Intra-frequency rrm measurement for ue supporting bwp without restriction without interruption
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- EP · EP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- APPLE INC
- Filing Date
- 2023-07-31
- Publication Date
- 2026-04-22
AI Technical Summary
Current wireless communication technologies face challenges in supporting intra-frequency Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurements for User Equipments (UEs) that operate with Bandwidth Part (BWP) without restriction, particularly when the Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) is outside the active BWP, requiring measurement gaps that disrupt continuous operation.
The proposed solution involves determining whether a UE supports gapless RRM measurements by decoding specific parameters from signaling, such as the 'interruptionIndication-r18' or 'gapIndicationIntra-r16' parameters, and configuring the transceiver to transmit a configuration for gapless measurements if supported, thereby eliminating the need for measurement gaps.
This approach enables UEs to perform RRM measurements without interruptions, even when the SSB is outside the active BWP, by assuming support for gapless measurements based on indicated UE capabilities, thus improving operational efficiency and reliability.
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Abstract
Description
Intra-frequency RRM Measurement for UE Supporting BWP Without Restriction Without InterruptionTechnical Field
[0001] The present disclosure generally relates to wireless communication, and in particular, to intra-frequency RRM measurement for UE supporting BWP without restriction without interruption.Background
[0002] Bandwidth Part (BWP) without restriction (e.g., bwp-WithoutRestriction) was introduced in Rel-15 of the 3GPP standards as an optional feature. A UE that supports this feature indicates support of BWP operation without bandwidth restriction. The bandwidth restriction in terms of downlink (DL) BWP for a Primary Cell (PCell) and Primary Secondary Cell (PSCell) means that the bandwidth of a UE-specific Radio Resource Control (RRC) configured DL BWP may not include the bandwidth of Core Resource Set (CORESET) #0 (if configured) and the Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) . For Secondary Cells (SCells) , it means that the bandwidth of DL BWP may not include the SSB.
[0003] However, the specification support for this feature is not yet fully complete. For example, by the end of Rel-17, Radio Resource Management (RRM) requirements of Radio Link Monitoring (RLM) , Beam Management (BM) and Beam Failure Detection (BFD) are applicable only if the associated reference signal (RS) is within an active BWP for the UE. Thus, there are additional details that need to be defined to fully support the BWP without restriction feature.Summary
[0004] Some exemplary embodiments are related to an apparatus of a base station, the apparatus having processing circuitry configured to decode, from signaling received from a user equipment (UE) , a parameter indicating the UE supports gapless measuring for a first type of measurement of a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) , wherein the SSB is located in frequency within a channel bandwidth (CBW) of the UE and outside an active bandwidth part (BWP) of the UE in the CBW, determine, based on at least the parameter, the UE supports gapless measuring for a second type of measurement of the SSB and configure transceiver circuitry to transmit to the UE a configuration for the second type of measurement of the SSB, wherein the configuration comprises a gapless measurement.
[0005] Other exemplary embodiments are related to a processor configured to decode, from signaling received from a user equipment (UE) , a parameter indicating the UE supports gapless measuring for a first type of measurement of a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) , wherein the SSB is located in frequency within a channel bandwidth (CBW) of the UE and outside an active bandwidth part (BWP) of the UE in the CBW, determine, based on at least the parameter, the UE supports gapless measuring for a second type of measurement of the SSB and configure transceiver circuitry to transmit to the UE a configuration for the second type of measurement of the SSB, wherein the configuration comprises a gapless measurement.Brief Description of the Drawings
[0006] Fig. 1 shows an example network arrangement according to various example embodiments.
[0007] Fig. 2 shows an example user equipment (UE) according to various example embodiments.
[0008] Fig. 3 shows an example base station according to various example embodiments.
[0009] Fig. 4 shows a bandwidth diagram in the frequency domain according to various example embodiments.
[0010] Fig. 5 shows a first method for determining a measurement gap configuration for RRM measurements according to various example embodiments.
[0011] Fig. 6 shows a second method for determining a measurement gap configuration for RRM measurements according to various example embodiments.
[0012] Fig. 7A shows a third method for determining a measurement gap configuration for RRM measurements according to various example embodiments.
[0013] Fig. 7B shows a fourth method for determining a measurement gap configuration for RRM measurements according to various example embodiments.
[0014] Fig. 8 shows an example NeedForInterruptionInfoNR information element in ASN. 1 format according to various example embodiments.
[0015] Fig. 9 shows an example NeedForGapNCSG-InfoNR information element (IE) in ASN. 1 format according to various example embodiments.Detailed Description
[0016] The example embodiments may be further understood with reference to the following description and the related appended drawings, wherein like elements are provided with the same reference numerals. The example embodiments relate to configuring intra-frequency RRM Measurement for UEs supporting BWP without restriction without interruption.
[0017] The example embodiments are described with regard to a user equipment (UE) . The example UE described herein may be equipped with multiple panels each comprising one or more antenna elements. However, reference to a UE is merely provided for illustrative purposes. The example embodiments may be utilized with any electronic component that may establish a connection to a network and is configured with the hardware, software, and / or firmware to support gapless RRM measurements. Therefore, the UE as described herein is used to represent any appropriate type of electronic component.
[0018] The example embodiments are also described with regard to a fifth generation (5G) New Radio (NR) network that may configure a UE to perform gapless RRM measurements. However, reference to a 5G NR network is merely provided for illustrative purposes. The example embodiments may be utilized with any appropriate type of network.
[0019] Throughout this description various information elements (IEs) are referred to by specific names. It should be understood that these names are only examples and the IEs carrying the information referred to throughout this description may be referred to by other names by various entities.
[0020] As described above, there are various aspects of BWP without restriction that still need to be defined. One option to support RLM / BM / BFD when the SSB configured for layer 1 (L1) operation is outside an active BWP of the UE is to use a larger bandwidth to cover the target SSB and the UE active BWP without interruption. This option is colloquially referred to as B-1-1 and that terminology will be used throughout this description in reference to this option. However, it should be understood that this option may be referred to using different terminology, e.g., when adopted into the 3GPP standards. A new UE capability may be introduced to indicate support for the B-1-1 option and throughout this disclosure this will be referred to as UE capability B-1-1. However, it should again be understood that this UE capability may be referred to using different terminology. A typical implementation of the B-1-1 option is that UE would set the actual bandwidth as large as the channel bandwidth (CBW) .
[0021] In addition to RLM / BM / BFD, the UE may also perform other RRM measurements for mobility purposes, e.g., handover, Carrier Aggregation (CA) / Dual Connectivity (DC) management, etc. In legacy operation (e.g., Rel-15) , when the target SSB configured for RRM measurement is outside the active BWP for the UE, the network has to configure a measurement gap for the UE to conduct the measurements. During the measurement gap, the UE can tune its radio frequency (RF) circuitry away from the active BWP to cover the target SSB. Thus, in this scenario, the UE cannot be scheduled during the measurement gap.
[0022] A UE that supports B-1-1, should be able to conduct RRM measurements on target SSBs without a measurement gap even if the SSB is outside the actual BW of the UE, e.g., because the UE would set the actual bandwidth as large as the CBW. There are existing UE capabilities to indicate support of gapless RRM measurements, e.g., NeedForGaps and network controlled small gap (NCSG) . However, there is no dependency between B-1-1 and NeedForGaps / NCSG. In addition, UE feedback of NeedForGaps and NCSG is based on a network inquiry and some networks do not implement NeedForGaps and NCSG. Thus, these types of networks cannot know if a UE needs a measurement gap for RRM measurements in this scenario. Throughout this description, the terms “gapless, ” “without a measurement gap” or “no measurement gap” should be understood to indicate that the UE has the capability of and / or is configured to perform measurements without having to tune away from the frequency the UE is currently monitoring, e.g., no measurement gap is used for the measurements.
[0023] The example embodiments provide various manners for a network to determine whether a UE supports gapless RRM measurements. The determination may be based on a dependency between different categories or types of RRM measurements that the UE may be configured to perform. The example embodiments are described in greater detail below.
[0024] Fig. 1 shows an example network arrangement 100 according to various example embodiments. The example network arrangement 100 includes a UE 110. The UE 110 may be any type of electronic component that is configured to communicate via a network, e.g., mobile phones, tablet computers, desktop computers, smartphones, phablets, embedded devices, wearables, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, etc. An actual network arrangement may include any number of UEs being used by any number of users. Thus, the example of a single UE 110 is merely provided for illustrative purposes.
[0025] The UE 110 may be configured to communicate with one or more networks. In the example of the network configuration 100, the network with which the UE 110 may wirelessly communicate is a 5G NR radio access network (RAN) 120. However, the UE 110 may also communicate with other types of networks (e.g., sixth generation (6G) RAN, 5G cloud RAN, a next generate RAN (NG-RAN) , a legacy cellular network, a wireless local area network (WLAN) , etc. ) and the UE 110 may also communicate with networks over a wired connection. Therefore, the UE 110 may have a 5G NR chipset to communicate with the NR RAN 120 and, optionally, any other appropriate type of chipset to communicate with other types of networks.
[0026] The 5G NR RAN 120 may be a portion of a cellular network that may be deployed by a network carrier (e.g., Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, etc. ) . The 5G NR RAN 120 may include cells and base stations that are configured to send and receive traffic from UEs that are equipped with the appropriate cellular chip set. In this example, the 5G NR RAN 120 includes the gNB 120A. However, reference to a gNB is merely provided for illustrative purposes, the example embodiments may be utilized with any appropriate type of access node (e.g., Node Bs, eNodeBs, HeNBs, eNBs, gNBs, gNodeBs, macrocells, microcells, small cells, femtocells, etc. ) .
[0027] Any association procedure may be performed for the UE 110 to connect to the 5G NR RAN 120. For example, as discussed above, the 5G NR RAN 120 may be associated with a particular network carrier where the UE 110 and / or the user thereof has a contract and credential information (e.g., stored on a SIM card) . Upon detecting the presence of the 5G NR RAN 120, the UE 110 may transmit the corresponding credential information to associate with the 5G NR RAN 120. More specifically, the UE 110 may associate with a specific cell (e.g., the gNB 120A) .
[0028] The network arrangement 100 also includes a cellular core network 130, the Internet 140, an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) 150, and a network services backbone 160. The cellular core network 130 may refer an interconnected set of components that manages the operation and traffic of the cellular network. The cellular core network 130 also manages the traffic that flows between the cellular network and the Internet 140. The IMS 150 may be generally described as an architecture for delivering multimedia services to the UE 110 using the IP protocol. The IMS 150 may communicate with the cellular core network 130 and the Internet 140 to provide the multimedia services to the UE 110. The network services backbone 160 is in communication either directly or indirectly with the Internet 140 and the cellular core network 130. The network services backbone 160 may be generally described as a set of components (e.g., servers, network storage arrangements, etc. ) that implement a suite of services that may be used to extend the functionalities of the UE 110 in communication with the various networks.
[0029] Fig. 2 shows an example UE 110 according to various example embodiments. The UE 110 will be described with regard to the network arrangement 100 of Fig. 1. The UE 110 may include a processor 205, a memory arrangement 210, a display device 215, an input / output (I / O) device 220, a transceiver 225 and other components 230. The other components 230 may, for example, multiple panels each comprising one or more antenna elements, an audio input device, an audio output device, a power supply, a data acquisition device, ports to electrically connect the UE 110 to other electronic devices, etc.
[0030] The processor 205 may be configured to execute a plurality of engines of the UE 110. For example, the engines may include a UE capability engine 235. The UE capability engine 235 may perform various operations related to the reporting a UE capability for B-1-1 operations and / or intra-frequency RRM measurement without gap. These example operations are described in further detail below.
[0031] The above referenced engine 235 being an application (e.g., a program) executed by the processor 205 is merely provided for illustrative purposes. The functionality associated with the engine 235 may also be represented as a separate incorporated component of the UE 110 or may be a modular component coupled to the UE 110, e.g., an integrated circuit with or without firmware. For example, the integrated circuit may include input circuitry to receive signals and processing circuitry to process the signals and other information. The engines may also be embodied as one application or separate applications. In addition, in some UEs, the functionality described for the processor 205 is split among two or more processors such as a baseband processor and an applications processor. The example embodiments may be implemented in any of these or other configurations of a UE.
[0032] The memory arrangement 210 may be a hardware component configured to store data related to operations performed by the UE 110. The display device 215 may be a hardware component configured to show data to a user while the I / O device 220 may be a hardware component that enables the user to enter inputs. The display device 215 and the I / O device 220 may be separate components or integrated together such as a touchscreen.
[0033] The transceiver 225 may be a hardware component configured to establish a connection with the 5G NR-RAN 120, an LTE-RAN (not pictured) , a legacy RAN (not pictured) , a WLAN (not pictured) , etc. Accordingly, the transceiver 225 may operate on a variety of different frequencies or channels (e.g., set of consecutive frequencies) . The transceiver 225 includes circuitry configured to transmit and / or receive signals (e.g., control signals, data signals) . Such signals may be encoded with information implementing any one of the methods described herein. The processor 205 may be operably coupled to the transceiver 225 and configured to receive from and / or transmit signals to the transceiver 225. The processor 205 may be configured to encode and / or decode signals (e.g., signaling from a base station of a network) for implementing any one of the methods described herein.
[0034] Fig. 3 shows an example base station 300 according to various example embodiments. The base station 300 may represent the gNB 120A or any other access node through which the UE 110 may establish a connection and manage network operations.
[0035] The base station 300 may include a processor 305, a memory arrangement 310, an input / output (I / O) device 315, a transceiver 320 and other components 325. The other components 325 may include, for example, an audio input device, an audio output device, a battery, a data acquisition device, ports to electrically connect the base station 300 to other electronic devices and / or power sources, etc.
[0036] The processor 305 may be configured to execute a plurality of engines of the base station 300. For example, the engines may include a measurement gap engine 330. The measurement gap engine 330 may perform various operations related to the configuration of a UE to perform RRM measurements. These example operations are described in further detail below.
[0037] The above noted engine 330 being an application (e.g., a program) executed by the processor 305 is only example. The functionality associated with the engine 330 may also be represented as a separate incorporated component of the base station 300 or may be a modular component coupled to the base station 300, e.g., an integrated circuit with or without firmware. For example, the integrated circuit may include input circuitry to receive signals and processing circuitry to process the signals and other information. In addition, in some base stations, the functionality described for the processor 305 is split among a plurality of processors (e.g., a baseband processor, an applications processor, etc. ) . The example embodiments may be implemented in any of these or other configurations of a base station.
[0038] The memory 310 may be a hardware component configured to store data related to operations performed by the base station 300. The I / O device 315 may be a hardware component or ports that enable a user to interact with the base station 300.
[0039] The transceiver 320 may be a hardware component configured to exchange data with the UE 110 and any other UE in the network arrangement 100. The transceiver 320 may operate on a variety of different frequencies or channels (e.g., set of consecutive frequencies) . The transceiver 320 includes circuitry configured to transmit and / or receive signals (e.g., control signals, data signals) . Such signals may be encoded with information implementing any one of the methods described herein. The processor 305 may be operably coupled to the transceiver 320 and configured to receive from and / or transmit signals to the transceiver 320. The processor 305 may be configured to encode and / or decode signals (e.g., signaling from a UE) for implementing any one of the methods described herein.
[0040] Fig. 4 shows a bandwidth diagram 400 in the frequency domain according to various example embodiments. In this example, it may be considered that the bandwidth diagram 400 is illustrating a downlink (DL) bandwidth on which the gNB 120A is transmitting and the UE 110 is receiving. However, an uplink (UL) diagram would be similar to the DL bandwidth diagram 400, except that the UE 110 would be transmitting on the UL frequencies and the gNB 120A would be receiving. In addition, the types of signals transmitted / received in the DL and UL may be different.
[0041] Initially, the bandwidth diagram 400 shows a CBW 410. Typically, in 5G networks, the CBW is a maximum transmission bandwidth (defined in terms of resource blocks (RBs) and guard bands on both ends of the frequency spectrum (defined in terms of kHz) . However, the CBW 410 may be any group of contiguous frequencies. An active BWP 420 frequency is defined within the CBW 410. The active BWP 420 is a set of contiguous frequencies within the CBW 410 that is configured for the UE 110. Multiple UEs may be configured with the same active BWP 420. The UE 110 is configured to receive Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmissions, Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) transmissions, Channel State Information Reference Signals (CSI-RS) , and Tracking Reference Signals (TRS) in the configured active BWP 420. Another manner of stating this is that the UE 110 does not expect to receive these signals outside of the active BWP 420.
[0042] Furthermore, an SSB 430 frequency is defined within the CBW 410. Multiple SSBs may be configured for a UE. The example embodiments described herein may be related to SSB configured for layer 1 (L1) operations, e.g., RRM measurements, and the SSB 430 may be considered to be this type of SSB. As shown in Fig. 4, the SSB 430 is outside the active BWP 420 of the UE 110. When option B-1-1 is implemented, the UE 110 may use a larger bandwidth to cover the target SSB (e.g., SSB 430) and the UE active BWP 420 without interruption.
[0043] Because the UE 110 may use the larger bandwidth when implementing option B-1-1, the UE 110 may not need to tune away (e.g., have a measurement gap) to perform intra-frequency RRM measurements on the SSB 430 that is outside the active BWP 420. However, the UE 110 may not have a mechanism to indicate this capability to the network such that the network understands that it does not need to configure a measurement gap for the UE 110 when operating in accordance with option B-1-1. The example embodiments described herein provide various methods of notifying the network that the UE 110 does not need to configure a measurement gap in this scenario, e.g., intra-frequency RRM measurements.
[0044] In a first example, a dependency may be defined (e.g., in the 3GPP standards) between B-1-1 implementation and NeedForGaps / NCSG. As described above, the UE 110 may report UE capabilities to the network including whether the UE supports the B-1-1 capability, e.g., UE capability B-1-1.
[0045] In a first option of the defined dependency, if the UE 110 indicates support of the B-1-1 capability, then the network may assume the UE 110 supports intra-frequency RRM measurement without gap on the same band via NeedForGaps or NCSG. This dependency between the UE capability B-1-1 and the NeedForGaps IE may be expressed, for example, in the 3GPP standards as follows: if UE indicates B-1-1, then network can assume the UE would indicate ‘no-gap-no-interruption’ for parameter ‘interruptionIndication-r18’ in ‘intraFreq-needForInterruption-r18’ for serving cells on the same band (assuming support of B-1-1 is indicated per band) . UE would indicate ‘no-gap’ for parameter ‘gapIndicationIntra-r16’ corresponding to the serving cell. If UE indicates differently for parameter ‘interruptionIndication-r18’ in ‘intraFreq-needForInterruption-r18' , the corresponding indication will be overridden by B-1-1 and ignored. If UE indicates differently for parameter ‘gapIndicationIntra-r16’ for the corresponding serving cells in ‘NeedForGapsIntraFreq-r16’ , the corresponding indication will be overridden by B-1-1 and ignored.
[0046] This dependency between the UE capability B-1-1 and the NCSG IE may be expressed, for example, in the 3GPP standards as follows: if UE indicates B-1-1, then the network can assume UE would indicate ‘nogap-noncsg’ for parameter ‘gapIndicationIntra-r17’ in ‘NeedForNCSG-IntraFreq-r17’ for serving cells on the same band (assuming support of B-1-1 is indicated per band) . If UE indicates differently for parameter ‘gapIndicationIntra-r17’ in ‘NeedForNCSG-IntraFreq-r17’ , the corresponding indication will be overridden by B-1-1 and ignored.
[0047] In a second option of the defined dependency, if the UE 110 supports intra-frequency RRM measurement without gap on all serving cells on the same band via NeedForGaps or NCSG, then the network may assume the UE 110 support option B-1-1. This dependency between the UE capability B-1-1 and the NeedForGaps IE may be expressed, for example, in the 3GPP standards as follows: if UE indicates ‘no-gap-no-interruption’ for parameter ‘interruptionIndication-r18’ in ‘intraFreq-needForInterruption-r18’ for all serving cells on the same band, then network can assume UE supports B-1-1 on the same band (assuming support of B-1-1 is indicated per band) .
[0048] This dependency between the UE capability B-1-1 and the NCSG IE may be expressed, for example, in the 3GPP standards as follows: if UE indicates ‘nogap-noncsg’ for parameter ‘gapIndicationIntra-r17’ in ‘NeedForNCSG-IntraFreq-r17’ for all serving cells on the same band, then NW can assume UE supports B-1-1 on the same band (assuming support of B-1-1 is indicated per band) .
[0049] Thus, in the first example of defining a dependency between B-1-1 implementation and the NeedForGaps / NCSG IEs, the first option defines the dependency from the standpoint of the UE capability B-1-1 while the second option defines the dependency from the standpoint of the NeedForGaps / NCSG IEs.
[0050] Fig. 5 shows a first method 500 for determining a measurement gap configuration for RRM measurements according to various example embodiments. It should be understood that the method 500 describes the operation of the first option of the first example. The method 500 is described from the standpoint of the network, e.g., the operations are performed by a network component such as a base station. In the example of Fig. 5, the network component performing the operations is the gNB 120A but this is only an example and other network components may perform the example operations.
[0051] In 510, the gNB 120A determines whether the UE 110 has indicated that it supports B-1-1 operation, e.g., the UE 110 is capable of extending a monitored frequency to include the frequency of the active BWP 420 and the SSB 430 to perform gapless measurements for RLM / BM / BFD. As described above, in one example, the UE may indicate support for B-1-1 operation using a UE capability IE.
[0052] If the UE 110 does not support B-1-1 operations, the gNB 120A may determine whether to configure measurement gaps for various RRM measurements based on legacy operations in 560.
[0053] If the UE 110 supports B-1-1 operations, the gNB 120A will assume that the UE also supports gapless RRM measurements for mobility. Throughout the description of this method 500, the other methods described herein and the general description of the example embodiments, it should be understood that there are two categories of RRM measurements. A first category of RRM measurements are those measurements related to the B-1-1 operations, e.g., L1 measurements for RLM / BM / BFD. Throughout this description, this category of measurements may be referred to as measurements for RLM / BM / BFD or B-1-1 related measurements. A second category of RRM measurements are mobility related RRM measurements, e.g., handover, CA / DC management, etc. These measurements may be L1 or Layer 3 (L3) measurements. Throughout this description, this category of measurements may be referred to as RRM mobility related measurements or intra-frequency RRM measurements without gap. Furthermore, these different categories may also be referred to as different types of RRM measurements, where the first category may be referred to as a first or second type of RRM measurement and the second category may be referred to as a first or second type of RRM measurement.
[0054] As described above, the gNB 120A will assume the UE 110 supports gapless RRM measurements for mobility based on assumed values of various parameters that may be used to signal a UE capability to support the gapless RRM measurements for mobility. As described above, these parameters may be included in a NeedForGaps or NCSG IE. In a first NeedForGaps example, in Rel-18 the parameter may be the ‘interruptionIndication-r18’ parameter in the ‘intraFreq-needForInterruption-r18’ IE having a value of ‘no-gap-no-interruption’ . The gNB 120A will assume the UE 110 supports gapless RRM measurements for mobility for serving cells on the same band as support of B-1-1 is indicated.
[0055] Fig. 8 shows an example NeedForInterruptionInfoNR information element (IE) 800 in ASN. 1 format according to various example embodiments. The NeedForInterruptionInfoNR IE 800 includes various parameters and potential parameter values as discussed herein. It should be understood that this is only example and an actual NeedForInterruptionInfoNR IE may include more or less parameters and may include additional or different values.
[0056] In a second NeedForGaps example, in Rel-16 the parameter may be the ‘gapIndicationIntra-r16’ parameter having a value of ‘no-gap’ . In this case, the gNB 120A will assume the UE 110 supports gapless RRM measurements corresponding to the serving cell indicated by the parameter.
[0057] In an NCSG example, in Rel-17 the parameter may be the ‘gapIndicationIntra-r17’ parameter in the ‘NeedForNCSG-IntraFreq-r17’ IE having the value ‘nogap-noncsg. ’ The gNB 120A will assume the UE 110 supports gapless RRM measurements for mobility for serving cells on the same band as support of B-1-1 is indicated. The above parameters and values are only used as examples and other parameters and / or values may be used for the purposes of gapless RRM measurements for mobility.
[0058] Fig. 9 shows an example NeedForGapNCSG-InfoNR information element (IE) 900 in ASN. 1 format according to various example embodiments. The NeedForGapNCSG-InfoNR IE 900 includes various parameters and potential parameter values as discussed herein. Fig. 9 is an example and an actual NeedForGapNCSG-InfoNR IE may include more or less parameters and may include additional or different values.
[0059] Returning to Fig. 5, in 520, the gNB 120A assumes or infers the values of the various parameters based on the receipt of the indication that the UE 110 supports B-1-1 operation. However, the gNB 120A may receive actual values for the parameters indicating whether the UE 110 supports gapless RRM measurements for mobility, e.g., in UE capability information. As shown in 530, the gNB 120A may determine that the actual received values for these parameter (s) are different from the assumed or inferred values. If the values are different, in 540, the gNB 120A will ignore the actual values and continue to assume that the UE 110 supports gapless RRM measurements for mobility based on the receipt of the indication that the UE 110 supports B-1-1 operations.
[0060] In 550, the gNB 120A may configure the UE 110 for RRM measurements for mobility. In this scenario, because the gNB 120A assumes that the UE 110 supports gapless RRM measurements for mobility, the configuration will not include any measurement gaps.
[0061] Fig. 6 shows a second method 600 for determining a measurement gap configuration for RRM measurements according to various example embodiments. It should be understood that the method 600 describes the operation of the second option of the first example. The method 600 is described from the standpoint of the network, e.g., the operations are performed by a network component such as a base station. In the example of Fig. 6, the network component performing the operations is the gNB 120A but this is only an example and other network components may perform the example operations.
[0062] In 610, the gNB 120A determines whether the UE 110 has indicated that it supports intra-frequency RRM measurements without gap. The UE 110 may provide this indication via a parameter in a UE capability IE or other type of IE. For example, the indication may be a ‘no-gap-no-interruption’ value for the ‘interruptionIndication-r18’ parameter in the ‘intraFreq-needForInterruption-r18’ IE. In another example, the indication may be a ‘nogap-noncsg’ value for the ‘gapIndicationIntra-r17’ parameter in the ‘NeedForNCSG- IntraFreq-r17’ IE. These parameters and values are only used as examples and other parameters and / or values may be used for the purposes of indicating support for intra-frequency RRM measurements without gap.
[0063] If the UE 110 does not support intra-frequency RRM measurements without gap, the gNB 120A may determine whether to configure measurement gaps for various RRM measurements based on legacy operations in 640.
[0064] In 620, when the UE 110 supports intra-frequency RRM measurements without gap, the gNB 120A assumes that the UE 110 also supports B-1-1 operation on the same band as the UE supports intra-frequency RRM measurements without gap, e.g., the UE 110 is capable of extending a monitored frequency to include the frequency of the active BWP 420 and the SSB 430 to perform gapless measurements for RLM / BM / BFD.
[0065] Thus, in 630, the gNB 120A may configure the UE 110 for RLM / BM / BFD measurements. In this scenario, because the gNB 120A assumes that the UE 110 supports B-1-1 operation, the configuration will not include any measurement gaps.
[0066] In a second example, a dependency may be defined (e.g., in the 3GPP standards) between B-1-1 and RRM measurement without gap based on a new UE capability. For example, a new UE capability ‘intraFrequencyMeasOutsideBWP-NoGap’ may be defined to indicate whether the UE can perform intra-frequency SSB based measurements without measurement gaps if the SSB (e.g., SSB 430) is completely contained in the CBW 410 of the UE 110 even if the SSB 430 is outside UE active BWP 420. In the second example, this new UE capability may be a boolean parameter that includes two statuses, e.g., intraFrequencyMeasOutsideBWP-NoGap = {true, false} . If true, then the UE can perform intra-frequency SSB based measurements without measurement gaps for the scenario described above, e.g., the SSB 430 is completely contained in the CBW 410 but is outside the UE active BWP 420. If false, then it explicitly means the UE 110 needs a measurement gap for the scenario described above.
[0067] Similar to the first example, the dependency of the second example may be expressed using different options, in a first option the dependency is defined from the standpoint of the UE capability B-1-1 while the second option defines the dependency from the standpoint of the UE supports intra-frequency RRM measurement without gap, e.g., intraFrequencyMeasOutsideBWP-NoGap IE.
[0068] Thus, in the first option of the second example, if UE 110 supports the B-1-1 capability, then the network may assume the UE 110 supports intra-frequency RRM measurement without gap on the same band. This dependency between the UE capability B-1-1 and the intra-frequency RRM measurement without gap may be expressed, for example, in the 3GPP standards as follows: If UE supports B-1-1, then network can assume UE would indicate ‘intraFrequencyMeasOutsideBWP-NoGap’ , or set ‘true’ for it.
[0069] In the second option of the second example, if the UE 110 supports intra-frequency RRM measurement without gap, then the network may assume the UE 110 supports the B-1-1 capability. This dependency between the intra-frequency RRM measurement without gap and the UE capability B-1-1 may be expressed, for example, in the 3GPP standards as follows: If UE indicates ‘intraFrequencyMeasOutsideBWP-NoGap’ or report ‘true’ for it, then the network can assume UE supports B-1-1 on the same band.
[0070] Fig. 7A shows a third method 700 for determining a measurement gap configuration for RRM measurements according to various example embodiments. It should be understood that the method 700 describes the operation of the first option of the second example. The method 700 is described from the standpoint of the network, e.g., the operations are performed by a network component such as a base station. In the example of Fig. 7A, the network component performing the operations is the gNB 120A but this is only an example and other network components may perform the example operations.
[0071] In 710, the gNB 120A determines whether the UE 110 has indicated that it supports B-1-1 operation, e.g., the UE 110 is capable of extending a monitored frequency to include the frequency of the active BWP 420 and the SSB 430 to perform gapless measurements for RLM / BM / BFD. As described above, in one example, the UE 110 may indicate support for B-1-1 operation using a UE capability IE.
[0072] If the UE 110 supports B-1-1 operations, the gNB 120A will assume that the UE also supports gapless RRM measurements for mobility in 720. As described above, the gNB 120A will assume, infer or set a value of the ‘intraFrequencyMeasOutsideBWP-NoGap’ parameter to ‘true’ .
[0073] If the UE 110 does not support B-1-1 operations, the gNB 120A, in 730, may determine an actual value for the ‘intraFrequencyMeasOutsideBWP-NoGap’ parameter as indicated in, for example, a UE capability IE. The gNB 120A may use this value to determine whether the UE 110 supports gapless RRM measurements for mobility, e.g., a true value indicates the UE 110 supports gapless RRM measurements for mobility and a false value indicates the UE 110 does not support gapless RRM measurements for mobility.
[0074] In 740, the gNB 120A may configure the UE 110 for RRM measurements for mobility. If the gNB 120A assumes that the UE 110 supports gapless RRM measurements for mobility based on the UE 110 support of B-1-1 operations or the gNB 120A receives an actual value of true for the ‘intraFrequencyMeasOutsideBWP-NoGap’ parameter, the configuration will not include any measurement gaps. If the UE 110 does not support B-1-1 operations and the gNB 120A receives an actual value of false for the ‘intraFrequencyMeasOutsideBWP-NoGap’ parameter, the configuration will include measurement gaps for the RRM measurements for mobility.
[0075] Fig. 7B shows a fourth method 750 for determining a measurement gap configuration for RRM measurements according to various example embodiments. The method 750 describes the operation of the second option of the second example. The method 750 is described from the standpoint of the network, e.g., the operations are performed by a network component such as a base station. In the example of Fig. 7B, the network component performing the operations is the gNB 120A but this is only an example and other network components may perform the example operations.
[0076] In 760, the gNB 120A determines whether the UE 110 has indicated that it supports intra-frequency RRM measurements without gap. The UE 110 may provide this indication via a value of true for the ‘intraFrequencyMeasOutsideBWP-NoGap’ parameter.
[0077] If the UE 110 does not support intra-frequency RRM measurements without gap, in 790, the gNB 120A will determine whether the UE supports B-1-1 operation (e.g., by determining if the UE 110 reported a UE capability related to B-1-1 operations) or the gNB 120A may not be able to determine whether the UE 110 supports B-1-1 operations. In either case, the gNB 120A will configure the UE 110 to perform RRM measurements in the appropriate manner.
[0078] In 770, when the UE 110 supports intra-frequency RRM measurements without gap, the gNB 120A assumes that the UE 110 also supports B-1-1 operation on the same band as the UE supports intra-frequency RRM measurements without gap, e.g., the UE 110 is capable of extending a monitored frequency to include the frequency of the active BWP 420 and the SSB 430 to perform gapless measurements for RLM / BM / BFD.
[0079] Thus, in 780, the gNB 120A may configure the UE 110 for RLM / BM / BFD measurements. In this scenario, because the gNB 120A assumes that the UE 110 supports B-1-1 operation, the configuration will not include any measurement gaps.
[0080] In a third example, a dynamic dependency may be introduced and applied to either of the first or second examples. For example, in a first option of the third example, a new indication (X) from the UE 110 to the network (e.g., gNB 120A) may be introduced regarding applicability of the dependencies disclosed by the first and / or second examples. The new indication (X) may indicate any of the following: (a) a number of active serving cells, (b) a number of configured serving cells (including both active and deactivated cells) or (c) a number of bands with configured serving cells.
[0081] This new indication (X) may be used by the network to determine if the dependencies described above for the first and / or second examples are applicable. For example, if the number of cells / bands do not exceed the value of (X) , then the dependencies of the first and / or second examples apply. If the number of cells / bands exceed the value of (X) , then the dependencies of the first and / or second examples do not apply. The new indication (X) may be indicated per UE or per frequency range (FR) .
[0082] In a second option of the third example, a new IE in an RRC reconfiguration complete message may be used to indicate whether the dependencies in the first and / or second examples are applicable. This option may be appropriate when there is a change of CA / DC configuration because this is accomplished via a RRC reconfiguration from the network to the UE 110. The UE 110 then sends an RRC reconfiguration complete message after each change.
[0083] In a third option of the third example, a predefined threshold (X) may apply when the UE 110 indicates support of the B-1-1 capability regarding the applicability of the dependencies of the first and / or second examples. Similar to the first option, the predefined threshold (X) may indicate any of the following: (a) a number of active serving cells, (b) a number of configured serving cells (including both active and deactivated cells) or (c) a number of bands with configured serving cells. Also similar to the first option, this predefined threshold (X) may be used by the network to determine if the dependencies described above for the first and / or second examples are applicable. For example, if the number of cells / bands do not exceed the value of (X) , then the dependencies of the first and / or second examples apply. If the number of cells / bands exceed the value of (X) , then the dependencies of the first and / or second examples do not apply.
[0084] In some examples, the predefined threshold (X) may be applied for the same capability type as the B-1-1 capability, e.g., if B-1-1 capability is per-UE then (X) is per-UE, or if B-1-1 is per band then (X) is per-band. In other examples, the predefined threshold (X) may be applied per UE or per FR.
[0085] The third example provides a dynamic indication of whether the dependencies of the first and second examples are applicable. The above description of the first and second examples provided examples of performing RRM measurements when the dependencies of the first and second examples are applicable. However, if the dependencies do not apply, the network may check UE feedback regarding support of two features independently. For example, support of B-1-1 capability only means the UE 110 can perform RLM / BM / BFD when target SSB is outside active BWP but it does not mean the UE 110 can support RRM measurements on target SSB without gap. The network may check UE feedback of intraFrequencyMeasOutsideBWP-NoGap, or query the UE 110 about feedback of NeedForGaps or NCSG, to know whether a measurement gap needs to be provided for UE to measurement the target SSB 430.
[0086] Examples
[0087] In a first example, a method performed by a base station, comprising decoding, from signaling received from a user equipment (UE) , a parameter indicating the UE supports gapless measuring for a first type of measurement of a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) , wherein the SSB is located in frequency within a channel bandwidth (CBW) of the UE and outside an active bandwidth part (BWP) of the UE in the CBW, determining, based on at least the parameter, the UE supports gapless measuring for a second type of measurement of the SSB and configuring transceiver circuitry to transmit to the UE a configuration for the second type of measurement of the SSB, wherein the configuration comprises a gapless measurement.
[0088] In a second example, the method of the first example, wherein the first type of measurement comprises Radio Link Monitoring (RLM) measurements, Beam Management (BM) measurements or Beam Failure Detection (BFD) measurements and the second type of measurement comprises Radio Resource Management (RRM) mobility measurements.
[0089] In a third example, the method of the second example, wherein determining the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement is based on the UE supporting a ‘no-gap-no-interruption’ value for a ‘interruptionIndication-r18’ parameter in a ‘intraFreq-needForInterruption-r18’ information element (IE) for serving cells on a same band as indicated in the parameter indicating the UE supports gapless measuring for the first type of measurement.
[0090] In a fourth example, the method of the third example, further comprising decoding, from signaling received from the UE, UE capability information comprising a value for the ‘interruptionIndication-r18’ parameter in the ‘intraFreq-needForInterruption-r18’ IE, wherein the value is different from the ‘no-gap-no-interruption’ value, and ignoring the value of the ‘interruptionIndication-r18’ parameter when the processing circuitry determines the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement.
[0091] In a fifth example, the method of the second example, wherein determining the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement is based on the UE supporting a ‘no-gap’ value for a ‘gapIndicationIntra-r16’ parameter corresponding to a serving cell as indicated in the parameter indicating the UE supports gapless measuring for the first type of measurement.
[0092] In a sixth example, the method of the fifth example, further comprising decoding, from signaling received from the UE, UE capability information comprising a value for the ‘gapIndicationIntra-r16’ parameter, wherein the value is different from the ‘no-gap’ value, and ignoring the value of the ‘gapIndicationIntra-r16’ parameter when the processing circuitry determines the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement.
[0093] In a seventh example, the method of the second example, wherein determining the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement is based on the UE supporting a ‘nogap-noncsg’ value for a ‘gapIndicationIntra-r17’ parameter in a ‘NeedForNCSG-IntraFreq-r17’ information element (IE) for serving cells on a same band as indicated in the parameter indicating the UE supports gapless measuring for the first type of measurement.
[0094] In an eighth example, the method of the seventh example, further comprising decoding, from signaling received from the UE, UE capability information comprising a value for the ‘gapIndicationIntra-r17’ parameter, wherein the value is different from the ‘nogap-noncsg’ value, and ignoring the value of the ‘gapIndicationIntra-r17’ parameter when the processing circuitry determines the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement.
[0095] In a ninth example, the method of the second example, wherein determining the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement is based on the UE supporting a value of true for a ‘intraFrequencyMeasOutsideBWP-NoGap’ parameter for serving cells on a same band as indicated in the parameter indicating the UE supports gapless measuring for the first type of measurement.
[0096] In a tenth example, the method of the ninth example, further comprising, setting the value of the ‘intraFrequencyMeasOutsideBWP-NoGap’ parameter to true based on the parameter.
[0097] In an eleventh example, the method of the second example, further comprising decoding, from signaling received from the UE, a second parameter comprising a value, wherein determining the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement of the SSB further is based on whether the UE is configured with one of (i) a number of active serving cells (ii) a number of configured serving cells comprising active and deactivated serving cells or (iii) a number of bands with configured serving cells that do not exceed the value of the parameter.
[0098] In a twel fth example, the method of the eleventh example, wherein the value of the second parameter is indicated per UE or per frequency range (FR) .
[0099] In a thirteenth example, the method of the second example, further comprising decoding, from radio resource control (RRC) signaling received from the UE, a RRC reconfiguration complete message comprising an indication related to the UE supporting gapless measuring for the first type of measurement and second type of measurement, wherein determining the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement of the SSB is further based on the indication.
[0100] In a fourteenth example, the method of the second example, wherein the base station is preconfigured with a second parameter comprising a value, wherein determining the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement of the SSB is further based on whether the UE is configured with one of (i) a number of active serving cells (ii) a number of configured serving cells comprising active and deactivated serving cells or (iii) a number of bands with configured serving cells that do not exceed the value of the parameter.
[0101] In a fifteenth example, the method of the fourteenth example, wherein the value of the second parameter is indicated per UE or per frequency range (FR) .
[0102] In a sixteenth example, the method of the first example, wherein the first type of measurement comprises Radio Resource Management (RRM) mobility measurements and the second type of measurement comprises Radio Link Monitoring (RLM) measurements, Beam Management (BM) measurements or Beam Failure Detection (BFD) measurements.
[0103] In a seventeenth example, the method of the sixteenth example, wherein the parameter indicating the UE supports gapless measuring for the first type of measurement comprises a ‘interruptionIndication-r18’ parameter in a ‘intraFreq-needForInterruption-r18’ information element (IE) having a ‘no-gap-no-interruption’ value, wherein the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement for serving cells on a same band as indicated in the parameter.
[0104] In an eighteenth example, the method of the sixteenth example, wherein the parameter indicating the UE supports gapless measuring for the first type of measurement comprises a ‘gapIndicationIntra-r17’ parameter in a ‘NeedForNCSG-IntraFreq-r17’ information element (IE) having a ‘nogap-noncsg’ value, wherein the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement for serving cells on a same band as indicated in the parameter.
[0105] In a nineteenth example, the method of the sixteenth example, wherein the parameter indicating the UE supports gapless measuring for the first type of measurement comprises a ‘intraFrequencyMeasOutsideBWP-NoGap’ parameter having a true value, wherein the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement for serving cells on a same band as indicated in the parameter.
[0106] In a twentieth example, the method of the sixteenth example further comprising decoding, from signaling received from the UE, a second parameter comprising a value, wherein determining the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement of the SSB is further based on whether the UE is configured with one of (i) a number of active serving cells (ii) a number of configured serving cells comprising active and deactivated serving cells or (iii) a number of bands with configured serving cells that do not exceed the value of the parameter.
[0107] In a twenty first example, the method of the twentieth example, wherein the value of the second parameter is indicated per UE or per frequency range (FR) .
[0108] In a twenty second example, the method of the sixteenth example further comprising decoding, from radio resource control (RRC) signaling received from the UE, a RRC reconfiguration complete message comprising an indication related to the UE supporting gapless measuring for the first type of measurement and second type of measurement, wherein determining the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement of the SSB is further based on the indication.
[0109] In a twenty third example, the method of the sixteenth example, wherein the base station is preconfigured with a second parameter comprising a value, wherein determining the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement of the SSB is further based on whether the UE is configured with one of (i) a number of active serving cells (ii) a number of configured serving cells comprising active and deactivated serving cells or (iii) a number of bands with configured serving cells that do not exceed the value of the parameter.
[0110] In a twenty fourth example, the method of the twenty third example, wherein the value of the second parameter is indicated per UE or per frequency range (FR) .
[0111] In a twenty fifth example, a processor configured to perform any of the methods of the first through twenty fourth examples.
[0112] In a twenty sixth example, a base station comprising a transceiver configured to communicate with a user equipment (UE) and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to perform any of the methods of the first through twenty fourth examples.
[0113] Those skilled in the art will understand that the above-described example embodiments may be implemented in any suitable software or hardware configuration or combination thereof. An example hardware platform for implementing the example embodiments may include, for example, an Intel x86 based platform with compatible operating system, a Windows OS, a Mac platform and MAC OS, a mobile device having an operating system such as iOS, Android, etc. The example embodiments described above may be embodied as a program containing lines of code stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that, when compiled, may be executed on a processor or microprocessor.
[0114] Although this application described various embodiments each having different features in various combinations, those skilled in the art will understand that any of the features of one embodiment may be combined with the features of the other embodiments in any manner not specifically disclaimed or which is not functionally or logically inconsistent with the operation of the device or the stated functions of the disclosed embodiments.
[0115] It is well understood that the use of personally identifiable information should follow privacy policies and practices that are generally recognized as meeting or exceeding industry or governmental requirements for maintaining the privacy of users. In particular, personally identifiable information data should be managed and handled so as to minimize risks of unintentional or unauthorized access or use, and the nature of authorized use should be clearly indicated to users.
[0116] It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made in the present disclosure, without departing from the spirit or the scope of the disclosure. Thus, it is intended that the present disclosure cover modifications and variations of this disclosure provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalent.
Claims
1.An apparatus of a base station, the apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to:decode, from signaling received from a user equipment (UE) , a parameter indicating the UE supports gapless measuring for a first type of measurement of a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) , wherein the SSB is located in frequency within a channel bandwidth (CBW) of the UE and outside an active bandwidth part (BWP) of the UE in the CBW;determine, based on at least the parameter, the UE supports gapless measuring for a second type of measurement of the SSB; andconfigure transceiver circuitry to transmit to the UE a configuration for the second type of measurement of the SSB, wherein the configuration comprises a gapless measurement.2.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first type of measurement comprises Radio Link Monitoring (RLM) measurements, Beam Management (BM) measurements or Beam Failure Detection (BFD) measurements and the second type of measurement comprises Radio Resource Management (RRM) mobility measurements.3.The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry determines the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement based on the UE supporting a ‘no-gap-no-interruption’ value for a ‘interruptionIndication-r18’ parameter in a ‘intraFreq-needForInterruption-r18’ information element (IE) for serving cells on a same band as indicated in the parameter indicating the UE supports gapless measuring for the first type of measurement.4.The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:decode, from signaling received from the UE, UE capability information comprising a value for the ‘interruptionIndication-r18’ parameter in the ‘intraFreq-needForInterruption-r18’ IE, wherein the value is different from the ‘no-gap-no-interruption’ value, wherein,the processing circuitry ignores the value of the ‘interruptionIndication-r18’ parameter when the processing circuitry determines the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement.5.The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry determines the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement based on the UE supporting a ‘no-gap’ value for a ‘gapIndicationIntra-r16’ parameter corresponding to a serving cell as indicated in the parameter indicating the UE supports gapless measuring for the first type of measurement.6.The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:decode, from signaling received from the UE, UE capability information comprising a value for the ‘gapIndicationIntra-r16’ parameter, wherein the value is different from the ‘no-gap’ value, wherein,the processing circuitry ignores the value of the ‘gapIndicationIntra-r16’ parameter when the processing circuitry determines the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement.7.The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry determines the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement based on the UE supporting a ‘nogap-noncsg’ value for a ‘gapIndicationIntra-r17’ parameter in a ‘NeedForNCSG-IntraFreq-r17’ information element (IE) for serving cells on a same band as indicated in the parameter indicating the UE supports gapless measuring for the first type of measurement.8.The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:decode, from signaling received from the UE, UE capability information comprising a value for the ‘gapIndicationIntra-r17’ parameter, wherein the value is different from the ‘nogap-noncsg’ value, wherein,the processing circuitry ignores the value of the ‘gapIndicationIntra-r17’ parameter when the processing circuitry determines the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement.9.The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry determines the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement based on the UE supporting a value of true for a ‘intraFrequencyMeasOutsideBWP-NoGap’ parameter for serving cells on a same band as indicated in the parameter indicating the UE supports gapless measuring for the first type of measurement.10.The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to set the value of the ‘intraFrequencyMeasOutsideBWP-NoGap’ parameter to true based on the parameter.11.The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:decode, from signaling received from the UE, a second parameter comprising a value, whereinthe processing circuitry determines the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement of the SSB further based on whether the UE is configured with one of (i) a number of active serving cells (ii) a number of configured serving cells comprising active and deactivated serving cells or (iii) a number of bands with configured serving cells that do not exceed the value of the parameter.12.The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the value of the second parameter is indicated per UE or per frequency range (FR) .13.The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:decode, from radio resource control (RRC) signaling received from the UE, a RRC reconfiguration complete message comprising an indication related to the UE supporting gapless measuring for the first type of measurement and second type of measurement, whereinthe processing circuitry determines the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement of the SSB further based on the indication.14.The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the apparatus is preconfigured with a second parameter comprising a value, whereinthe processing circuitry determines the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement of the SSB further based on whether the UE is configured with one of (i) a number of active serving cells (ii) a number of configured serving cells comprising active and deactivated serving cells or (iii) a number of bands with configured serving cells that do not exceed the value of the parameter.15.The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the value of the second parameter is indicated per UE or per frequency range (FR) .16.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first type of measurement comprises Radio Resource Management (RRM) mobility measurements and the second type of measurement comprises Radio Link Monitoring (RLM) measurements, Beam Management (BM) measurements or Beam Failure Detection (BFD) measurements.17.The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the parameter indicating the UE supports gapless measuring for the first type of measurement comprises a ‘interruptionIndication-r18’ parameter in a ‘intraFreq-needForInterruption-r18’ information element (IE) having a ‘no-gap-no-interruption’ value, wherein the processing circuitry determines the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement for serving cells on a same band as indicated in the parameter.18.The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the parameter indicating the UE supports gapless measuring for the first type of measurement comprises a ‘gapIndicationIntra-r17’ parameter in a ‘NeedForNCSG-IntraFreq-r17’ information element (IE) having a ‘nogap-noncsg’ value, wherein the processing circuitry determines the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement for serving cells on a same band as indicated in the parameter.19.The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the parameter indicating the UE supports gapless measuring for the first type of measurement comprises a ‘intraFrequencyMeasOutsideBWP-NoGap’ parameter having a true value, wherein the processing circuitry determines the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement for serving cells on a same band as indicated in the parameter.20.The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:decode, from signaling received from the UE, a second parameter comprising a value, whereinthe processing circuitry determines the UE supports gapless measuring for the second type of measurement of the SSB further based on whether the UE is configured with one of (i) a number of active serving cells (ii) a number of configured serving cells comprising active and deactivated serving cells or (iii) a number of bands with configured serving cells that do not exceed the value of the parameter.