BWP-Specific Measurement Gap Signaling for Wireless UE
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless network designs lack sufficient information to determine whether user equipment (UE) needs measurement gaps for each configured bandwidth part (BWP), leading to suboptimal 'on/off' configurations and potential inefficiencies in measurement gap utilization.
Innovation Solution
The proposed solution involves updating the measurement configuration signaling to allow user equipment (UE) to report its capability for each configured BWP across serving cells, enabling BWP-specific or BWP-generic need-for-gap information, and incorporating network-controlled small gaps (NCSGs) to optimize measurement gap usage without interrupting communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If measurement gaps are configured for all BWPs, then measurement coverage is improved, but resource utilization deteriorates due to unnecessary gaps interrupting data transmission
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by enabling BWP-specific measurement gap configuration rather than uniform configuration across all BWPs. The network can individually determine which BWPs require measurement gaps based on their specific characteristics, target frequencies, and measurement requirements. This allows measurement coverage to be ensured only where necessary while maintaining data transmission continuity in BWPs that do not require gaps, thus resolving the contradiction between measurement coverage and resource utilization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamics by introducing dynamic indication mechanisms that allow the network to flexibly activate or deactivate measurement gaps for specific BWPs based on real-time conditions. The dynamic BWP-specific indication enables the system to adapt measurement gap configuration to changing measurement requirements and traffic conditions, optimizing the balance between measurement coverage and resource utilization rather than using static universal configuration.
2Manufacturing precision
If BWP-specific measurement gap indication is implemented, then measurement gap configuration precision is improved, but signaling complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial action by implementing BWP-specific measurement gap indication only when necessary, rather than requiring full detailed configuration for all BWPs unconditionally. The network can selectively provide BWP-specific indications for BWPs that require precise measurement gap control while using more generic configurations for others, thus achieving the needed precision without proportionally increasing signaling complexity across the entire system.
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AI summary
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for measurement configurations and user equipment capability reporting in wireless networks.