pattern.

30. A method of wireless communication performed by a network node, the method comprising: sending a configuration associated with a first universal subscriber identity module (USIM) and a configuration associated with a second USIM to a user equipment (UE); receiving, from the UE, a request for a gap pattern associated with the first USIM or the second USIM; as well as An indication of the gap pattern is sent to the UE.

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