Techniques of downlink control information indication of measurement gap skipping
By determining the temporal order of DCIs for measurement gap skipping, the UE resolves ambiguity in DCI indications, improving resource utilization efficiency in wireless communications systems.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- QUALCOMM INC
- Filing Date
- 2024-11-08
- Publication Date
- 2026-05-15
AI Technical Summary
In wireless communications systems, there is a lack of consensus on whether a user equipment (UE) should follow a first or a second downlink control information (DCI) indication regarding measurement gap skipping, leading to ambiguity and potential inefficiencies in resource utilization.
The UE determines the order of DCIs based on a temporal rule, such as comparing end symbols or other factors, to resolve the ambiguity and follow the later DCI indication for measurement gap skipping.
This approach clarifies the UE's actions during measurement gaps, enhancing resource utilization efficiency by aligning with the latest DCI instructions and optimizing data communication opportunities.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNIQUES OF DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION INDICATION OF MEASUREMENT GAP SKIPPING
[0001] FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY
[0002] The following relates to wireless communications, including techniques of downlink control information indication of measurement gap skipping.BACKGROUND
[0003] Wireless communications systems are widely deployed to provide various types of communication content such as voice, video, packet data, messaging, broadcast, and so on. These systems may be capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing the available system resources (e.g., time, frequency, and power) . Examples of such multiple-access systems include fourth generation (4G) systems such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, or LTE-A Pro systems, and fifth generation (5G) systems which may be referred to as New Radio (NR) systems. These systems may employ technologies such as code division multiple access (CDMA) , time division multiple access (TDMA) , frequency division multiple access (FDMA) , orthogonal FDMA (OFDMA) , or discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM) . A wireless multiple-access communications system may include one or more base stations, each supporting wireless communication for communication devices, which may be known as user equipment (UE) .SUMMARY
[0004] The systems, methods, and devices of this disclosure each have several innovative aspects, no single one of which is solely responsible for the desirable attributes disclosed herein.
[0005] A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) is described. The method may include receiving configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection, by the UE, of one or more measurements, receiving a first downlink control information (DCI) that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap, receiving a second DCI that includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap, and determining whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap based on the second DCI being at a same time as or after the first DCI in accordance with a rule for determination of a temporal order of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0006] A UE for wireless communication is described. The UE may include one or more memories storing processor executable code, and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories. The one or more processors may individually or collectively be operable to execute the code to cause the UE to receive configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection, by the UE, of one or more measurements, receive a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap, receive a second DCI that includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap, and determine whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap based on the second DCI being at a same time as or after the first DCI in accordance with a rule for determination of a temporal order of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0007] Another UE for wireless communication is described. The UE may include means for receiving configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection, by the UE, of one or more measurements, means for receiving a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap, means for receiving a second DCI that includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap, and means for determining whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap based on the second DCI being at a same time as or after the first DCI in accordance with a rule for determination of a temporal order of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0008] A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication is described. The code may include instructions executable by one or more processors to receive configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection, by the UE, of one or more measurements, receive a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap, receive a second DCI that includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap, and determine whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap based on the second DCI being at a same time as or after the first DCI in accordance with a rule for determination of a temporal order of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0009] In some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs) , and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, determining whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap may include operations, features, means, or instructions for abstaining from collection of the measurements during the measurement gap based on the second DCI being after the first DCI and the second indication indicating that the UE may be to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap.
[0010] In some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs) , and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, determining whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap may include operations, features, means, or instructions for collecting the measurements during the measurement gap based on the second DCI being after the first DCI and the second indication indicating that the UE may be to collect the measurements during the measurement gap.
[0011] In some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs) , and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, determining whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap may include operations, features, means, or instructions for determining an error case based on the second DCI being at the same time as the first DCI and the first indication being different from the second indication.
[0012] In some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs) , and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective end symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0013] In some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs) , and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective end times of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0014] In some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs) , and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective first symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0015] In some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs) , and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective DCI formats of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0016] In some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs) , and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective sizes of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0017] In some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs) , and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective aggregation levels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0018] In some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs) , and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective search space set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0019] In some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs) , and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective control resource set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0020] In some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs) , and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective physical downlink control channel candidate indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0021] In some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs) , and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of first resource blocks of a control channel element for respective physical downlink control channels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0022] In some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs) , and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective carrier indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0023] In some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs) , and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective carrier indication fields associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0024] In some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs) , and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective frequency range indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0025] In some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs) , and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on comparisons of respective factors associated with the first DCI and the second DCI and the respective factors include end symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI, end times of the first DCI and the second DCI, first symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI, DCI formats of the first DCI and the second DCI, sizes of the first DCI and the second DCI, aggregation levels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, search space set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, control resource set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, physical downlink control channel candidate indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, first resource blocks of a control channel element for respective physical downlink control channels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, carrier indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, frequency range indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, carrier indication fields associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, or a combination thereof.
[0026] Details of one or more implementations of the subject matter described in this disclosure are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Other features, aspects, and advantages will become apparent from the description, the drawings, and the claims. Note that the relative dimensions of the following figures may not be drawn to scale.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0027] FIG. 1 shows an example of a wireless communications system that supports techniques of downlink control information (DCI) indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0028] FIG. 2 shows an example of a wireless communications system that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0029] FIG. 3 shows examples of timing diagrams that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0030] FIG. 4 shows an example of a process flow that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0031] FIGs. 5 and 6 show block diagrams of devices that support techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0032] FIG. 7 shows a block diagram of a communications manager that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0033] FIG. 8 shows a diagram of a system including a device that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0034] FIGs. 9 and 10 show block diagrams of devices that support techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0035] FIG. 11 shows a block diagram of a communications manager that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0036] FIG. 12 shows a diagram of a system including a device that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0037] FIGs. 13 through 15 show flowcharts illustrating methods that support techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0038] In some wireless communications systems, a user equipment (UE) may be configured by the network entity with measurement gaps to perform radio resource management (RRM) measurements or other measurements. The measurement gaps have higher priorities than data communications, and the UE is not expected to transmit a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission or receive a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission if the resources associated with the PUSCH transmissions or the PDSCH transmissions overlap with the measurement gap. In some cases, the network entity may transmit an indication in PDCCH, such as downlink control information (DCI) , to instruct the UE to dynamically skip an upcoming measurement gap, so the resources overlapping with the measurement gap may be used for data communications. In some cases, the UE may receive, from the network entity, a first DCI with an indication to skip the measurement gap, and the UE may receive, from the network entity, a second DCI with an indication not to skip the measurement gap. Currently, there may not be a consensus whether the UE should follow the indication of the second DCI or the indication of the first DCI.
[0039] Techniques for DCI indication of measurement gap skipping may be employed. In some examples, the UE may determine an order of the DCIs with indication whether to skip an upcoming measurement gap, and the UE may follow the gap skipping indication of a later DCI and override the indication of an earlier DCI. For example, the UE may receive configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection, by the UE, of measurements. The UE may receive a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap, and the UE may receive a second DCI that includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The UE may determine whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap based on the second DCI being at a same time as or after the first DCI in accordance with a rule for determination of a temporal order of the first DCI and the second DCI. In some examples, the rule for determining the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective end symbols or respective first symbols associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0040] In some cases, if two DCIs have the same order or are received at the same time (or cannot be distinguished which DCI is earlier) , the two DCI may have the same value of the gap skipping indication. For example, the network entity may transmit configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection of measurements. The network entity may transmit a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The network entity may determine, in accordance with a temporal rule, whether the first DCI and a second DCI are at a same time. The second DCI may include a second indication of whether to abstain from obtaining measurements during the measurement gap. The network entity may set a value of the second indication to match the first indication based on the first DCI and the second DCI being at the same time in accordance with the temporal rule. The network entity may transmit the second DCI that includes the second indication.
[0041] Aspects of the disclosure are initially described in the context of wireless communications systems. Aspects of the disclosure are further illustrated by and described with reference to timing diagrams, a process flow, apparatus diagrams, system diagrams, and flowcharts that relate to techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping.
[0042] FIG. 1 shows an example of a wireless communications system 100 that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The wireless communications system 100 may include one or more devices, such as one or more network devices (e.g., network entities 105) , one or more UEs 115, and a core network 130. In some examples, the wireless communications system 100 may be a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, an LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network, an LTE-A Pro network, a New Radio (NR) network, or a network operating in accordance with other systems and radio technologies, including future systems and radio technologies not explicitly mentioned herein.
[0043] The network entities 105 may be dispersed throughout a geographic area to form the wireless communications system 100 and may include devices in different forms or having different capabilities. In various examples, a network entity 105 may be referred to as a network element, a mobility element, a radio access network (RAN) node, or network equipment, among other nomenclature. In some examples, network entities 105 and UEs 115 may wirelessly communicate via communication link (s) 125 (e.g., a radio frequency (RF) access link) . For example, a network entity 105 may support a coverage area 110 (e.g., a geographic coverage area) over which the UEs 115 and the network entity 105 may establish the communication link (s) 125. The coverage area 110 may be an example of a geographic area over which a network entity 105 and a UE 115 may support the communication of signals according to one or more radio access technologies (RATs) .
[0044] The UEs 115 may be dispersed throughout a coverage area 110 of the wireless communications system 100, and each UE 115 may be stationary, or mobile, or both at different times. The UEs 115 may be devices in different forms or having different capabilities. Some example UEs 115 are illustrated in FIG. 1. The UEs 115 described herein may be capable of supporting communications with various types of devices in the wireless communications system 100 (e.g., other wireless communication devices, including UEs 115 or network entities 105) , as shown in FIG. 1.
[0045] As described herein, a node of the wireless communications system 100, which may be referred to as a network node, or a wireless node, may be a network entity 105 (e.g., any network entity described herein) , a UE 115 (e.g., any UE described herein) , a network controller, an apparatus, a device, a computing system, one or more components, or another suitable processing entity configured to perform any of the techniques described herein. For example, a node may be a UE 115. As another example, a node may be a network entity 105. As another example, a first node may be configured to communicate with a second node or a third node. In one aspect of this example, the first node may be a UE 115, the second node may be a network entity 105, and the third node may be a UE 115. In another aspect of this example, the first node may be a UE 115, the second node may be a network entity 105, and the third node may be a network entity 105. In yet other aspects of this example, the first, second, and third nodes may be different relative to these examples. Similarly, reference to a UE 115, network entity 105, apparatus, device, computing system, or the like may include disclosure of the UE 115, network entity 105, apparatus, device, computing system, or the like being a node. For example, disclosure that a UE 115 is configured to receive information from a network entity 105 also discloses that a first node is configured to receive information from a second node.
[0046] In some examples, network entities 105 may communicate with a core network 130, or with one another, or both. For example, network entities 105 may communicate with the core network 130 via backhaul communication link (s) 120 (e.g., in accordance with an S1, N2, N3, or other interface protocol) . In some examples, network entities 105 may communicate with one another via backhaul communication link (s) 120 (e.g., in accordance with an X2, Xn, or other interface protocol) either directly (e.g., directly between network entities 105) or indirectly (e.g., via the core network 130) . In some examples, network entities 105 may communicate with one another via a midhaul communication link 162 (e.g., in accordance with a midhaul interface protocol) or a fronthaul communication link 168 (e.g., in accordance with a fronthaul interface protocol) , or any combination thereof. The backhaul communication link (s) 120, midhaul communication links 162, or fronthaul communication links 168 may be or include one or more wired links (e.g., an electrical link, an optical fiber link) or one or more wireless links (e.g., a radio link, a wireless optical link) , among other examples or various combinations thereof. A UE 115 may communicate with the core network 130 via a communication link 155.
[0047] One or more of the network entities 105 or network equipment described herein may include or may be referred to as a base station 140 (e.g., a base transceiver station, a radio base station, an NR base station, an access point, a radio transceiver, a NodeB, an eNodeB (eNB) , a next-generation NodeB or giga-NodeB (either of which may be referred to as a gNB) , a 5G NB, a next-generation eNB (ng-eNB) , a Home NodeB, a Home eNodeB, or other suitable terminology) . In some examples, a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140) may be implemented in an aggregated (e.g., monolithic, standalone) base station architecture, which may be configured to utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically integrated within one network entity (e.g., a network entity 105 or a single RAN node, such as a base station 140) .
[0048] In some examples, a network entity 105 may be implemented in a disaggregated architecture (e.g., a disaggregated base station architecture, a disaggregated RAN architecture) , which may be configured to utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically distributed among multiple network entities (e.g., network entities 105) , such as an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network, an open RAN (O-RAN) (e.g., a network configuration sponsored by the O-RAN Alliance) , or a virtualized RAN (vRAN) (e.g., a cloud RAN (C-RAN) ) . For example, a network entity 105 may include one or more of a central unit (CU) , such as a CU 160, a distributed unit (DU) , such as a DU 165, a radio unit (RU) , such as an RU 170, a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) , such as an RIC 175 (e.g., a Near-Real Time RIC (Near-RT RIC) , a Non-Real Time RIC (Non-RT RIC) ) , a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) system, such as an SMO system 180, or any combination thereof. An RU 170 may also be referred to as a radio head, a smart radio head, a remote radio head (RRH) , a remote radio unit (RRU) , or a transmission reception point (TRP) . One or more components of the network entities 105 in a disaggregated RAN architecture may be co-located, or one or more components of the network entities 105 may be located in distributed locations (e.g., separate physical locations) . In some examples, one or more of the network entities 105 of a disaggregated RAN architecture may be implemented as virtual units (e.g., a virtual CU (VCU) , a virtual DU (VDU) , a virtual RU (VRU) ) .
[0049] The split of functionality between a CU 160, a DU 165, and an RU 170 is flexible and may support different functionalities depending on which functions (e.g., network layer functions, protocol layer functions, baseband functions, RF functions, or any combinations thereof) are performed at a CU 160, a DU 165, or an RU 170. For example, a functional split of a protocol stack may be employed between a CU 160 and a DU 165 such that the CU 160 may support one or more layers of the protocol stack and the DU 165 may support one or more different layers of the protocol stack. In some examples, the CU 160 may host upper protocol layer (e.g., layer 3 (L3) , layer 2 (L2) ) functionality and signaling (e.g., Radio Resource Control (RRC) , service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) , Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) ) . The CU 160 (e.g., one or more CUs) may be connected to a DU 165 (e.g., one or more DUs) or an RU 170 (e.g., one or more RUs) , or some combination thereof, and the DUs 165, RUs 170, or both may host lower protocol layers, such as layer 1 (L1) (e.g., physical (PHY) layer) or L2 (e.g., radio link control (RLC) layer, medium access control (MAC) layer) functionality and signaling, and may each be at least partially controlled by the CU 160. Additionally, or alternatively, a functional split of the protocol stack may be employed between a DU 165 and an RU 170 such that the DU 165 may support one or more layers of the protocol stack and the RU 170 may support one or more different layers of the protocol stack. The DU 165 may support one or multiple different cells (e.g., via one or multiple different RUs, such as an RU 170) . In some cases, a functional split between a CU 160 and a DU 165 or between a DU 165 and an RU 170 may be within a protocol layer (e.g., some functions for a protocol layer may be performed by one of a CU 160, a DU 165, or an RU 170, while other functions of the protocol layer are performed by a different one of the CU 160, the DU 165, or the RU 170) . A CU 160 may be functionally split further into CU control plane (CU-CP) and CU user plane (CU-UP) functions. A CU 160 may be connected to a DU 165 via a midhaul communication link 162 (e.g., F1, F1-c, F1-u) , and a DU 165 may be connected to an RU 170 via a fronthaul communication link 168 (e.g., open fronthaul (FH) interface) . In some examples, a midhaul communication link 162 or a fronthaul communication link 168 may be implemented in accordance with an interface (e.g., a channel) between layers of a protocol stack supported by respective network entities (e.g., one or more of the network entities 105) that are in communication via such communication links.
[0050] In some wireless communications systems (e.g., the wireless communications system 100) , infrastructure and spectral resources for radio access may support wireless backhaul link capabilities to supplement wired backhaul connections, providing an IAB network architecture (e.g., to a core network 130) . In some cases, in an IAB network, one or more of the network entities 105 (e.g., network entities 105 or IAB node (s) 104) may be partially controlled by each other. The IAB node (s) 104 may be referred to as a donor entity or an IAB donor. A DU 165 or an RU 170 may be partially controlled by a CU 160 associated with a network entity 105 or base station 140 (such as a donor network entity or a donor base station) . The one or more donor entities (e.g., IAB donors) may be in communication with one or more additional devices (e.g., IAB node (s) 104) via supported access and backhaul links (e.g., backhaul communication link (s) 120) . IAB node (s) 104 may include an IAB mobile termination (IAB-MT) controlled (e.g., scheduled) by one or more DUs (e.g., DUs 165) of a coupled IAB donor. An IAB-MT may be equipped with an independent set of antennas for relay of communications with UEs 115 or may share the same antennas (e.g., of an RU 170) of IAB node (s) 104 used for access via the DU 165 of the IAB node (s) 104 (e.g., referred to as virtual IAB-MT (vIAB-MT) ) . In some examples, the IAB node (s) 104 may include one or more DUs (e.g., DUs 165) that support communication links with additional entities (e.g., IAB node (s) 104, UEs 115) within the relay chain or configuration of the access network (e.g., downstream) . In such cases, one or more components of the disaggregated RAN architecture (e.g., the IAB node (s) 104 or components of the IAB node (s) 104) may be configured to operate according to the techniques described herein.
[0051] In the case of the techniques described herein applied in the context of a disaggregated RAN architecture, one or more components of the disaggregated RAN architecture may be configured to support techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping as described herein. For example, some operations described as being performed by a UE 115 or a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140) may additionally, or alternatively, be performed by one or more components of the disaggregated RAN architecture (e.g., components such as an IAB node, a DU 165, a CU 160, an RU 170, an RIC 175, an SMO system 180) .
[0052] A UE 115 may include or may be referred to as a mobile device, a wireless device, a remote device, a handheld device, or a subscriber device, or some other suitable terminology, where the “device” may also be referred to as a unit, a station, a terminal, or a client, among other examples. A UE 115 may also include or may be referred to as a personal electronic device such as a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) , a tablet computer, a laptop computer, or a personal computer. In some examples, a UE 115 may include or be referred to as a wireless local loop (WLL) station, an Internet of Things (IoT) device, an Internet of Everything (IoE) device, or a machine type communications (MTC) device, among other examples, which may be implemented in various objects such as appliances, vehicles, or meters, among other examples.
[0053] The UEs 115 described herein may be able to communicate with various types of devices, such as UEs 115 that may sometimes operate as relays, as well as the network entities 105 and the network equipment including macro eNBs or gNBs, small cell eNBs or gNBs, or relay base stations, among other examples, as shown in FIG. 1.
[0054] The UEs 115 and the network entities 105 may wirelessly communicate with one another via the communication link (s) 125 (e.g., one or more access links) using resources associated with one or more carriers. The term “carrier” may refer to a set of RF spectrum resources having a defined PHY layer structure for supporting the communication link (s) 125. For example, a carrier used for the communication link (s) 125 may include a portion of an RF spectrum band (e.g., a bandwidth part (BWP) ) that is operated according to one or more PHY layer channels for a given RAT (e.g., LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, NR) . Each PHY layer channel may carry acquisition signaling (e.g., synchronization signals, system information) , control signaling that coordinates operation for the carrier, user data, or other signaling. The wireless communications system 100 may support communication with a UE 115 using carrier aggregation or multi-carrier operation. A UE 115 may be configured with multiple downlink component carriers and one or more uplink component carriers according to a carrier aggregation configuration. Carrier aggregation may be used with both frequency division duplexing (FDD) and time division duplexing (TDD) component carriers. Communication between a network entity 105 and other devices may refer to communication between the devices and any portion (e.g., entity, sub-entity) of a network entity 105. For example, the terms “transmitting, ” “receiving, ” or “communicating, ” when referring to a network entity 105, may refer to any portion of a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, a CU 160, a DU 165, a RU 170) of a RAN communicating with another device (e.g., directly or via one or more other network entities, such as one or more of the network entities 105) .
[0055] Signal waveforms transmitted via a carrier may be made up of multiple subcarriers (e.g., using multi-carrier modulation (MCM) techniques such as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) or discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM) ) . In a system employing MCM techniques, a resource element may refer to resources of one symbol period (e.g., a duration of one modulation symbol) and one subcarrier, in which case the symbol period and subcarrier spacing may be inversely related. The quantity of bits carried by each resource element may depend on the modulation scheme (e.g., the order of the modulation scheme, the coding rate of the modulation scheme, or both) , such that a relatively higher quantity of resource elements (e.g., in a transmission duration) and a relatively higher order of a modulation scheme may correspond to a relatively higher rate of communication. A wireless communications resource may refer to a combination of an RF spectrum resource, a time resource, and a spatial resource (e.g., a spatial layer, a beam) , and the use of multiple spatial resources may increase the data rate or data integrity for communications with a UE 115.
[0056] The time intervals for the network entities 105 or the UEs 115 may be expressed in multiples of a basic time unit which may, for example, refer to a sampling period of Ts=1 / (Δfmax·Nf) seconds, for which Δfmax may represent a supported subcarrier spacing, and Nf may represent a supported discrete Fourier transform (DFT) size. Time intervals of a communications resource may be organized according to radio frames each having a specified duration (e.g., 10 milliseconds (ms) ) . Each radio frame may be identified by a system frame number (SFN) (e.g., ranging from 0 to 1023) .
[0057] Each frame may include multiple consecutively-numbered subframes or slots, and each subframe or slot may have the same duration. In some examples, a frame may be divided (e.g., in the time domain) into subframes, and each subframe may be further divided into a quantity of slots. Alternatively, each frame may include a variable quantity of slots, and the quantity of slots may depend on subcarrier spacing. Each slot may include a quantity of symbol periods (e.g., depending on the length of the cyclic prefix prepended to each symbol period) . In some wireless communications systems, such as the wireless communications system 100, a slot may further be divided into multiple mini-slots associated with one or more symbols. Excluding the cyclic prefix, each symbol period may be associated with one or more (e.g., Nf) sampling periods. The duration of a symbol period may depend on the subcarrier spacing or frequency band of operation.
[0058] A subframe, a slot, a mini-slot, or a symbol may be the smallest scheduling unit (e.g., in the time domain) of the wireless communications system 100 and may be referred to as a transmission time interval (TTI) . In some examples, the TTI duration (e.g., a quantity of symbol periods in a TTI) may be variable. Additionally, or alternatively, the smallest scheduling unit of the wireless communications system 100 may be dynamically selected (e.g., in bursts of shortened TTIs (sTTIs) ) .
[0059] Physical channels may be multiplexed for communication using a carrier according to various techniques. A physical control channel and a physical data channel may be multiplexed for signaling via a downlink carrier, for example, using one or more of time division multiplexing (TDM) techniques, frequency division multiplexing (FDM) techniques, or hybrid TDM-FDM techniques. A control region (e.g., a control resource set (CORESET) ) for a physical control channel may be defined by a set of symbol periods and may extend across the system bandwidth or a subset of the system bandwidth of the carrier. One or more control regions (e.g., CORESETs) may be configured for a set of the UEs 115. For example, one or more of the UEs 115 may monitor or search control regions for control information according to one or more search space sets, and each search space set may include one or multiple control channel candidates in one or more aggregation levels arranged in a cascaded manner. An aggregation level for a control channel candidate may refer to an amount of control channel resources (e.g., control channel elements (CCEs) ) associated with encoded information for a control information format having a given payload size. Search space sets may include common search space sets configured for sending control information to UEs 115 (e.g., one or more UEs) or may include UE-specific search space sets for sending control information to a UE 115 (e.g., a specific UE) .
[0060] In some examples, a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170) may be movable and therefore provide communication coverage for a moving coverage area, such as the coverage area 110. In some examples, coverage areas 110 (e.g., different coverage areas) associated with different technologies may overlap, but the coverage areas 110 (e.g., different coverage areas) may be supported by the same network entity (e.g., a network entity 105) . In some other examples, overlapping coverage areas, such as a coverage area 110, associated with different technologies may be supported by different network entities (e.g., the network entities 105) . The wireless communications system 100 may include, for example, a heterogeneous network in which different types of the network entities 105 support communications for coverage areas 110 (e.g., different coverage areas) using the same or different RATs.
[0061] The wireless communications system 100 may be configured to support ultra-reliable communications or low-latency communications, or various combinations thereof. For example, the wireless communications system 100 may be configured to support ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) . The UEs 115 may be designed to support ultra-reliable, low-latency, or critical functions. Ultra-reliable communications may include private communication or group communication and may be supported by one or more services such as push-to-talk, video, or data. Support for ultra-reliable, low-latency functions may include prioritization of services, and such services may be used for public safety or general commercial applications. The terms ultra-reliable, low-latency, and ultra-reliable low-latency may be used interchangeably herein.
[0062] In some examples, a UE 115 may be configured to support communicating directly with other UEs (e.g., one or more of the UEs 115) via a device-to-device (D2D) communication link, such as a D2D communication link 135 (e.g., in accordance with a peer-to-peer (P2P) , D2D, or sidelink protocol) . In some examples, one or more UEs 115 of a group that are performing D2D communications may be within the coverage area 110 of a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170) , which may support aspects of such D2D communications being configured by (e.g., scheduled by) the network entity 105. In some examples, one or more UEs 115 of such a group may be outside the coverage area 110 of a network entity 105 or may be otherwise unable to or not configured to receive transmissions from a network entity 105. In some examples, groups of the UEs 115 communicating via D2D communications may support a one-to-many (1: M) system in which each UE 115 transmits to one or more of the UEs 115 in the group. In some examples, a network entity 105 may facilitate the scheduling of resources for D2D communications. In some other examples, D2D communications may be carried out between the UEs 115 without an involvement of a network entity 105.
[0063] The core network 130 may provide user authentication, access authorization, tracking, Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, and other access, routing, or mobility functions. The core network 130 may be an evolved packet core (EPC) or 5G core (5GC) , which may include at least one control plane entity that manages access and mobility (e.g., a mobility management entity (MME) , an access and mobility management function (AMF) ) and at least one user plane entity that routes packets or interconnects to external networks (e.g., a serving gateway (S-GW) , a Packet Data Network (PDN) gateway (P-GW) , or a user plane function (UPF) ) . The control plane entity may manage non-access stratum (NAS) functions such as mobility, authentication, and bearer management for the UEs 115 served by the network entities 105 (e.g., base stations 140) associated with the core network 130. User IP packets may be transferred through the user plane entity, which may provide IP address allocation as well as other functions. The user plane entity may be connected to IP services 150 for one or more network operators. The IP services 150 may include access to the Internet, Intranet (s) , an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) , or a Packet-Switched Streaming Service.
[0064] The wireless communications system 100 may operate using one or more frequency bands, which may be in the range of 300 megahertz (MHz) to 300 gigahertz (GHz) . Generally, the region from 300 MHz to 3 GHz is known as the ultra-high frequency (UHF) region or decimeter band because the wavelengths range from approximately one decimeter to one meter in length. UHF waves may be blocked or redirected by buildings and environmental features, which may be referred to as clusters, but the waves may penetrate structures sufficiently for a macro cell to provide service to the UEs 115 located indoors. Communications using UHF waves may be associated with smaller antennas and shorter ranges (e.g., less than one hundred kilometers) compared to communications using the smaller frequencies and longer waves of the high frequency (HF) or very high frequency (VHF) portion of the spectrum below 300 MHz.
[0065] The wireless communications system 100 may utilize both licensed and unlicensed RF spectrum bands. For example, the wireless communications system 100 may employ License Assisted Access (LAA) , LTE-Unlicensed (LTE-U) RAT, or NR technology using an unlicensed band such as the 5 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band. While operating using unlicensed RF spectrum bands, devices such as the network entities 105 and the UEs 115 may employ carrier sensing for collision detection and avoidance. In some examples, operations using unlicensed bands may be based on a carrier aggregation configuration in conjunction with component carriers operating using a licensed band (e.g., LAA) . Operations using unlicensed spectrum may include downlink transmissions, uplink transmissions, P2P transmissions, or D2D transmissions, among other examples.
[0066] A network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170) or a UE 115 may be equipped with multiple antennas, which may be used to employ techniques such as transmit diversity, receive diversity, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications, or beamforming. The antennas of a network entity 105 or a UE 115 may be located within one or more antenna arrays or antenna panels, which may support MIMO operations or transmit or receive beamforming. For example, one or more base station antennas or antenna arrays may be co-located at an antenna assembly, such as an antenna tower. In some examples, antennas or antenna arrays associated with a network entity 105 may be located at diverse geographic locations. A network entity 105 may include an antenna array with a set of rows and columns of antenna ports that the network entity 105 may use to support beamforming of communications with a UE 115. Likewise, a UE 115 may include one or more antenna arrays that may support various MIMO or beamforming operations. Additionally, or alternatively, an antenna panel may support RF beamforming for a signal transmitted via an antenna port.
[0067] Beamforming, which may also be referred to as spatial filtering, directional transmission, or directional reception, is a signal processing technique that may be used at a transmitting device or a receiving device (e.g., a network entity 105, a UE 115) to shape or steer an antenna beam (e.g., a transmit beam, a receive beam) along a spatial path between the transmitting device and the receiving device. Beamforming may be achieved by combining the signals communicated via antenna elements of an antenna array such that some signals propagating along particular orientations with respect to an antenna array experience constructive interference while others experience destructive interference. The adjustment of signals communicated via the antenna elements may include a transmitting device or a receiving device applying amplitude offsets, phase offsets, or both to signals carried via the antenna elements associated with the device. The adjustments associated with each of the antenna elements may be defined by a beamforming weight set associated with a particular orientation (e.g., with respect to the antenna array of the transmitting device or receiving device, or with respect to some other orientation) .
[0068] In some wireless communications systems, the UE 115 may be configured by the network entity 105 with measurement gaps to perform RRM measurements or other measurements. The measurement gaps have higher priorities than data communications, and the UE is not expected to transmit a PUSCH transmission or receive a PDSCH transmission if the resources associated with the PUSCH transmissions or the PDSCH transmissions overlap with the measurement gap. In some cases, the network entity 105 may transmit an indication in DCI, to instruct the UE 115 to dynamically skip an upcoming measurement gap, so the resources overlapping with the measurement gap may be used for data communications. In some cases, the UE 115 may receive, from the network entity 105, a first DCI with an indication to skip the measurement gap, and the UE 115 may receive, from the network entity 105, a second DCI with an indication not to skip the measurement gap. Currently, there may not be a consensus whether the UE 115 should follow the indication of the second DCI or the indication of the first DCI.
[0069] Techniques for DCI indication of measurement gap skipping may be employed. In some examples, the UE 115 may determine an order of the DCIs with indication whether to skip an upcoming measurement gap, and the UE 115 may follow the gap skipping indication of a later DCI and override the indication of an earlier DCI. For example, the UE 115 may receive configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection, by the UE 115, of measurements. The UE 115 may receive a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap, and the UE 115 may receive a second DCI that includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The UE 115 may determine whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap based on the second DCI being at a same time as or after the first DCI in accordance with a rule for determination of a temporal order of the first DCI and the second DCI. In some examples, the rule for determining the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective end symbols or respective first symbols associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0070] In some cases, if two DCIs have the same order or are received at the same time (or cannot be distinguished which DCI is earlier) , the two DCI may have the same value of the gap skipping indication. For example, the network entity 105 may transmit configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection of measurements. The network entity 105 may transmit a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The network entity 105 may determine, in accordance with a temporal rule, whether the first DCI and a second DCI are at a same time. The second DCI may include a second indication of whether to abstain from obtaining measurements during the measurement gap. The network entity 105 may set a value of the second indication to match the first indication based on the first DCI and the second DCI being at the same time in accordance with the temporal rule. The network entity 105 may transmit the second DCI that includes the second indication.
[0071] FIG. 2 shows an example of a wireless communications system 200 that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The wireless communications system 200 may implement or may be implemented by aspects of the wireless communications system 100. For example, the wireless communications system 200 may include a UE 115-a, which may be an example of a UE 115 as described herein. The wireless communications system 200 may include a network entity 105-a, which may be an example of a network entity 105 as described herein.
[0072] In some examples, the UE 115-a may communicate with the network entity 105-a using a communication link 125-a. The communication link 125-a may be an example of a 6th generation (6G) , a NR or LTE link between the UE 115-a and the network entity. The communication link 125-a may include a bi-directional link that enable both uplink and downlink communications. For example, the UE 115-b may transmit uplink signals (e.g., uplink transmissions) , such as uplink control signals or uplink data signals, to the network entity 105-a using the communication link 125-a and the network entity 105-a may transmit downlink signals (e.g., downlink transmissions) , such as downlink control signals or downlink data signals, to the UE 115-b using the communication link 125-a.
[0073] In some examples, gaps and restrictions may be configured by the network entity 105-a for the UE 115 to perform RRM measurements and other measurements such as crosslink interference (CLI) measurements. These measurement gaps or restrictions may have higher priorities than data communication. The UE 115-a is not expected to transmit a PUSCH or receive a PDSCH if the PUSCH or PDSCH overlaps with a measurement gap. For extended reality (XR) application traffic, a collision between data communication and the measurement gaps or restrictions may not be fully avoided because XR traffic has tight delay budget and deferring an XR packet to a time after the gap or restriction may cause throughput degradation. To resolve the collision, the network entity 105-a may use an indication in PDCCH, such as a DCI, to instruct the UE 115-a to skip a measurement gap so that resources overlapping with the measurement gap may be used to transmit or receive data. The gap skipping may enable communication of delay sensitive data, such as XR data. Without measurement gap or restriction skipping, when the earliest scheduling opportunity collides with the gap or restriction, it may be too late to communicate the data after the gap or restriction.
[0074] Referring to FIG. 2, the UE 115-a may receive, from the network entity 105-a, configuration information 205 that indicates a measurement gap for collection, by the UE 115-a, of measurements. The UE 115-a may receive a first DCI 210 that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap, and the UE 115-a may receive a second DCI 215 that includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap.
[0075] FIG. 3 shows examples of timing diagrams 300 that support techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The timing diagrams 300 illustrate the first DCI, the second DCI, and the measurement gap. The timing diagrams 300 may implement or be implemented by one or more aspects described with reference to FIGs. 1 and 2.
[0076] A timing diagram 305 illustrates a DCI 310-a, a DCI 315-a and a measurement gap 320-a. In some examples, the configuration information 205 may indicate the measurement gap 320-a. The UE 115-a may receive the DCI 310-a that includes an indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap 320-a and may receive the DCI 315-a that includes an indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap 320-a. In some examples, one bit in DCI format 1_0, 1_1, 2_0, or 2_1 may be used to indicate to skip the measurement gap 320-a after the minimum time offset (Tm) . A bit value 1 may indicate that the measurement gap 320-a is to be skipped. For example, if the DCI 310-a and the DCI 315-a both indicate a bit value 1, the UE may skip the measurement gap 320-a (e.g., abstain from collecting measurements during the measurement gap and communicate data during the measurement gap) . For cases when the DCI 310-a indicates a bit value 1 (e.g., skip) and the DCI 315-a indicates a bit value 0 (e.g., not skipped) , there are two options. A first option provides that once a gap or restriction is indicated by a DCI (e.g., DCI 310-a) to be skipped (e.g., bit value 1) , the UE 115-a will ignore additional DCIs (e.g., DCI 315-a) that follow the first DCI (e.g., DCI 310-a) . This means that even if an additional DCI (e.g., DCI 315-a) indicates that skipping should not occur, the indication of the first DCI (e.g., DCI 310-a) is to be followed. A second option provides that the most recent DCI is to be followed by the UE. In this option, a first DCI (e.g., DCI 310-a) may indicate that a measurement gap is to be skipped (e.g., bit value 1) . But if the UE 115-a receives another DCI (e.g., DCI 315-a) that indicates that the gap or restriction is to not be skipped (e.g., bit value 0) , then the UE will follow the later received DCI (e.g., DCI 315-a) .
[0077] The first option may be a design with restriction; the network entity 105-a may be prohibited from indicating to the UE 115-a that the UE is to not skip a measurement gap after the UE has already received an earlier skip gap indication. For the first option, as long as any DCI before the minimum offset time contains bit value 1, the UE 115-a may skip the measurement gap. The second option may not necessarily restrict scheduling by the network entity 105-a, and the UE 115-a may consider the gap or restriction for RRM measurement. The second option may provide a first technical difficulty –that the minimum time offset for switching a skipped measurement gap to a ”not skipped” gap may be larger than the minimum time offset for switching a default “not skipped” measurement gap to a skipped measurement gap. Another technical difficulty provided by the second option may relate to determination of an order of the multiple DCIs that include the 1-bit indication (e.g., skip indication) . In some examples, the UE 115-a may determine the ordering of DCIs that contain the 1-bit indication and overlap in time. These DCIs may be received on the same carrier or on different carriers. In some cases, if the DCIs containing the skipping indication overlap in time or have the same order, a restriction may be placed on the value of the 1-bit indication of overlapping DCIs. When the UE 115-a cannot determine which DCI is earlier and which DCI is later, the value of the 1-bit indication (e.g., indication to skip the measurement gap) should be consistent between the DCIs.
[0078] In some examples, the UE 115-a may determine whether the second DCI is after the first DCI in accordance with a rule for determination of a temporal order of the first DCI and the second DCI. For the example illustrated in timing diagram 305, the UE 115-a may determine that the DCI 315-a is after the DCI 310-a. The UE 115-a may determine whether to collect measurements during the gap or restriction based on the DCI 315-a being after the DCI 310-a. In this case, the DCI 315-a may include an indication to skip the measurement gap 320-a or abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap 320-a, and the UE 115-a may communicate data during the measurement gap 320-a based on the indication of the DCI 315-a. If the DCI 315-a includes an indication not to skip the measurement gap 320-a, the UE 115-a may collect measurements during the measurement gap 320-a based on the indication of the DCI 315-a.
[0079] In some examples, the UE 115-a capability may support receiving multiple DCIs in a same slot on a same cell. The UE 115-a may receive multiple DCIs on different cells that may indicate to skip a gap or restriction across a same set of cells because the gap or restriction may be per frequency range (FR) or per UE. In some cases, the UE 115-a may determine the ordering of multiple DCIs that contain the 1-bit indication (e.g., gap skipping indication) in accordance with a rule for determination of a temporal order of the DCIs. The timing diagram 325 illustrates a DCI 310-b that overlaps with a DCI 315-b. The DCI 310-b and DCI 315-b may each include a gap skipping indication, and the gap skipping indications may not include the same value. For example, DCI 310-b may indicate to skip the measurement gap 320-b, and DCI 315-b may indicate to not skip the measurement gap 320-b.
[0080] The UE 115-a may determine the order of DCI 310-b and DCI 315-b based on the rule for determination of a temporal order of the DCIs. In some cases, the ordering for the DCIs that contain the gap or restriction skipping indication may be determined based on the following conditions. In some cases, the condition may be an end of the last symbol of the DCI; for example, an earlier DCI has an earlier end. The condition may be an end time of the DCI; for example, the two DCIs received on two carriers may have the same ending symbol number but the end time of the two DCIs may still differ due to an inter-cell timing offset. The condition may be a start of the first symbol of the DCI; for example, an earlier DCI has an earlier start. The condition may be a DCI format; for example, a DCI with format 0_1 may be earlier than another DCI with format 1_1. The condition may be a DCI size; for example, an earlier DCI may have a smaller DCI size. The condition may be an aggregation level; for example, an earlier DCI may have a smaller aggregation level. The condition may be a search space set (SSS) identifier (ID) ; for example, an earlier DCI may have a smaller SSS index. The condition may be a control resource set (CORESET) ID; for example, an earlier DCI may have a smaller CORESET index. The condition may be a PDCCH candidate index; for example, an earlier DCI may have a smaller PDCCH candidate index. The condition may be a first resource block (RB) of a control channel element (CCE) for the PDCCH; for example, an earlier DCI may have a smaller RB index of the first RB. The condition may be based on a carrier where the DCI is received (e.g., scheduling carrier) ; for example, an earlier DCI may have a smaller associated carrier index. In some cases, the carrier index may be replaced by the frequency range (FR) index (e.g., FR1, FR2) . The condition may be based on a carrier that the DCI is used to schedule (e.g., scheduled cell) ; for example, an earlier DCI may have a smaller carrier indication field (CIF) . Multiple conditions may be applied jointly. For example, the order may be based on the start of the first symbol, then the scheduling carrier index, then CORESET ID.
[0081] Referring to the timing diagram 325, the DCI 310-b and DCI 315-b may be received on the same carrier, and the DCI 310-b and the DCI 315-b may overlap in time. The UE 115-a may determine that the DCI 315-b is after the DCI 310-b based on the end of the DCI. Based on the determination the DCI 315-b is after the DCI 310-b, the UE 115-a may apply the indication associated with the DCI 315-b.
[0082] The timing diagram 330 illustrates a DCI 310-c and a DCI 315-c received on two carriers that fully overlap in time. The DCI 310-c and DCI 315-c include indications regarding skipping of a measurement gap 320-c. Based on a determination that a carrier index on which the DCI 310-c is received is smaller than a carrier index on which the DCI 315-c is received, the UE 115-a determines that the DCI 315-c is after the DCI 310-c. Accordingly, the UE 115-a may apply the indication associated with the DCI 315-c.
[0083] In some cases, the two DCIs (e.g., the DCI 310-c and the DCI 315-c) may have the same order. For example, the DCI 310-c and the DCI 315-c may be received at the same time or the UE 115-a may not be able to distinguish which DCI is earlier. If the DCIs have the same order, the DCIs are supposed to have the same value of the gap skipping indication. In some cases, if the DCI 310-c and the DCI 315-c are received at the same time or the UE 115-a is unable to distinguished which DCI is earlier, the UE 115-a may determine an error case based on the indication of DCI 310-c being different from the indication of DCI 315-c.
[0084] In some cases, the network entity 105-a may determine, in accordance with a temporal rule, whether the DCI 310-c and the DCI 315-c are at a same time, and if so, the network entity 105-a may set a value of the indication associated with the DCI 315-c to match the indication associated with the DCI 310-c.
[0085] In some examples, the temporal rule for determining whether the DCI 310-c and the DCI 315-c are at the same time may be based on the following conditions. In some cases, the condition may be the DCIs overlap in time. The condition may be an end of the last symbol of the DCI; for example, the DCIs may have the same end. The condition may be based on an end time of the DCIs; for example, the two DCIs received on two carriers may have the same ending symbol number but the end time of the two DCIs may still differ due to an inter-cell timing offset. The condition may be a start of the first symbol of the DCI; for example, the DCIs may have the same start. The condition may be a DCI format; for example, the DCIs may have the same format. The condition may be a DCI size; for example, the DCIs may have the same DCI size. The condition may be an aggregation level; for example, the DCIs may may have the same aggregation level. The condition may be a search space set (SSS) identifier (ID) ; for example, the DCI may be in the same SSS. The condition may be a control resource set (CORESET) ID; for example, the DCIs may be in the same CORESET. The condition may be a PDCCH candidate index; for example, the DCIs may have the same PDCCH candidate index. The condition may be a first RB of a CCE for the PDCCH; for example, the DCIs may have the same RB number of the respective first RB. The condition may be based on a carrier where the DCI is received (e.g., scheduling carrier) ; for example, the DCIs may be received on the same carrier. The condition may be based on the frequency range; for example, the DCIs are received in the same frequency range. The condition may be based on a carrier that the DCI is used to schedule (e.g., scheduled cell) ; for example, the DCIs may be scheduled in the same carrier. The condition may be based on scheduled carrier in the same frequency range; for example, the DCIs are used to schedule carriers in the same frequency range. Multiple conditions may be applied jointly.
[0086] FIG. 4 shows an example of a process flow 400 that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The process flow 400 may implement or may be implemented by aspects of the wireless communications system 100 and the wireless communications system 200. For example, the process flow 400 may include a UE 115-b and a network entity 105-b which may be examples of corresponding devices and entities as described with reference to FIGs. 1 and 2. In the following description of the process flow 400, the operations between the UE 115-b and the network entity 105-b may be transmitted in a different order than the example order shown, or the operations performed by the UE 115-b and the network entity 105-b may be performed in different orders or at different times. Some operations may also be omitted from the process flow 400, and other operations may be added to the process flow 400.
[0087] At 405, the UE 115-b may receive, from the network entity 105-b, configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection, by the UE 115-b, of one or more measurements.
[0088] At 410, the UE 115-b may receive, from network entity 105-b, a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap.
[0089] At 415, the network entity 105-b may determine, in accordance with a temporal rule, whether the first DCI and a second DCI are at a same time, where the second DCI comprises a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. If the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time in accordance with the temporal rule, the network entity 105-b may set a value of the second indication to match the first indication.
[0090] In some cases, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time may be based on whether the first DCI and the second DCI overlap in time. In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time may be based on a comparison of respective end symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI. The temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time may be based on a comparison of respective end times of the first DCI and the second DCI. In some cases, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time may be based on a comparison of respective first symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI. In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time may be based on a comparison of respective DCI formats of the first DCI and the second DCI. In some cases, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time may be based on a comparison of respective sizes of the first DCI and the second DCI. In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time may be based on a comparison of respective aggregation levels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI. In some cases, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time may be based on a comparison of respective SSS IDs associated with the first DCI and the second DCI. In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time may be based on a comparison of respective CORESETs associated with the first DCI and the second DCI. In some cases, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time may be based on a comparison of respective PDCCH indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI. In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time may be based on a comparison of respective first RB numbers of a CCE for respective PDCCHs associated with the first DCI and the second DCI. In some cases, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time may be based on a comparison of respective carrier indication fields associated with the first DCI and the second DCI. In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time may be based on a comparison of respective frequency range indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0091] In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time may be based on comparisons of respective factors associated with the first DCI and the second DCI. The respective factors may include the first DCI and the second DCI overlap in time, end symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI, end times of the first DCI and the second DCI, first symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI, DCI formats of the first DCI and the second DCI, sizes of the first DCI and the second DCI, aggregation levels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, SSS IDs associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, CORESET IDs associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, PDCCH indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, first RBs of a CCE for respective PDCCHs associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, carrier indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, frequency range indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, carrier indication fields associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, or a combination thereof.
[0092] At 420, the UE 115-b may receive, from network entity 105-b, a second DCI that includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap.
[0093] At 425, the UE 115-b may determine whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap based at least in part on the second DCI being at a same time as or after the first DCI in accordance with a rule for determination of a temporal order of the first DCI and the second DCI. In some cases, the UE 115-b may determine to abstain from collection of the measurements during the measurement gap based on the second DCI being after the first DCI and the second indication indicating that the UE is to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. In some examples, the UE 115-b may collect the measurements during the measurement gap based at least in part on the second DCI being after the first DCI and the second indication indicating that the UE is to collect the measurements during the measurement gap. In some cases, the UE 115-b may determine an error case based on the second DCI being at the same time as the first DCI and the first indication being different from the second indication.
[0094] In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective end symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI. The rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective end times of the first DCI and the second DCI. The rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective first symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI. In some cases, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective DCI formats of the first DCI and the second DCI. In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective sizes of the first DCI and the second DCI. In some cases, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective aggregation levels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI. The rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective SSS IDs associated with the first DCI and the second DCI. In some cases, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective CORESET IDs associated with the first DCI and the second DCI. In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective PDCCH indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI. In some cases, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of first RBs of a CCE for respective PDCCHs associated with the first DCI and the second DCI. In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective carrier indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI. In some cases, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective carrier indication fields associated with the first DCI and the second DCI. In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on a comparison of respective frequency range indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0095] In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order may be based on comparisons of respective factors associated with the first DCI and the second DCI. The respective factors may include end symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI, end times of the first DCI and the second DCI, first symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI, DCI formats of the first DCI and the second DCI, sizes of the first DCI and the second DCI, aggregation levels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, SSS IDs associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, CORESET IDs associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, PDCCH indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, first RBs of a CCE for respective PDCCHs associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, carrier indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, frequency range indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, carrier indication fields associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, or a combination thereof.
[0096] FIG. 5 shows a block diagram 500 of a device 505 that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 505 may be an example of aspects of a UE 115 as described herein. The device 505 may include a receiver 510, a transmitter 515, and a communications manager 520. The device 505, or one or more components of the device 505 (e.g., the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, the communications manager 520) , may include at least one processor, which may be coupled with at least one memory, to, individually or collectively, support or enable the described techniques. Each of these components may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses) .
[0097] The receiver 510 may provide a means for receiving information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping) . Information may be passed on to other components of the device 505. The receiver 510 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.
[0098] The transmitter 515 may provide a means for transmitting signals generated by other components of the device 505. For example, the transmitter 515 may transmit information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping) . In some examples, the transmitter 515 may be co-located with a receiver 510 in a transceiver module. The transmitter 515 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.
[0099] The communications manager 520, the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or various combinations or components thereof may be examples of means for performing various aspects of techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping as described herein. For example, the communications manager 520, the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or various combinations or components thereof may be capable of performing one or more of the functions described herein.
[0100] In some examples, the communications manager 520, the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in hardware (e.g., in communications management circuitry) . The hardware may include at least one of a processor, a digital signal processor (DSP) , a central processing unit (CPU) , an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) , a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, a microcontroller, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof configured as or otherwise supporting, individually or collectively, a means for performing the functions described in the present disclosure. In some examples, at least one processor and at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., by one or more processors, individually or collectively, executing instructions stored in the at least one memory) .
[0101] Additionally, or alternatively, the communications manager 520, the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in code (e.g., as communications management software or firmware) executed by at least one processor (e.g., referred to as a processor-executable code) . If implemented in code executed by at least one processor, the functions of the communications manager 520, the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or various combinations or components thereof may be performed by a general-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, an ASIC, an FPGA, a microcontroller, or any combination of these or other programmable logic devices (e.g., configured as or otherwise supporting, individually or collectively, a means for performing the functions described in the present disclosure) .
[0102] In some examples, the communications manager 520 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or both. For example, the communications manager 520 may receive information from the receiver 510, send information to the transmitter 515, or be integrated in combination with the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or both to obtain information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.
[0103] The communications manager 520 may support wireless communication in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 520 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection, by the UE, of one or more measurements. The communications manager 520 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The communications manager 520 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving a second DCI that includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The communications manager 520 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for determining whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap based on the second DCI being at a same time as or after the first DCI in accordance with a rule for determination of a temporal order of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0104] By including or configuring the communications manager 520 in accordance with examples as described herein, the device 505 (e.g., at least one processor controlling or otherwise coupled with the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, the communications manager 520, or a combination thereof) may support techniques for more efficient utilization of communication resources.
[0105] FIG. 6 shows a block diagram 600 of a device 605 that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 605 may be an example of aspects of a device 505 or a UE 115 as described herein. The device 605 may include a receiver 610, a transmitter 615, and a communications manager 620. The device 605, or one or more components of the device 605 (e.g., the receiver 610, the transmitter 615, the communications manager 620) , may include at least one processor, which may be coupled with at least one memory, to support the described techniques. Each of these components may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses) .
[0106] The receiver 610 may provide a means for receiving information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping) . Information may be passed on to other components of the device 605. The receiver 610 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.
[0107] The transmitter 615 may provide a means for transmitting signals generated by other components of the device 605. For example, the transmitter 615 may transmit information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping) . In some examples, the transmitter 615 may be co-located with a receiver 610 in a transceiver module. The transmitter 615 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.
[0108] The device 605, or various components thereof, may be an example of means for performing various aspects of techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping as described herein. For example, the communications manager 620 may include a measurement gap configuration manager 625, a measurements indication manager 630, a measurement gap manager 635, or any combination thereof. The communications manager 620 may be an example of aspects of a communications manager 520 as described herein. In some examples, the communications manager 620, or various components thereof, may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the receiver 610, the transmitter 615, or both. For example, the communications manager 620 may receive information from the receiver 610, send information to the transmitter 615, or be integrated in combination with the receiver 610, the transmitter 615, or both to obtain information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.
[0109] The communications manager 620 may support wireless communication in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The measurement gap configuration manager 625 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection, by the UE, of one or more measurements. The measurements indication manager 630 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The measurements indication manager 630 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving a second DCI that includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The measurement gap manager 635 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for determining whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap based on the second DCI being at a same time as or after the first DCI in accordance with a rule for determination of a temporal order of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0110] FIG. 7 shows a block diagram 700 of a communications manager 720 that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The communications manager 720 may be an example of aspects of a communications manager 520, a communications manager 620, or both, as described herein. The communications manager 720, or various components thereof, may be an example of means for performing various aspects of techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping as described herein. For example, the communications manager 720 may include a measurement gap configuration manager 725, a measurements indication manager 730, a measurement gap manager 735, or any combination thereof. Each of these components, or components or subcomponents thereof (e.g., one or more processors, one or more memories) , may communicate, directly or indirectly, with one another (e.g., via one or more buses) .
[0111] The communications manager 720 may support wireless communication in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The measurement gap configuration manager 725 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection, by the UE, of one or more measurements. The measurements indication manager 730 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. In some examples, the measurements indication manager 730 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving a second DCI that includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The measurement gap manager 735 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for determining whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap based on the second DCI being at a same time as or after the first DCI in accordance with a rule for determination of a temporal order of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0112] In some examples, to support determining whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap, the measurement gap manager 735 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for abstaining from collection of the measurements during the measurement gap based on the second DCI being after the first DCI and the second indication indicating that the UE is to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap.
[0113] In some examples, to support determining whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap, the measurement gap manager 735 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for collecting the measurements during the measurement gap based on the second DCI being after the first DCI and the second indication indicating that the UE is to collect the measurements during the measurement gap.
[0114] In some examples, to support determining whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap, the measurement gap manager 735 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for determining an error case based on the second DCI being at the same time as the first DCI and the first indication being different from the second indication.
[0115] In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective end symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0116] In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective end times of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0117] In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective first symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0118] In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective DCI formats of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0119] In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective sizes of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0120] In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective aggregation levels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0121] In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective search space set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0122] In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective control resource set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0123] In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective physical downlink control channel candidate indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0124] In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of first resource blocks of a control channel element for respective physical downlink control channels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0125] In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective carrier indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0126] In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective carrier indication fields associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0127] In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective frequency range indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0128] In some examples, the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on comparisons of respective factors associated with the first DCI and the second DCI. In some examples, the respective factors include end symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI, end times of the first DCI and the second DCI, first symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI, DCI formats of the first DCI and the second DCI, sizes of the first DCI and the second DCI, aggregation levels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, search space set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, control resource set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, physical downlink control channel candidate indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, first resource blocks of a control channel element for respective physical downlink control channels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, carrier indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, frequency range indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, carrier indication fields associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, or a combination thereof.
[0129] FIG. 8 shows a diagram of a system 800 including a device 805 that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 805 may be an example of or include components of a device 505, a device 605, or a UE 115 as described herein. The device 805 may communicate (e.g., wirelessly) with one or more other devices (e.g., network entities 105, UEs 115, or a combination thereof) . The device 805 may include components for bi-directional voice and data communications including components for transmitting and receiving communications, such as a communications manager 820, an input / output (I / O) controller, such as an I / O controller 810, a transceiver 815, one or more antennas 825, at least one memory 830, code 835, and at least one processor 840. These components may be in electronic communication or otherwise coupled (e.g., operatively, communicatively, functionally, electronically, electrically) via one or more buses (e.g., a bus 845) .
[0130] The I / O controller 810 may manage input and output signals for the device 805. The I / O controller 810 may also manage peripherals not integrated into the device 805. In some cases, the I / O controller 810 may represent a physical connection or port to an external peripheral. In some cases, the I / O controller 810 may utilize an operating system such as or another known operating system. Additionally, or alternatively, the I / O controller 810 may represent or interact with a modem, a keyboard, a mouse, a touchscreen, or a similar device. In some cases, the I / O controller 810 may be implemented as part of one or more processors, such as the at least one processor 840. In some cases, a user may interact with the device 805 via the I / O controller 810 or via hardware components controlled by the I / O controller 810.
[0131] In some cases, the device 805 may include a single antenna. However, in some other cases, the device 805 may have more than one antenna, which may be capable of concurrently transmitting or receiving multiple wireless transmissions. The transceiver 815 may communicate bi-directionally via the one or more antennas 825 using wired or wireless links as described herein. For example, the transceiver 815 may represent a wireless transceiver and may communicate bi-directionally with another wireless transceiver. The transceiver 815 may also include a modem to modulate the packets, to provide the modulated packets to one or more antennas 825 for transmission, and to demodulate packets received from the one or more antennas 825. The transceiver 815, or the transceiver 815 and one or more antennas 825, may be an example of a transmitter 515, a transmitter 615, a receiver 510, a receiver 610, or any combination thereof or component thereof, as described herein.
[0132] The at least one memory 830 may include random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM) . The at least one memory 830 may store computer-readable, computer-executable, or processor-executable code, such as the code 835. The code 835 may include instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor 840, cause the device 805 to perform various functions described herein. The code 835 may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory or another type of memory. In some cases, the code 835 may not be directly executable by the at least one processor 840 but may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform functions described herein. In some cases, the at least one memory 830 may include, among other things, a basic I / O system (BIOS) which may control basic hardware or software operation such as the interaction with peripheral components or devices.
[0133] The at least one processor 840 may include one or more intelligent hardware devices (e.g., one or more general-purpose processors, one or more DSPs, one or more CPUs, one or more graphics processing units (GPUs) , one or more neural processing units (NPUs) (also referred to as neural network processors or deep learning processors (DLPs) ) , one or more microcontrollers, one or more ASICs, one or more FPGAs, one or more programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic, one or more discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof) . In some cases, the at least one processor 840 may be configured to operate a memory array using a memory controller. In some other cases, a memory controller may be integrated into the at least one processor 840. The at least one processor 840 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory (e.g., the at least one memory 830) to cause the device 805 to perform various functions (e.g., functions or tasks supporting techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping) . For example, the device 805 or a component of the device 805 may include at least one processor 840 and at least one memory 830 coupled with or to the at least one processor 840, the at least one processor 840 and the at least one memory 830 configured to perform various functions described herein.
[0134] In some examples, the at least one processor 840 may include multiple processors and the at least one memory 830 may include multiple memories. One or more of the multiple processors may be coupled with one or more of the multiple memories, which may, individually or collectively, be configured to perform various functions described herein. In some examples, the at least one processor 840 may be a component of a processing system, which may refer to a system (such as a series) of machines, circuitry (including, for example, one or both of processor circuitry (which may include the at least one processor 840) and memory circuitry (which may include the at least one memory 830) ) , or components, that receives or obtains inputs and processes the inputs to produce, generate, or obtain a set of outputs. The processing system may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein. For example, the at least one processor 840 or a processing system including the at least one processor 840 may be configured to, configurable to, or operable to cause the device 805 to perform one or more of the functions described herein. Further, as described herein, being “configured to, ” being “configurable to, ” and being “operable to” may be used interchangeably and may be associated with a capability, when executing code 835 (e.g., processor-executable code) stored in the at least one memory 830 or otherwise, to perform one or more of the functions described herein.
[0135] The communications manager 820 may support wireless communication in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 820 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection, by the UE, of one or more measurements. The communications manager 820 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The communications manager 820 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving a second DCI that includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The communications manager 820 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for determining whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap based on the second DCI being at a same time as or after the first DCI in accordance with a rule for determination of a temporal order of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0136] By including or configuring the communications manager 820 in accordance with examples as described herein, the device 805 may support techniques for improved communication reliability, more efficient utilization of communication resources, and improved coordination between devices.
[0137] In some examples, the communications manager 820 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, monitoring, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the transceiver 815, the one or more antennas 825, or any combination thereof. Although the communications manager 820 is illustrated as a separate component, in some examples, one or more functions described with reference to the communications manager 820 may be supported by or performed by the at least one processor 840, the at least one memory 830, the code 835, or any combination thereof. For example, the code 835 may include instructions executable by the at least one processor 840 to cause the device 805 to perform various aspects of techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping as described herein, or the at least one processor 840 and the at least one memory 830 may be otherwise configured to, individually or collectively, perform or support such operations.
[0138] FIG. 9 shows a block diagram 900 of a device 905 that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 905 may be an example of aspects of a network entity 105 as described herein. The device 905 may include a receiver 910, a transmitter 915, and a communications manager 920. The device 905, or one or more components of the device 905 (e.g., the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, the communications manager 920) , may include at least one processor, which may be coupled with at least one memory, to, individually or collectively, support or enable the described techniques. Each of these components may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses) .
[0139] The receiver 910 may provide a means for obtaining (e.g., receiving, determining, identifying) information such as user data, control information, or any combination thereof (e.g., I / Q samples, symbols, packets, protocol data units, service data units) associated with various channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels, channels associated with a protocol stack) . Information may be passed on to other components of the device 905. In some examples, the receiver 910 may support obtaining information by receiving signals via one or more antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the receiver 910 may support obtaining information by receiving signals via one or more wired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof.
[0140] The transmitter 915 may provide a means for outputting (e.g., transmitting, providing, conveying, sending) information generated by other components of the device 905. For example, the transmitter 915 may output information such as user data, control information, or any combination thereof (e.g., I / Q samples, symbols, packets, protocol data units, service data units) associated with various channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels, channels associated with a protocol stack) . In some examples, the transmitter 915 may support outputting information by transmitting signals via one or more antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the transmitter 915 may support outputting information by transmitting signals via one or more wired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the transmitter 915 and the receiver 910 may be co-located in a transceiver, which may include or be coupled with a modem.
[0141] The communications manager 920, the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or various combinations or components thereof may be examples of means for performing various aspects of techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping as described herein. For example, the communications manager 920, the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or various combinations or components thereof may be capable of performing one or more of the functions described herein.
[0142] In some examples, the communications manager 920, the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in hardware (e.g., in communications management circuitry) . The hardware may include at least one of a processor, a DSP, a CPU, an ASIC, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, a microcontroller, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof configured as or otherwise supporting, individually or collectively, a means for performing the functions described in the present disclosure. In some examples, at least one processor and at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., by one or more processors, individually or collectively, executing instructions stored in the at least one memory) .
[0143] Additionally, or alternatively, the communications manager 920, the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in code (e.g., as communications management software or firmware) executed by at least one processor (e.g., referred to as a processor-executable code) . If implemented in code executed by at least one processor, the functions of the communications manager 920, the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or various combinations or components thereof may be performed by a general-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, an ASIC, an FPGA, a microcontroller, or any combination of these or other programmable logic devices (e.g., configured as or otherwise supporting, individually or collectively, a means for performing the functions described in the present disclosure) .
[0144] In some examples, the communications manager 920 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or both. For example, the communications manager 920 may receive information from the receiver 910, send information to the transmitter 915, or be integrated in combination with the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or both to obtain information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.
[0145] The communications manager 920 may support wireless communication in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 920 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection of one or more measurements. The communications manager 920 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The communications manager 920 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for determining, in accordance with a temporal rule, whether the first DCI and a second DCI are at a same time, where the second DCI includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The communications manager 920 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for setting a value of the second indication to match the first indication based on the first DCI and the second DCI being at the same time in accordance with the temporal rule. The communications manager 920 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting the second DCI that includes the second indication.
[0146] By including or configuring the communications manager 920 in accordance with examples as described herein, the device 905 (e.g., at least one processor controlling or otherwise coupled with the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, the communications manager 920, or a combination thereof) may support techniques for more efficient utilization of communication resources.
[0147] FIG. 10 shows a block diagram 1000 of a device 1005 that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 1005 may be an example of aspects of a device 905 or a network entity 105 as described herein. The device 1005 may include a receiver 1010, a transmitter 1015, and a communications manager 1020. The device 1005, or one or more components of the device 1005 (e.g., the receiver 1010, the transmitter 1015, the communications manager 1020) , may include at least one processor, which may be coupled with at least one memory, to support the described techniques. Each of these components may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses) .
[0148] The receiver 1010 may provide a means for obtaining (e.g., receiving, determining, identifying) information such as user data, control information, or any combination thereof (e.g., I / Q samples, symbols, packets, protocol data units, service data units) associated with various channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels, channels associated with a protocol stack) . Information may be passed on to other components of the device 1005. In some examples, the receiver 1010 may support obtaining information by receiving signals via one or more antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the receiver 1010 may support obtaining information by receiving signals via one or more wired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof.
[0149] The transmitter 1015 may provide a means for outputting (e.g., transmitting, providing, conveying, sending) information generated by other components of the device 1005. For example, the transmitter 1015 may output information such as user data, control information, or any combination thereof (e.g., I / Q samples, symbols, packets, protocol data units, service data units) associated with various channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels, channels associated with a protocol stack) . In some examples, the transmitter 1015 may support outputting information by transmitting signals via one or more antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the transmitter 1015 may support outputting information by transmitting signals via one or more wired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the transmitter 1015 and the receiver 1010 may be co-located in a transceiver, which may include or be coupled with a modem.
[0150] The device 1005, or various components thereof, may be an example of means for performing various aspects of techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping as described herein. For example, the communications manager 1020 may include a measurement gap configuration manager 1025, a measurements indication manager 1030, a DCI timing manager 1035, or any combination thereof. The communications manager 1020 may be an example of aspects of a communications manager 920 as described herein. In some examples, the communications manager 1020, or various components thereof, may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the receiver 1010, the transmitter 1015, or both. For example, the communications manager 1020 may receive information from the receiver 1010, send information to the transmitter 1015, or be integrated in combination with the receiver 1010, the transmitter 1015, or both to obtain information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.
[0151] The communications manager 1020 may support wireless communication in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The measurement gap configuration manager 1025 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection of one or more measurements. The measurements indication manager 1030 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The DCI timing manager 1035 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for determining, in accordance with a temporal rule, whether the first DCI and a second DCI are at a same time, where the second DCI includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The measurements indication manager 1030 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for setting a value of the second indication to match the first indication based on the first DCI and the second DCI being at the same time in accordance with the temporal rule. The measurements indication manager 1030 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting the second DCI that includes the second indication.
[0152] FIG. 11 shows a block diagram 1100 of a communications manager 1120 that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The communications manager 1120 may be an example of aspects of a communications manager 920, a communications manager 1020, or both, as described herein. The communications manager 1120, or various components thereof, may be an example of means for performing various aspects of techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping as described herein. For example, the communications manager 1120 may include a measurement gap configuration manager 1125, a measurements indication manager 1130, a DCI timing manager 1135, or any combination thereof. Each of these components, or components or subcomponents thereof (e.g., one or more processors, one or more memories) , may communicate, directly or indirectly, with one another (e.g., via one or more buses) . The communications may include communications within a protocol layer of a protocol stack, communications associated with a logical channel of a protocol stack (e.g., between protocol layers of a protocol stack, within a device, component, or virtualized component associated with a network entity 105, between devices, components, or virtualized components associated with a network entity 105) , or any combination thereof.
[0153] The communications manager 1120 may support wireless communication in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The measurement gap configuration manager 1125 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection of one or more measurements. The measurements indication manager 1130 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The DCI timing manager 1135 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for determining, in accordance with a temporal rule, whether the first DCI and a second DCI are at a same time, where the second DCI includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. In some examples, the measurements indication manager 1130 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for setting a value of the second indication to match the first indication based on the first DCI and the second DCI being at the same time in accordance with the temporal rule. In some examples, the measurements indication manager 1130 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting the second DCI that includes the second indication.
[0154] In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on whether the first DCI and the second DCI overlap in time.
[0155] In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective end symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0156] In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective first symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0157] In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective DCI formats of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0158] In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective sizes of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0159] In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective aggregation levels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0160] In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective search space set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0161] In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective control resource sets associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0162] In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective physical downlink control channel candidate indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0163] In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective first resource block numbers of a control channel element for respective physical downlink control channels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0164] In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective carrier indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0165] In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective carrier indication fields associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0166] In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective frequency range indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0167] In some examples, the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on comparisons of respective factors associated with the first DCI and the second DCI. In some examples, the respective factors include the first DCI and the second DCI overlap in time, end symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI, first symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI, DCI formats of the first DCI and the second DCI, sizes of the first DCI and the second DCI, aggregation levels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, search space set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, control resource set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, physical downlink control channel candidate indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, first resource blocks of a control channel element for respective physical downlink control channels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, carrier indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, frequency range indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, carrier indication fields associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, or a combination thereof.
[0168] FIG. 12 shows a diagram of a system 1200 including a device 1205 that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 1205 may be an example of or include components of a device 905, a device 1005, or a network entity 105 as described herein. The device 1205 may communicate with other network devices or network equipment such as one or more of the network entities 105, UEs 115, or any combination thereof. The communications may include communications over one or more wired interfaces, over one or more wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof. The device 1205 may include components that support outputting and obtaining communications, such as a communications manager 1220, a transceiver 1210, one or more antennas 1215, at least one memory 1225, code 1230, and at least one processor 1235. These components may be in electronic communication or otherwise coupled (e.g., operatively, communicatively, functionally, electronically, electrically) via one or more buses (e.g., a bus 1240) .
[0169] The transceiver 1210 may support bi-directional communications via wired links, wireless links, or both as described herein. In some examples, the transceiver 1210 may include a wired transceiver and may communicate bi-directionally with another wired transceiver. Additionally, or alternatively, in some examples, the transceiver 1210 may include a wireless transceiver and may communicate bi-directionally with another wireless transceiver. In some examples, the device 1205 may include one or more antennas 1215, which may be capable of transmitting or receiving wireless transmissions (e.g., concurrently) . The transceiver 1210 may also include a modem to modulate signals, to provide the modulated signals for transmission (e.g., by one or more antennas 1215, by a wired transmitter) , to receive modulated signals (e.g., from one or more antennas 1215, from a wired receiver) , and to demodulate signals. In some implementations, the transceiver 1210 may include one or more interfaces, such as one or more interfaces coupled with the one or more antennas 1215 that are configured to support various receiving or obtaining operations, or one or more interfaces coupled with the one or more antennas 1215 that are configured to support various transmitting or outputting operations, or a combination thereof. In some implementations, the transceiver 1210 may include or be configured for coupling with one or more processors or one or more memory components that are operable to perform or support operations based on received or obtained information or signals, or to generate information or other signals for transmission or other outputting, or any combination thereof. In some implementations, the transceiver 1210, or the transceiver 1210 and the one or more antennas 1215, or the transceiver 1210 and the one or more antennas 1215 and one or more processors or one or more memory components (e.g., the at least one processor 1235, the at least one memory 1225, or both) , may be included in a chip or chip assembly that is installed in the device 1205. In some examples, the transceiver 1210 may be operable to support communications via one or more communications links (e.g., communication link (s) 125, backhaul communication link (s) 120, a midhaul communication link 162, a fronthaul communication link 168) .
[0170] The at least one memory 1225 may include RAM, ROM, or any combination thereof. The at least one memory 1225 may store computer-readable, computer-executable, or processor-executable code, such as the code 1230. The code 1230 may include instructions that, when executed by one or more of the at least one processor 1235, cause the device 1205 to perform various functions described herein. The code 1230 may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory or another type of memory. In some cases, the code 1230 may not be directly executable by a processor of the at least one processor 1235 but may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform functions described herein. In some cases, the at least one memory 1225 may include, among other things, a BIOS which may control basic hardware or software operation such as the interaction with peripheral components or devices. In some examples, the at least one processor 1235 may include multiple processors and the at least one memory 1225 may include multiple memories. One or more of the multiple processors may be coupled with one or more of the multiple memories which may, individually or collectively, be configured to perform various functions herein (for example, as part of a processing system) .
[0171] The at least one processor 1235 may include one or more intelligent hardware devices (e.g., one or more general-purpose processors, one or more DSPs, one or more CPUs, one or more graphics processing units (GPUs) , one or more neural processing units (NPUs) (also referred to as neural network processors or deep learning processors (DLPs) ) , one or more microcontrollers, one or more ASICs, one or more FPGAs, one or more programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic, one or more discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof) . In some cases, the at least one processor 1235 may be configured to operate a memory array using a memory controller. In some other cases, a memory controller may be integrated into one or more of the at least one processor 1235. The at least one processor 1235 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory (e.g., one or more of the at least one memory 1225) to cause the device 1205 to perform various functions (e.g., functions or tasks supporting techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping) . For example, the device 1205 or a component of the device 1205 may include at least one processor 1235 and at least one memory 1225 coupled with one or more of the at least one processor 1235, the at least one processor 1235 and the at least one memory 1225 configured to perform various functions described herein. The at least one processor 1235 may be an example of a cloud-computing platform (e.g., one or more physical nodes and supporting software such as operating systems, virtual machines, or container instances) that may host the functions (e.g., by executing code 1230) to perform the functions of the device 1205. The at least one processor 1235 may be any one or more suitable processors capable of executing scripts or instructions of one or more software programs stored in the device 1205 (such as within one or more of the at least one memory 1225) .
[0172] In some examples, the at least one processor 1235 may include multiple processors and the at least one memory 1225 may include multiple memories. One or more of the multiple processors may be coupled with one or more of the multiple memories, which may, individually or collectively, be configured to perform various functions herein. In some examples, the at least one processor 1235 may be a component of a processing system, which may refer to a system (such as a series) of machines, circuitry (including, for example, one or both of processor circuitry (which may include the at least one processor 1235) and memory circuitry (which may include the at least one memory 1225) ) , or components, that receives or obtains inputs and processes the inputs to produce, generate, or obtain a set of outputs. The processing system may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein. For example, the at least one processor 1235 or a processing system including the at least one processor 1235 may be configured to, configurable to, or operable to cause the device 1205 to perform one or more of the functions described herein. Further, as described herein, being “configured to, ” being “configurable to, ” and being “operable to” may be used interchangeably and may be associated with a capability, when executing code stored in the at least one memory 1225 or otherwise, to perform one or more of the functions described herein.
[0173] In some examples, a bus 1240 may support communications of (e.g., within) a protocol layer of a protocol stack. In some examples, a bus 1240 may support communications associated with a logical channel of a protocol stack (e.g., between protocol layers of a protocol stack) , which may include communications performed within a component of the device 1205, or between different components of the device 1205 that may be co-located or located in different locations (e.g., where the device 1205 may refer to a system in which one or more of the communications manager 1220, the transceiver 1210, the at least one memory 1225, the code 1230, and the at least one processor 1235 may be located in one of the different components or divided between different components) .
[0174] In some examples, the communications manager 1220 may manage aspects of communications with a core network 130 (e.g., via one or more wired or wireless backhaul links) . For example, the communications manager 1220 may manage the transfer of data communications for client devices, such as one or more UEs 115. In some examples, the communications manager 1220 may manage communications with one or more other network entities 105, and may include a controller or scheduler for controlling communications with UEs 115 (e.g., in cooperation with the one or more other network devices) . In some examples, the communications manager 1220 may support an X2 interface within an LTE / LTE-A wireless communications network technology to provide communication between network entities 105.
[0175] The communications manager 1220 may support wireless communication in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 1220 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection of one or more measurements. The communications manager 1220 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The communications manager 1220 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for determining, in accordance with a temporal rule, whether the first DCI and a second DCI are at a same time, where the second DCI includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The communications manager 1220 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for setting a value of the second indication to match the first indication based on the first DCI and the second DCI being at the same time in accordance with the temporal rule. The communications manager 1220 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting the second DCI that includes the second indication.
[0176] By including or configuring the communications manager 1220 in accordance with examples as described herein, the device 1205 may support techniques for improved communication reliability, more efficient utilization of communication resources, and improved coordination between devices.
[0177] In some examples, the communications manager 1220 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the transceiver 1210, the one or more antennas 1215 (e.g., where applicable) , or any combination thereof. Although the communications manager 1220 is illustrated as a separate component, in some examples, one or more functions described with reference to the communications manager 1220 may be supported by or performed by the transceiver 1210, one or more of the at least one processor 1235, one or more of the at least one memory 1225, the code 1230, or any combination thereof (for example, by a processing system including at least a portion of the at least one processor 1235, the at least one memory 1225, the code 1230, or any combination thereof) . For example, the code 1230 may include instructions executable by one or more of the at least one processor 1235 to cause the device 1205 to perform various aspects of techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping as described herein, or the at least one processor 1235 and the at least one memory 1225 may be otherwise configured to, individually or collectively, perform or support such operations.
[0178] FIG. 13 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1300 that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The operations of the method 1300 may be implemented by a UE or its components as described herein. For example, the operations of the method 1300 may be performed by a UE 115 as described with reference to FIGs. 1 through 8. In some examples, a UE may execute a set of instructions to control the functional elements of the UE to perform the described functions. Additionally, or alternatively, the UE may perform aspects of the described functions using special-purpose hardware.
[0179] At 1305, the method may include receiving configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection, by the UE, of one or more measurements. The operations of 1305 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1305 may be performed by a measurement gap configuration manager 725 as described with reference to FIG. 7.
[0180] At 1310, the method may include receiving a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The operations of 1310 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1310 may be performed by a measurements indication manager 730 as described with reference to FIG. 7.
[0181] At 1315, the method may include receiving a second DCI that includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The operations of 1315 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1315 may be performed by a measurements indication manager 730 as described with reference to FIG. 7.
[0182] At 1320, the method may include determining whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap based on the second DCI being at a same time as or after the first DCI in accordance with a rule for determination of a temporal order of the first DCI and the second DCI. The operations of 1320 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1320 may be performed by a measurement gap manager 735 as described with reference to FIG. 7.
[0183] FIG. 14 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1400 that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The operations of the method 1400 may be implemented by a UE or its components as described herein. For example, the operations of the method 1400 may be performed by a UE 115 as described with reference to FIGs. 1 through 8. In some examples, a UE may execute a set of instructions to control the functional elements of the UE to perform the described functions. Additionally, or alternatively, the UE may perform aspects of the described functions using special-purpose hardware.
[0184] At 1405, the method may include receiving configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection, by the UE, of one or more measurements. The operations of 1405 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1405 may be performed by a measurement gap configuration manager 725 as described with reference to FIG. 7.
[0185] At 1410, the method may include receiving a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The operations of 1410 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1410 may be performed by a measurements indication manager 730 as described with reference to FIG. 7.
[0186] At 1415, the method may include receiving a second DCI that includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The operations of 1415 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1415 may be performed by a measurements indication manager 730 as described with reference to FIG. 7.
[0187] At 1420, the method may include determining whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap based on the second DCI being at a same time as or after the first DCI in accordance with a rule for determination of a temporal order of the first DCI and the second DCI. The operations of 1420 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1420 may be performed by a measurement gap manager 735 as described with reference to FIG. 7.
[0188] At 1425, the method may include determining an error case based on the second DCI being at the same time as the first DCI and the first indication being different from the second indication. The operations of 1425 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1425 may be performed by a measurement gap manager 735 as described with reference to FIG. 7.
[0189] FIG. 15 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1500 that supports techniques of DCI indication of measurement gap skipping in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The operations of the method 1500 may be implemented by a network entity or its components as described herein. For example, the operations of the method 1500 may be performed by a network entity as described with reference to FIGs. 1 through 4 and 9 through 12. In some examples, a network entity may execute a set of instructions to control the functional elements of the network entity to perform the described functions. Additionally, or alternatively, the network entity may perform aspects of the described functions using special-purpose hardware.
[0190] At 1505, the method may include outputting configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection of one or more measurements. The operations of 1505 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1505 may be performed by a measurement gap configuration manager 1125 as described with reference to FIG. 11.
[0191] At 1510, the method may include outputting a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The operations of 1510 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1510 may be performed by a measurements indication manager 1130 as described with reference to FIG. 11.
[0192] At 1515, the method may include determining, in accordance with a temporal rule, whether the first DCI and a second DCI are at a same time, where the second DCI includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap. The operations of 1515 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1515 may be performed by a DCI timing manager 1135 as described with reference to FIG. 11.
[0193] At 1520, the method may include setting a value of the second indication to match the first indication based on the first DCI and the second DCI being at the same time in accordance with the temporal rule. The operations of 1520 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1520 may be performed by a measurements indication manager 1130 as described with reference to FIG. 11.
[0194] At 1525, the method may include outputting the second DCI that includes the second indication. The operations of 1525 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1525 may be performed by a measurements indication manager 1130 as described with reference to FIG. 11.
[0195] The following provides an overview of aspects of the present disclosure:
[0196] Aspect 1: A method for wireless communication by UE, comprising: receiving configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection, by the UE, of one or more measurements; receiving a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap; receiving a second DCI that includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap; and determining whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap based at least in part on the second DCI being at a same time as or after the first DCI in accordance with a rule for determination of a temporal order of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0197] Aspect 2: The method of aspect 1, wherein determining whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap further comprises: abstaining from collection of the measurements during the measurement gap based at least in part on the second DCI being after the first DCI and the second indication indicating that the UE is to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap.
[0198] Aspect 3: The method of aspect 1, wherein determining whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap further comprises: collecting the measurements during the measurement gap based at least in part on the second DCI being after the first DCI and the second indication indicating that the UE is to collect the measurements during the measurement gap.
[0199] Aspect 4: The method of aspect 1, wherein determining whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap further comprises: determining an error case based at least in part on the second DCI being at the same time as the first DCI and the first indication being different from the second indication.
[0200] Aspect 5: The method of aspect 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective end symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0201] Aspect 6: The method of aspect 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective end times of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0202] Aspect 7: The method of aspect 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective first symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0203] Aspect 8: The method of aspect 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective DCI formats of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0204] Aspect 9: The method of aspect 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective sizes of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0205] Aspect 10: The method of aspect 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective aggregation levels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0206] Aspect 11: The method of aspect 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective search space set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0207] Aspect 12: The method of aspect 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective control resource set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0208] Aspect 13: The method of aspect 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective physical downlink control channel candidate indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0209] Aspect 14: The method of aspect 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of first resource blocks of a control channel element for respective physical downlink control channels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0210] Aspect 15: The method of aspect 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective carrier indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0211] Aspect 16: The method of aspect 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective carrier indication fields associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0212] Aspect 17: The method of aspect 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective frequency range indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0213] Aspect 18: The method of aspect 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on comparisons of respective factors associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, the respective factors include end symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI, end times of the first DCI and the second DCI first symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI, DCI formats of the first DCI and the second DCI, sizes of the first DCI and the second DCI, aggregation levels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, search space set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, control resource set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, physical downlink control channel candidate indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, first resource blocks of a control channel element for respective physical downlink control channels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, carrier indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, frequency range indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, carrier indication fields associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, or a combination thereof.
[0214] Aspect 19: A method for wireless communication by a network entity, comprising: outputting configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection of one or more measurements; outputting a first DCI that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap; determining, in accordance with a temporal rule, whether the first DCI and a second DCI are at a same time, wherein the second DCI comprises a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap; setting a value of the second indication to match the first indication based at least in part on the first DCI and the second DCI being at the same time in accordance with the temporal rule; and outputting the second DCI that includes the second indication.
[0215] Aspect 20: The method of aspect 19, wherein the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based at least in part on whether the first DCI and the second DCI overlap in time.
[0216] Aspect 21: The method of aspect 19, wherein the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective end symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0217] Aspect 22: The method of aspect 19, wherein the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective end symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0218] Aspect 23: The method of aspect 19, wherein the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective end times of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0219] Aspect 24: The method of aspect 19, wherein the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective first symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0220] Aspect 25: The method of aspect 19, wherein the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective DCI formats of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0221] Aspect 26: The method of aspect 19, wherein the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective sizes of the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0222] Aspect 27: The method of aspect 19, wherein the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective aggregation levels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0223] Aspect 28: The method of aspect 19, wherein the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective search space set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0224] Aspect 29: The method of aspect 19, wherein the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective control resource sets associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0225] Aspect 30: The method of aspect 19, wherein the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective physical downlink control channel candidate indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0226] Aspect 31: The method of aspect 19, wherein the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective first resource block numbers of a control channel element for respective physical downlink control channels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0227] Aspect 32: The method of aspect 19, wherein the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective carrier indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0228] Aspect 33: The method of aspect 19, wherein the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective carrier indication fields associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0229] Aspect 34: The method of aspect 19, wherein the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on a comparison of respective frequency range indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.
[0230] Aspect 35: The method of aspect 19, wherein the temporal rule for determination of whether the first DCI and the second DCI are at the same time is based on comparisons of respective factors associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, the respective factors include the first DCI and the second DCI overlap in time, end symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI, end times of the first DCI and the second DCI first symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI, DCI formats of the first DCI and the second DCI, sizes of the first DCI and the second DCI, aggregation levels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, search space set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, control resource set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, physical downlink control channel candidate indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, first resource blocks of a control channel element for respective physical downlink control channels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, carrier indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, frequency range indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, carrier indication fields associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, or a combination thereof.
[0231] Aspect 36: A UE for wireless communication, comprising one or more memories storing processor-executable code, and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to perform a method of any of aspects 1 through 18.
[0232] Aspect 37: A UE for wireless communication, comprising at least one means for performing a method of any of aspects 1 through 18.
[0233] Aspect 38: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to perform a method of any of aspects 1 through 18.
[0234] Aspect 39: A network entity for wireless communication, comprising one or more memories storing processor-executable code, and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to perform a method of any of aspects 19 through 35.
[0235] Aspect 40: A network entity for wireless communication, comprising at least one means for performing a method of any of aspects 19 through 35.
[0236] Aspect 41: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to perform a method of any of aspects 19 through 35.
[0237] It should be noted that the methods described herein describe possible implementations. The operations and the steps may be rearranged or otherwise modified and other implementations are possible. Further, aspects from two or more of the methods may be combined.
[0238] Although aspects of an LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR system may be described for purposes of example, and LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR terminology may be used in much of the description, the techniques described herein are applicable beyond LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR networks. For example, the described techniques may be applicable to various other wireless communications systems such as Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) , Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi) , IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX) , IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDM, as well as other systems and radio technologies not explicitly mentioned herein.
[0239] Information and signals described herein may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced throughout the description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.
[0240] The various illustrative blocks and components described in connection with the disclosure herein may be implemented or performed using a general-purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, a CPU, a graphics processing unit (GPU) , a neural processing unit (NPU) , an FPGA or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor but, in the alternative, the processor may be any processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices (e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration) . Any functions or operations described herein as being capable of being performed by a processor may be performed by multiple processors that, individually or collectively, are capable of performing the described functions or operations.
[0241] The functions described herein may be implemented using hardware, software executed by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented using software executed by a processor, the functions may be stored as or transmitted using one or more instructions or code of a computer-readable medium. Other examples and implementations are within the scope of the disclosure and appended claims. For example, due to the nature of software, functions described herein may be implemented using software executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwiring, or combinations of any of these. Features implementing functions may also be physically located at various positions, including being distributed such that portions of functions are implemented at different physical locations.
[0242] Computer-readable media includes both non-transitory computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one location to another. A non-transitory storage medium may be any available medium that may be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer. By way of example, and not limitation, non-transitory computer-readable media may include RAM, ROM, electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) , flash memory, compact disk (CD) ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transitory medium that may be used to carry or store desired program code means in the form of instructions or data structures and that may be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer or a general-purpose or special-purpose processor. Also, any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL) , or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave, then the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in the definition of computer-readable medium. Disk and disc, as used herein, include CD, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD) , floppy disk, and Blu-ray disc. Disks may reproduce data magnetically, and discs may reproduce data optically using lasers. Combinations of the above are also included within the scope of computer-readable media. Any functions or operations described herein as being capable of being performed by a memory may be performed by multiple memories that, individually or collectively, are capable of performing the described functions or operations.
[0243] As used herein, including in the claims, “or” as used in a list of items (e.g., a list of items prefaced by a phrase such as “at least one of” or “one or more of” ) indicates an inclusive list such that, for example, a list of at least one of A, B, or C means A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C) . Also, as used herein, the phrase “based on” shall not be construed as a reference to a closed set of conditions. For example, an example step that is described as “based on condition A” may be based on both a condition A and a condition B without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. In other words, as used herein, the phrase “based on” shall be construed in the same manner as the phrase “based at least in part on. ”
[0244] As used herein, including in the claims, the article “a” before a noun is open-ended and understood to refer to “at least one” of those nouns or “one or more” of those nouns. Thus, the terms “a, ” “at least one, ” “one or more, ” and “at least one of one or more” may be interchangeable. For example, if a claim recites “a component” that performs one or more functions, each of the individual functions may be performed by a single component or by any combination of multiple components. Thus, the term “a component” having characteristics or performing functions may refer to “at least one of one or more components” having a particular characteristic or performing a particular function. Subsequent reference to a component introduced with the article “a” using the terms “the” or “said” may refer to any or all of the one or more components. For example, a component introduced with the article “a” may be understood to mean “one or more components, ” and referring to “the component” subsequently in the claims may be understood to be equivalent to referring to “at least one of the one or more components. ” Similarly, subsequent reference to a component introduced as “one or more components” using the terms “the” or “said” may refer to any or all of the one or more components. For example, referring to “the one or more components” subsequently in the claims may be understood to be equivalent to referring to “at least one of the one or more components. ”
[0245] The term “determine” or “determining” encompasses a variety of actions and, therefore, “determining” can include calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up (such as via looking up in a table, a database, or another data structure) , ascertaining, and the like. Also, “determining” can include receiving (e.g., receiving information) , accessing (e.g., accessing data stored in memory) , and the like. Also, “determining” can include resolving, obtaining, selecting, choosing, establishing, and other such similar actions.
[0246] In the appended figures, similar components or features may have the same reference label. Further, various components of the same type may be distinguished by following the reference label by a dash and a second label that distinguishes among the similar components. If just the first reference label is used in the specification, the description is applicable to any one of the similar components having the same first reference label irrespective of the second reference label or other subsequent reference label.
[0247] The description set forth herein, in connection with the appended drawings, describes example configurations and does not represent all the examples that may be implemented or that are within the scope of the claims. The term “example” used herein means “serving as an example, instance, or illustration” and not “preferred” or “advantageous over other examples. ” The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing an understanding of the described techniques. These techniques, however, may be practiced without these specific details. In some figures, known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring the concepts of the described examples.
[0248] The description herein is provided to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make or use the disclosure. Various modifications to the disclosure will be apparent to a person having ordinary skill in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the scope of the disclosure. Thus, the disclosure is not limited to the examples and designs described herein but is to be accorded the broadest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.
Claims
1.A user equipment (UE) , comprising:one or more memories storing processor-executable code; andone or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:receive configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection, by the UE, of one or more measurements;receive a first downlink control information (DCI) that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap;receive a second DCI that includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap; anddetermine whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap based at least in part on the second DCI being at a same time as or after the first DCI in accordance with a rule for determination of a temporal order of the first DCI and the second DCI.2.The UE of claim 1, wherein, to determine whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap, the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:abstain from collection of the measurements during the measurement gap based at least in part on the second DCI being after the first DCI and the second indication indicating that the UE is to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap.3.The UE of claim 1, wherein, to determine whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap, the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:collect the measurements during the measurement gap based at least in part on the second DCI being after the first DCI and the second indication indicating that the UE is to collect the measurements during the measurement gap.4.The UE of claim 1, wherein, to determine whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap, the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:determine an error case based at least in part on the second DCI being at the same time as the first DCI and the first indication being different from the second indication.5.The UE of claim 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective end symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI.6.The UE of claim 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective end times of the first DCI and the second DCI.7.The UE of claim 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective first symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI.8.The UE of claim 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective DCI formats of the first DCI and the second DCI.9.The UE of claim 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective sizes of the first DCI and the second DCI.10.The UE of claim 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective aggregation levels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.11.The UE of claim 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective search space set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.12.The UE of claim 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective control resource set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.13.The UE of claim 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective physical downlink control channel candidate indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.14.The UE of claim 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of first resource blocks of a control channel element for respective physical downlink control channels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.15.The UE of claim 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective carrier indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.16.The UE of claim 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective carrier indication fields associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.17.The UE of claim 1, wherein the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on a comparison of respective frequency range indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI.18.The UE of claim 1, wherein:the rule for determination of the temporal order is based on comparisons of respective factors associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, andthe respective factors include end symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI, end times of the first DCI and the second DCI, first symbols of the first DCI and the second DCI, DCI formats of the first DCI and the second DCI, sizes of the first DCI and the second DCI, aggregation levels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, search space set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, control resource set identifiers associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, physical downlink control channel candidate indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, first resource blocks of a control channel element for respective physical downlink control channels associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, carrier indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, frequency range indices associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, carrier indication fields associated with the first DCI and the second DCI, or a combination thereof.19.A method for wireless communication by user equipment (UE) , comprising:receiving configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection, by the UE, of one or more measurements;receiving a first downlink control information (DCI) that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap;receiving a second DCI that includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap; anddetermining whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap based at least in part on the second DCI being at a same time as or after the first DCI in accordance with a rule for determination of a temporal order of the first DCI and the second DCI.20.A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to:receive configuration information that indicates a measurement gap for collection of one or more measurements;receive a first downlink control information (DCI) that includes a first indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap;receive a second DCI that includes a second indication of whether to abstain from collection of measurements during the measurement gap; anddetermine whether to collect the measurements during the measurement gap based at least in part on the second DCI being at a same time as or after the first DCI in accordance with a rule for determination of a temporal order of the first DCI and the second DCI.