WO2016164087A1

WO2016164087A1 - Cell specific group measurement gap for carrier aggregation

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Publication number: WO2016164087A1
Application number: PCT/US2015/067342
Authority: WO
Inventors: Candy YIU; Hong He; Yang Tang; Youn Hyoung Heo
Original assignee: Intel IP Corporation
Priority date: 2015-04-09
Filing date: 2015-12-22
Publication date: 2016-10-13
Also published as: CN107431957B; CN107431957A; HK1247502A1

Abstract

A network device (e.g., an evolved Node B (eNB) or user equipment (UE)) can identify a measurement object identifier and a measurement gap pattern to enable network measurements of carriers or bands during measurement gaps. The measurement object identifiers can be increased for release 13 or beyond. Measurement gap patterns can be communicated in order to reduce the measurement delay as well as increase data efficiency in the downlink. The transmitting or receiving of the measurement objects (e.g., carriers or band) communicatively coupled on the network and the measurement gap pattern can be communicated via one or more radio resource control (RRC) signals.

Description

CELL SPECIFIC GROUP MEASUREMENT GAP FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION

REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No.

62/145,31 8 filed April 9, 201 5, entitled "CELL SPEC MG", the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety.

FIELD

[0002] The present disclosure relates to measurement gaps, and more specifically, cell specific group measurement gaps for carrier aggregation.

BACKGROUND

[0003] Wireless mobile communication technology uses various standards and protocols to transmit data between a node (e.g., a transmission station) and a wireless device (e.g., a mobile device), or a user equipment (UE). Some wireless devices communicate using orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) in a downlink (DL) transmission and single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC- FDMA) in an uplink (UL) transmission. Standards and protocols that use orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) for signal transmission include the third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.16 standard (e.g., 802.16e, 802.16m), which is commonly known to industry groups as WiMAX (Worldwide interoperability for Microwave Access), and the IEEE 802.1 1 standard, which is commonly known to industry groups as WiFi.

[0004] In 3GPP radio access network (RAN) LTE systems, the node can be a combination of Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) Node Bs (also commonly denoted as evolved Node Bs, enhanced Node Bs, eNodeBs, or eNBs) and Radio Network Controllers (RNCs), which communicates with the UE. The downlink (DL) transmission can be a communication from an access point / node or base station (e.g., a macro cell device, an eNodeB, an eNB, or other similar network device) to the UE, and the uplink (UL) transmission can be a communication from the wireless device to the node. In LTE, data can be transmitted from the eNodeB to the UE via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). A physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) can be used to acknowledge that data was received. Downlink and uplink channels can use time-division duplexing (TDD) or frequency-division duplexing (FDD).

[0005] Future network deployments ensure that the number of frequencies is going to increase as a result of higher demand and newer technology evolving in wireless communication. The number of cells and frequency demand will increase. Macro cell network devices, small cell network devices or the other such network devices having a smaller coverage zone or lower power capability than a macro cell device (e.g., small eNBs, micro-eNBs, pico-eNBs, femto-eNBs, home eNBs (HeNBs)) can also be introduced with dual connectivity features as specified in 3GPP Release 12. The user equipment (UE) (e.g., a network device, a mobile device, a wireless device or the like) can thus be capable of connecting two or more cells simultaneously.

[0006] In order to facilitate smooth network transitions (e.g., cell handovers, redirection, reselection, or the like)) with high a quality of experience (QoE), the UE has to have the capability to measure surrounding cells and provide related data to the network. In network deployment situations there may be many frequencies, some of the frequency carriers can be micro cells that have been deployed back to back in dense network deployments. However, the UE may not be able to switch to those cells as a result of a large load within the macro cell, for example. As a result of a large network deployment density, the UE may not be able to access these small cells depending on the location of the UE. If the UE misses chances of measuring small cell frequency carriers, it might not have a backup network available. Additionally, if it misses measurements to the macro layers, the UE may not be able to handover fast enough and a call could drop. As such, the network, for example, might designate the macro cell layer or particular network devices (e.g., one or more macro / small cell network devices) to a normal performance group and small cell layer or other particular network devices (e.g., one or more macro / small cell network devices) to a reduced

performance group so that the UE would perform more measurements in the normal performance group and fewer measurements in the reduced performance group. The reason these two groups are introduced is because 3GPP release 12 increased the number of carriers that the UE measures. Because the UE has to measure more carriers, this introduces more delays to measure one particular carrier. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0007] FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram illustrating an example wireless

communications network environment for a UE or eNB according to various aspects.

[0008] FIG. 2 illustrates examples of a data slot indicating a number of measurement objects according to various aspects or embodiments being disclosed.

[0009] FIG. 3 illustrates an example measurement gap pattern according to various aspects or embodiments being disclosed.

[0010] FIG. 4 illustrates an example UE device with different radio frequency processing chains and respective band coverage according to various aspects or embodiments being disclosed.

[0011] FIG. 5 illustrates another example measurement gap pattern according to various aspects or embodiments being disclosed.

[0012] FIG. 6 illustrates an example modification of a measurement gap

configuration information element for release 13 or beyond according to various aspects or embodiments being disclosed.

[0013] FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a measurement gap configuration information element for release 13 or beyond according to various aspects or embodiments being disclosed.

[0014] FIG. 8 illustrates another example measurement gap pattern according to various aspects or embodiments being disclosed.

[0015] FIG. 9 illustrates another example measurement gap pattern as a minigap pattern according to various aspects or embodiments being disclosed.

[0016] FIG. 10 illustrates an example modification of a measurement gap

[0017] FIG. 11 illustrates an example of a measurement gap configuration information element for release 1 3 or beyond according to various aspects or embodiments being disclosed.

[0018] FIG. 12 illustrates a process flow for measurement gap patterns for a network according to various aspects or embodiments being disclosed.

[0019] FIG. 13 illustrates another process flow for a measurement gap pattern for a network according to various aspects or embodiments being disclosed. [0020] FIG. 14 illustrates another process flow for another measurement gap pattern for a network according to various aspects or embodiments being disclosed.

[0021] FIG. 15 illustrates another process flow for another measurement gap pattern with a minigap for a network according to various aspects or embodiments being disclosed.

[0022] FIG. 16 illustrates an example electronic (network) device according to various aspects.

[0023] FIG. 17 illustrates example system for operating network measurement gap patterns according to various aspects.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0024] The present disclosure will now be described with reference to the attached drawing figures, wherein like reference numerals are used to refer to like elements throughout, and wherein the illustrated structures and devices are not necessarily drawn to scale. As utilized herein, terms "component," "system," "interface," and the like are intended to refer to a computer-related entity, hardware, software (e.g., in execution), and/or firmware. For example, a component can be a processor, a process running on a processor, a controller, a circuit or a circuit element, an object, an executable, a program, a storage device, a computer, a tablet PC and/or a mobile phone with a processing device. By way of illustration, an application running on a server and the server can also be a component. One or more components can reside within a process, and a component can be localized on one computer and/or distributed between two or more computers. A set of elements or a set of other components can be described herein, in which the term "set" can be interpreted as "one or more."

[0025] Further, these components can execute from various computer readable storage media having various data structures stored thereon such as with a module, for example. The components can communicate via local and/or remote processes such as in accordance with a signal having one or more data packets (e.g., data from one component interacting with another component in a local system, distributed system, and/or across a network, such as, the Internet, a local area network, a wide area network, or similar network with other systems via the signal).

[0026] As another example, a component can be an apparatus with specific functionality provided by mechanical parts operated by electric or electronic circuitry, in which the electric or electronic circuitry can be operated by a software application or a firmware application executed by one or more processors. The one or more processors can be internal or external to the apparatus and can execute at least a part of the software or firmware application. As yet another example, a component can be an apparatus that provides specific functionality through electronic components or elements without mechanical parts; the electronic components can include one or more processors therein to execute software and/or firmware that confer(s), at least in part, the functionality of the electronic components.

[0027] Use of the word exemplary is intended to present concepts in a concrete fashion. As used in this application, the term "or" is intended to mean an inclusive "or" rather than an exclusive "or". That is, unless specified otherwise, or clear from context, "X employs A or B" is intended to mean any of the natural inclusive permutations. That is, if X employs A; X employs B; or X employs both A and B, then "X employs A or B" is satisfied under any of the foregoing instances. In addition, the articles "a" and "an" as used in this application and the appended claims should generally be construed to mean "one or more" unless specified otherwise or clear from context to be directed to a singular form. Furthermore, to the extent that the terms "including", "includes", "having", "has", "with", or variants thereof are used in either the detailed description and the claims, such terms are intended to be inclusive in a manner similar to the term

"comprising".

[0028] In consideration of the above described deficiencies, network devices (e.g., macro cells, Access Points (APs), Access Controllers (ACs), eNBs, small cells, UEs, etc.) described herein can enable one or more specific measurement gap patterns and related solutions to support LTE carrier aggregation (CA) of up to 32 carrier components (CCs) for DL and UL. For CA processes, two measurement performance groups alone may not be enough for the LTE CA to support up to 32 CCs or more. Various measurement gap patterns are proposed in this disclosure to more efficiently measure carriers at the measurement gaps. A measurement gap pattern can be referred to, for example as the pattern of measurement gaps that the UE can facilitate frequency carrier measurements on within a time period or duration. The UE, for example, can operate during a measurement gap to switch from a serving band it is connected on to a different band in order to perform a measurement of the carrier. The term serving band as used herein means the UE can be connected to that band as a serving band and can receive downlink data), in this case no measurement is necessarily required in that band because the UE is already operating in that band. [0029] For example, in one measurement gap pattern a first receive circuitry component (e.g., an RF chain or pipeline having one or more antenna ports, antennas, filters, signal processors or other circuitry for processing received signals at one or more frequencies) can be configured to operate on a first band during a first measurement gap to facilitate measurement of the first band. In addition, a measurement can be performed on a second band at a second measurement gap. The first receive circuitry component can further operate on a first serving band to downlink data at other time periods or intervals other than during the first and second measurement gaps or outside of the measurement gap pattern, for example as distinguished from a different serving band the the additional / second receive circuitry would operate on.

[0030] A second or additional receive circuitry component can also be configured to operate on a third band at the first measurement gap and a fourth band at the second measurement gap to facilitate measurements of the third band and the fourth band during the respective measurement gaps. The second receive circuitry component can also further operate on a second serving band to downlink data at the other time periods. The first serving band, the second serving band, the first band, the second band, the third band, and the fourth band can be different carrier frequencies from one another.

[0031] In an embodiment, the first receive circuitry component and the second receive circuitry component are further configured to receive downlink data in a different measurement gap that occurs between the first measurement gap and the second measurement gap. Therefore, the sequence for measuring during the measurement gaps would alternate between measuring respective bands that the first and second receive circuitry components cover, and downlinking data on their respective serving band. As such, while making measurements during the measurement gaps, downlink data can be inhibited. An advantage here is that the problem of having no downlink data or very little can be improved by increasing downlink data efficiency.

[0032] In another embodiment, The first receive circuitry component can facilitate a measurement of a first band at a first measurement gap, and at a second measurement gap measure a second band while concurrently downlinking data on a first serving band. At a third measurement gap the first receive circuitry component could perform no measurements or downlink data, and at a fourth downlink data on the serving frequency. Concurrently, simultaneously or at about the same time, the second receive circuitry component can downlink data on a second serving band that is different from the first serving band at the first measurement gap, perform no measurements or downlink data at the second measurement gap, measure a third band at a third measurement gap while concurrently downlinking data on the second serving band, and measure a fourth band at a fourth measurement gap. Additional aspects and details of the disclosure are further described below with reference to figures.

[0033] FIG. 1 illustrates an example non-limiting wireless communications environment 100 that can facilitate or enable one or more measurement gap

configurations via communications between the base station network device (e.g., eNB) and UEs for LTE CA to support an increased number of frequency carriers or carrier components. The wireless communications environment 100 can include a multitude of wireless communications networks, each having a respective coverage area. The coverage area of some of the wireless communications networks can overlap such that one or more mobile devices might be served by any one of the network devices whose coverage areas overlap.

[0034] Wireless communications environment 100 includes one or more cellular broadcast servers or macro cell NDs 102, 104 (e.g., base stations, eNBs, APs or the like) and one or more small cell NDs or APs (e.g., small eNBs, micro-eNBs, pico-eNBs, femto-eNBs, home eNBs (HeNBs), or Wi-Fi nodes) 106, 108 deployed within the wireless communications environment 100 and servicing one or more UE devices 1 10, 1 1 2, 1 14, 1 16, 1 18. Each wireless communications network (e.g., cellular broadcast servers 1 02, 104 and small cell network devices 106, 1 08) comprises one or more network devices (e.g., a set of network devices (NDs)) that operate in conjunction in order to process network traffic for the one or more UE devices 1 10, 1 12, 1 14, 1 16, or 1 1 8. For example, macro cell NDs 102, 104 can comprise a set of network devices that are cellular enabled network devices. In another example, the small cell network devices 106, 1 08 can include a set of network devices that operate with a smaller coverage zone than the macro cell network devices 102 and 102, for example.

[0035] Although network devices (NDs) 106 and 108 are described as small cell network devices, they can also be Wi-Fi enabled devices or wireless local area network (WLAN) devices, as well as macro cell network devices, small cell network devices, or some other type of ND operable as a base station or eNB, for example. Alternatively one or more of the macro cell NDs 102 and 1 04 could be small cell network devices or other NDs of a different radio access technology (RAT) that operate with different frequency carriers, for example. [0036] As illustrated, each of the one or more Wi-Fi access points 106, 1 08 can have a corresponding service area 120, 122. Additionally, each of the one or more cellular broadcast servers or macro cell NDs 102, 104 can have a corresponding service area 124, 126. However, it should be understood that the wireless communications environment 100 is not limited to this implementation. For example, any number of APs or NDs with respective service areas can be deployed within the wireless

communications environment 100. Further, any number of cellular broadcast servers and respective service areas can be deployed within the wireless communications environment 100 as well.

[0037] Although only five UE devices 1 10, 1 12, 1 14, 1 1 6, 1 18 are illustrated, any number of UE devices can be deployed within the wireless communications

environment 100 as well. A UE device can contain some or all of the functionality of a system, subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, mobile, wireless terminal, device, mobile device, remote station, remote terminal, access terminal, user terminal, terminal, wireless communication device, wireless communication apparatus, user agent, user device, or other ND, for example. A mobile device can be a cellular telephone, a cordless telephone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a smart phone, a feature phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a laptop, a handheld communication device, a handheld computing device, a netbook, a tablet, a satellite radio, a data card, a wireless modem card and/or another processing device for communicating over a wireless system. In addition, the UE devices 1 10, 1 12, 1 14, 1 1 6, 1 18 can include functionality as more fully described herein and can also be configured as dual connected devices, in which one or more of the UE devices 1 10, 1 12, 1 14, 1 1 6, 1 18 can be connected to more than one eNB or ND of different RATs (e.g., LTE and WLAN, or other combination).

[0038] In one aspect, cellular broadcast servers or macro cell NDs 102, 104 and small cell NDs 106, 108 can monitor their surrounding radio conditions (e.g., by employing respective measurement components). For example, each of the macro cell NDs 102, 1 04 and small cell NDs 106, 108 can determine network traffic load on its respective network by performing a network diagnostic procedure. As an example, during a network listen procedure, macro cell NDs 1 02, 104, small cell NDs 106, 1 08 or UE devices 1 10, 1 12, 1 14, 1 16, 1 1 8 can scan their radio environment to determine network performance statistics or network parameters (e.g., frequency, SNR, signal quality, QoS, QoE, load, congestion, signal rate, etc.). Various parameters associated with macro cell NDs 102, 104 and small cell NDs 106, 108 can be detected during the network diagnostic procedure or measurements by the UE devices, such as, but not limited to, frequency bands, scrambling codes, common channel pilot power, bandwidth across respective networks, universal mobile telecommunications system terrestrial radio access receive signal strength indicator, as well as frequency carrier priorities for particular cell groups (e.g., a normal group or a reduced group) and so on.

[0039] In an example scenario, UE devices 1 10, 1 12, 1 14, 1 16, 1 18 can be serviced by networks through one of the macro cell NDs 102, 104, or small cell NDs 106, 108. As a user equipment device is moved within the wireless communications environment 100, the respective user equipment device might be moved in and out of the coverage area of the associated serving network. For example, as a user is sending/receiving communications through their respective UE device, the user might be walking, riding in a car, riding on a train, moving around a densely populated urban area (e.g., a large city), wherein the movement might cause the mobile device to be moved between various wireless communication networks. In such cases, the UE it is beneficial to route the network traffic (e.g., handoff) from a serving ND to a target ND in order to continue the communication (e.g., avoid dropped calls) or facilitating offloading for load distribution or other efficiency purposes. However, with an increased number of NDs and frequency carriers to measure, UE devices 1 10, 1 12, 1 14, 1 16, 1 18 can have a problem being able to measure each carrier within allotted time measurement gaps. Because the UE devices 1 10, 1 1 2, 1 14, 1 1 6, 1 18 have to measure an increase number if carriers (e.g., 32 or greater), these measurement gaps can introduce more delays.

[0040] In one example, if two frequency carriers (e.g., carriers components for LTE CA) of different frequencies exist on the network environment 1 00, where 40

milliseconds (ms) is the measurement gap. Because there are two carriers, the UE devices 1 10, 1 12, 1 14, 1 1 6, 1 18 would operate on one carrier, which is the serving frequency, and thus would only have to measure one additional carrier. As such, every 40ms the UE (e.g., UE 1 10) would switch to the other carrier to perform measurements thereon. This means every 40ms the UE 1 10 would measure once as a measurement gap reception period (MGRP). At each measurement sample, measurements could comprise any network measurement of network conditions related to the frequency band, network device operating (communicating) the frequency band, or channel conditions, such as a signal strength, a channel quality, a load condition of the ND, or other measurement such as a reference signal received power (RSRP), a reference signal received quality (RSRQ), channel state information (CSI), one or more channel quality indicators (CQIs) or the like.

[0041] However, if two additional carriers are present on the network or within communication range (communicatively coupled to the UE device 1 10) for the UE devicel 1 0 to measure, then three carriers exits on the network with the serving frequency carrier that the UE device 1 10 can downlinks data and communicate on. In a first measurement gap of a sequence of gaps, the UE device 1 1 0 can measure a second frequency (the serving frequency being the first), for example, and in a second or subsequent measurement gap the UE device 1 10 could measure a third frequency of a different carriers. This means that at every 80ms the UE device could only measure once. This is a longer delay than just having to measure one frequency carrier, in which the total delay is proportional to the number of carriers that the UE device 1 1 0 has to measure. Thus, thirty-two or more carriers would mean a gap delay of approximately 32 ^* 40ms (measurement gap repetition/reception period) to get one sample of a particular frequency or frequencies (inter-frequency or intra-frequency) of one or more different NDs. This longer delay can create problems for the UEs, which may not be able to measure the frequencies within a sufficient or efficient time frame. This longer delay can also cause further problems with network handovers and determining what cell or cell ND is optimal in an adequate time based on the conditions of the UE device 1 1 0, for example.

[0042] In one aspect, the network objective therefore is to enhance the time measurement gap for the carriers belonging to a normal performance group, which can receive more measurements than a reduced performance group. The network can allocated which carriers or NDs are a part of which group. For example, the normal performance group could have the macro cell NDs 202, and 204, while the reduced performance group could have small cell NDs 106, 108; however, any mix of NDs and associated frequency carriers can be designated by the network or ND device (e.g., macro cell ND 1 02) or the like. The NDs or UEs of the network can be enhanced in various embodiments to enable carrier aggregation of up to 32 component carriers for both DL and UL, and further enable about frequency five carriers or more, for example, to be supported at one time. Thus, in addition or alternatively for CA, two measurement performance groups for CA various specific cell measurement gap patterns for CA to support up to 32 CC in CA are disclosed. [0043] Referring to FIG. 2, illustrated are examples of identifiers (IDs) for the number of measurements for a carrier that instruct a UE from the eNB. In radio resource (RRM) measurement in LTE, the frequency carrier or band that the UE performs a

measurement can be configured by a measurement object (e.g., measObject). The maximum number of measurement objective IDs maxObjectld 202, for example can be defined in 3GPP specifications. In principle, a single measurement object is configured per radio frequency (RF) carrier. Considering up to thirty-two CCs projected for Rel-13 CA, theoretically the number of measurement object IDs to meet objectives can be increased to an even larger value (e.g. 64). On the other hand, the maximum value expressed by the data field 202 could be still sufficient. There might be some cases when the UE is configured with up to 32 CCs, eNB could derive the necessary information for the purpose of CCs management from a measurement report on one CC in the same frequency band. Such a solution, for example, could be applied at least to the aggregation of carrier B and C when carrier B and C are in the same frequency band, for example. Correspondingly, the required measurement object IDs can be reduced and current value could be sufficient.

[0044] The ID 202 includes thirty-two CCs as a way to designate a measurement of object ID. When the network increases the measurement object to accommodate more than 32 CCs (e.g., as in the data ID 204 maxObject ID designating the max integer 64), the network also can configure more measurement objects to link to the measurement configuration (MeasGapConfig), in which 32 may not be enough. Thus the eNB can provide for a suggested increase to about 64 CCs or other amount, which is just an example, in order to accommodate the increase in number of carrier frequencies. The E-UTRAN, for example, can apply processors with the data IDs 202 or 204, for example, or some other increase, to ensure then that whenever the UE receives a measConfig, it includes a measObject for each serving frequency with the maxObjectID, for example.

[0045] Referring to FIG. 3, illustrated is an example of a measurement gap pattern 300 in accordance with various embodiments and in reference to FIG. 1 . The measurement gap pattern 300 can operate, for example, with a measurement gap repetition/reception period of either as a 40ms or a 80ms. The measurement gap pattern 300 , for example, can be implemented with a single server (serving) band for operation with a single radio frequency (RF) chain (not shown) with a constant gap duration of each gap at about 6ms, which can be provided by the eNB (e.g., ND 102) to the UE device (e.g., 1 14). An RF chain (e.g., a transmit circuitry component/receive circuitry component), for example, can comprise one or more processing components (e.g., filters, digital signal processors, amplifiers or other components for processing data signals) that can cover various ranges the RF spectrum. The UE 1 14 does not have to utilize all RF chains to do inter-frequency measurement for a certain frequency carrier, such as with measurement gap pattern 300.

[0046] As state above, the duration of each gap can be about 6ms, which is applied or configured by the eNB (e.g., ND 1 02) to the UE device 1 14 of FIG. 1 , for example. During this 6ms gap there is no data transmission. However, the UE device 1 14 can also have CA capability, which means the UE device 1 14 can operate with more than one RF chain at a time. Thus, with more than one RF chain, it is possible that the UE device 1 14 can increase the throughput gain by using some of the RF for measurement and simultaneously having data. As such, radio resource management (RRM) measurements without a gap can bring up to 15% of throughput gain (e.g., 40ms MGRP) as such it is a desire to improve UE device performance especially in case of CA with a large number of CCs. To achieve this benefit, measurement gap is better applied to only relevant serving cells (i.e., to the serving cells operating on the RF circuit measuring the concerned frequency).

[0047] The measurement gap pattern 300 (i.e., either 40ms MGRP or 80ms MGRP) can be configured by the network to the UE. The network takes into account that the UE performs measurements one band at a time to satisfy the measurement requirement and that all bands during the measurement gap will not have downlink transmission. For example, the network could have five frequencies available such that the serving band is band A 302, which can be the serving frequency that the UE facilitates connected operations on. The other bands, for example, can include Band X 304, Band Y 306, Band Z 308 and Band L 310. The black gaps indicate where no measurement can be performed, the darker shaded gaps (e.g., gaps 312) indicate where

measurements of the bands can be performed and the lighter shaded gaps (e.g., 314) indicate where no data transmission can occur.

[0048] Based on the measurement gap pattern 300, the UE device 1 14 could perform measurement on Band X 304 in the first 40 millisecond gap 31 6, while there is no data transmission on serving Band A 302. Each band, for example, can represent a frequency band or range for DL or UL. Then in the next 40 millisecond measurement gap 318, the UE device 1 14 can measure Band Y 306. Then in the third measurement gap 320, the UE device 1 14 can measure band Z 308 and subsequently measure Band L 310, in the fourth measurement gap 322. Then the UE device 1 14 can cycle again to measure Band X 304 again, in which the sequence of measurement gaps can continuously repeat.

[0049] Referring to FIG. 4, illustrates an example of a CA scenario 400 together with an example UE 1 14, where for an RF chainl 402, the UE device 1 14, for example, can cover the frequency Band X 304 and Band Y 306. Each RF chainl 402 and RF chain2 404 can comprise one or more components for a signal processing chain, for example, that can include a filter as well as hardware to increment the filter as well as further process RF signals for data. Because the frequency can be high, not all of the RF chains can cover all of the frequency bands at once. For example, RF chainl 402 can only cover Band X 304 (e.g., any frequency range either for DL or UL as specified by 3GPP) and Band Y 306. Additionally, RF chain2 404 can only cover Band Z 308 and Band L 310, in which each RF chainl 402 and RF chain2 404 can cover certain frequency bands or bandwidths of a frequency spectrum.

[0050] Referring now to FIG. 5, illustrated is an example of another measurement gap pattern 500 of a measurement gap configuration information element for release 13 or beyond to reduce measurement delay via one or more network devices on the network. As in the measurement gap pattern 300 of FIG. 3, a measurement delay in the measurement gap pattern 500 occurs in a pattern of four measurements to obtain a measurement sample of each band (e.g., Band X, Y, Z, and L). As such in every 160ms the UE device 1 14 can obtain one sample of each Band, which is considered the measurement delay. In the measurement gap pattern 300, if the UE device 1 14 can measure Band X 304 and Y 306, using one serving frequency, for example, and Band Z and L while using a second serving frequency.

[0051] In the first measurement gap 502 the UE device 1 14 can measure Band X 304 using RF chainl 402 and Band Z 308 using RF chain2 404, and measure simultaneously. Likewise, in the second measurement gap 504, the UE device 1 14 could measure Band Y with RF chainl 402, and measure Band L 310 with RF chain2 404. The pattern then repeats itself for measurement gaps 508 and 510. Now in each measurement gap the UE device 1 14 could measure two Bands instead of one Band, and the measurement delay has thus been cut in half because the UE device 1 14 can utilizing both RF chains simultaneously. Instead of needing four measurement gaps to obtain measurement samples of all the bands, only two could be used in this scenario for example.

[0052] However, the network could assume the UE device 1 14 only has one RF chain instead of two, while the measurement requirements are also based on only one RF chain, which would not take advantage of the network capabilities unless adequate communication is ensured between network devices (e.g., the UE and eNB). Therefore, gap configurations can be further added to the 3GPP standards (TS 36.331 ) for further facilitating communication based on a CA specific measurement pattern measurement. Instead of only utilizing the existing zero and one, which is 40ms and 80ms, an additional specification could be added as illustrated in FIG. 6 as CA-gapO 602, which is part of a measurement gap configuration (MeasGapConfig) on an information element (IE) 600.

[0053] FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a measurement gap configuration or

MeasGapConfig that enables the measurement gap patterns to be communicated and implemented between NDs (e.g., eNB(s) and UE(s)) such as illustrated in FIGs. 5 and 8, for example. The data slot or item CA-gapO 602 indicates the gap repetition period 604, which could be 40ms and 80ms, as well as have one or more spares for optional or future extension. Additionally, the CA-gapO 602 data item of the MeasGapConfig IE can further comprise a measurement gap offset 606, which indicates when the gap has started for further measurement. The CA-gapO 602 further indicates a band

measurement list (bandMeasurementList) 608, which includes which measurement Band the UE should measure using that measurement gap. For example, a reduced performance group or a normal performance group could divided and be specified as well by indicating certain bands needing measurement, either more frequently or at all with the band measurement list 608.

[0054] The gap offset (gapOffset) 602 describes that the gpO value can correspond to a gap offset of a Gap Pattern Id "0" with measurement gap repetition/reception period (MGRP) = 40ms for example. The gap offset of gp1 can correspond to the gap offset of Gap pattern "1 " with a MGRP = 80ms. These gap offset pattern IDs can be used to specify the measurement gap pattern to be applied as defined in the specification of release 1 3 or beyond, for example, which provide information for a selection to be determined (e.g., via the UE or the eNB), for example, among the IDs. For example, ca-gapO 602 comprises the gapOffset-r13 606 as the gapOffset value based on the gap pattern repetition period (or MGRP) (gapRepetitionPeriod) selected, or the measurement gap pattern repetition period as defined in 3GPP specification TS 36.133, for example. Finally, the bandMeasurementList specifies or indicates the bands that should be measured using the same gap period or MGRP.

[0055] Alternatively, FIG. 7 illustrates a compliant measurement configuration (MeasGapConfig) IE alternative for 3GPP release 13 for carrier aggregation (e.g., CA- MeasGapConfig-r1 3 ID) 700. The first option could be to add another measurement gap in the existing IE, as provided above in FIG. 6 although a new measurement gap configuration CA-MeasGapConfig-r1 3 IE for the CA 700 could be demonstrated with at least some similar content as IE 600 of FIG. 6. For example, the gap repetition period 702 could be 40ms and 80ms, as well as have one or more spares for optional or future extension. Additionally, the MeasGapConfig-r13 IE can further comprise a

measurement gap offset 704, which can indicate when the gap has started for further measurement and is based on the gap pattern repetition period selected. A band measurement list (bandMeasurementList) 706 further includes which measurement Band the UE should measure using that measurement gap or measurement gap pattern.

[0056] FIG. 8 illustrates another gap pattern 800 that can enable the increase downlink data efficiency among network devices (e.g., eNB(s) and UE(s)). The UE serving Bands are Bands A + B 302 and 502 as above. RF chainl 402 (RF_1 ) supports serving Band A 302 in addition to X 304 and Y 306. RF chain2 404 (RF_2) supports serving Band B 502 in addition to Z 308 and L 310. The UE device 1 14, for example, can thus perform measurement on Band X 304 and Z 308 simultaneously using both RF chainl 402 and RF chain2 404 in the first measurement gap slot 504. Similarly, the UE device 1 14 can also perform measurement on Band Y 306 and L 310 simultaneously in the third measurement gap time slot 508. With the same measurement performance, the UE device 1 14 can now can facilitate or enable downlink data on Bands A + B 302 and 502 in the second measurement gap slot 506 and the fourth measurement gap slot 4 510.

[0057] As such, a network device can utilize the measurement gap pattern 800 as a CA specific gap pattern to increase downlink data efficiency over other measurement gap patterns (e.g., as shown above). The network or ND can thus configure a similar data pattern to the UE device 1 14 as in above figures. However, instead of allowing the UE device 1 14 to produce more measurements utilizing the RF chains, the network can send down data to the UE device 1 14 during some of the gap patterns as a configured compromise. The decision from the eNB or other network device or entity, for example, can be based on the network conditions, requests or status reports for which resources are most desired, a reduced delay, an increased data efficiency / transmission, or a combination of both, for example.

[0058] FIG. 9 illustrates another example of a measurement gap pattern 900 that can utilize both advantages discussed above, an increase in data efficiency / transmission and a reduction in delay via one or more network devices (e.g., eNB 102, ND 1 14, or other ND). The previously discussed measurement gap pattern 800 of FIG. 8 increased data transmission to allow data to go through in the downlink between some of the data measurement gaps, such as at every other measurement gap or measurement gap time slot. The measurement gap pattern 900 enables data transmission in a mini-gap or small gap pattern fashion, while keeping downlink data and measurement of bands continuous.

[0059] In the measurement gap pattern 900, the UE device 1 14, for example, can indicate the band that it can support and simultaneously allow different RF chains to have downlink data with the compromise being the interruptions 902 and 904. The network, the network device 102, or other network device, for example, can transmit within the measurement gaps 504, 506, 508, and 510 with mini-gap pattern and interruption time an alternate RF chainl or 2 (e.g., RF chains 402 and 404). The UE device 1 14 can be configured to operate on the serving Bands A and B 302 and 502. When the UE device 1 14, for example, uses RF chainl 402 to measure Band X 304, serving Band A 302 has no data transmission. However, the UE device 1 14 can still receive downlink data in Band B using RF chain2 404 with interruptions 902 and 904 during RF tuning.

[0060] In each measurement gap 504, 506, 508, and 510, the UE device 1 14 can measure one Band (e.g., X, Y, Z, or L) at a time, which means that the UE device 1 14 still has one free RF chain to also receive data. As such, if the UE device 1 14 is preforming a CA, then what the network can do is send data in the Band that corresponds with or can be covered by the RF chain that the UE device 1 14 has available or free. Because the measurement is simultaneously happening with the data transmission, there are interruptions of about 1 ms, which are indicated in a cross pattern square of FIG. 9, where t the network will not be able to downlink data. The measurement gap pattern 900 is thus is referred to as a mini-gap pattern because when the UE device 1 14 is tuning into the RF chain, it creates an interruption to other frequency Bands that disrupts the data if the network is sending the data. In 6ms delay periods, the network can actually only send 4ms of data. In each message gap, it is the same thing for the rest of the figure. The network sends the data using the free RF of the UE device 1 14.

[0061] Referring now to FIGs. 10 and 11 , illustrated are additional standard modifications or data sets for the lEs 1000 and 1 100 to enable the mini gap

configuration or measurement gap pattern IE 900 of FIG. 9, for example. The modification for example can be submitted in TS 36.331 for enabling measurement gap configurations. The data slots or indications of the CA-gapO 1 002 include a

gapRepititionPeriod 1004, a gapOffset-r13 1006, a servingBand 1008 and a Boolean minigap 1010. If the minigap is set to true or active, then the network will send data to the RF via those RFs that are free, if not then during those datalink transmission then it will not have data transmission and the UE will either perform more measurements to reduce measurement delay.

[0062] FIG. 11 provides an alternative example for an entirely different IE for the mini gap measurement patter rather than modifying the existing IE in the 3GPP standards TS 36.331 .

[0063] While the methods described within this disclosure are illustrated in and described herein as a series of acts or events, it will be appreciated that the illustrated ordering of such acts or events are not to be interpreted in a limiting sense. For example, some acts may occur in different orders and/or concurrently with other acts or events apart from those illustrated and/or described herein. In addition, not all illustrated acts may be required to implement one or more aspects or embodiments of the description herein. Further, one or more of the acts depicted herein may be carried out in one or more separate acts and/or phases.

[0064] Referring to FIG. 12, illustrated is an example process flow for a method 1200 or a computer-readable media comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a network device or system comprising one or more processors to perform operations of the method.

[0065] At 1202, the process flow includes identifying, via the one or more processors of a network device, a measurement object identifier (ID) (measObject) and a

measurement gap pattern. The measurement gap pattern can be determined, for example according to an identification of or an identifying, via one or more processors of a network device, an indication of a UE capability related to a radio frequency (RF)- band capability (e.g., a single RF chain or multiple RF chains and corresponding band coverages of each). The identifying processes can be performed further via a control circuitry component of the network device to identify a MeasGapConfig IE, a gap offset that includes information for a choice/selection of a gap repetition periods among different gap repetition periods to support a carrier aggregation measurement gap pattern, a gap repetition period and a supporting band list that indicates a first set of frequency bands to be measured over a second set of frequency bands.

[0066] At 1204, the process flow continues with transmitting or receiving, via the one or more processors of the network device, the measObject and the measurement gap pattern via one or more radio resource control (RRC) signals. The transmitting or receiving, via a transmit circuitry component of the network device, based on the indication, a measurement gap configuration (MeasGapConfig) on an information element (IE) via the one or more radio resource control (RRC) signals.

[0067] In other embodiments, the process flow can also include identifying, via a control circuitry component of the network device, with a MeasGapConfig IE, a gap offset, a gap repetition period, a serving band (servingBand) and whether a mini gap or a full gap that is a larger measurement gap than the mini gap based on one or more downlink data.

[0068] Based on an indication or report of the UE capability, a desired

implementation or request for resources, the process flow can operate according to path A or B. Path A can continue in order to reduce interruption, while path B can continue to provide both less interruption time and an increase in data flow. Option path A can facilitate further along path C, as shown below, based on a need by one or more network devices to balance between a reduction in delay and the need for data. All option paths can also be selected according to the UE capability such as having one RF chain or more, as well corresponding band frequencies each is capable of covering in operation.

[0069] Referring to FIG. 13, illustrated is an example measurement gap pattern process flow 1300 that continues from process flow 1200 of FIG. 12 according to a selection of measurement gap pattern (e.g., via MeasGapConfig IE 600 or 700 for pattern 500) process flow A.

[0070] At 1302, the process flow 1300 continues at the selection of process flow A with facilitating a first band measurement at a first measurement gap and a second band measurement at a second measurement gap, via a first radio circuitry ( e.g., RF chainl 420) component.

[0071] At 1304, the process flow 1300 continues with facilitating a third band measurement at the first measurement gap, and a fourth band measurement at the second measurement gap, via a second radio circuitry component.

[0072] The process flow 1300 can the end or further enable additional process step C at FIG. 14. At 1402, the process flow 1400 can further comprise providing an indication (e.g., MeasGapConfig IE 600 or 700 for pattern 800) to enable downlinking of data during an additional measurement gap between the first measurement gap and the second measurement gap on the first radio circuitry component and the second radio circuitry component.

[0073] FIG. 15 illustrates a method 1500 according to a selection of path A of FIG. 12 for a measurement gap pattern including a mini gap in accordance with various aspects or embodiments herein. The method 1500 can represent, for example, measurement gap pattern having a minigap that can be indicated by MeasGapConfig IE 1000 or 1 100 for pattern 900.

[0074] At 1502, the method 1 500 includes facilitating a first band measurement at a first measurement gap, a second band measurement at a second measurement gap, and a first serving band to downlink data at the second measurement gap and a fourth measurement gap, via a first radio circuitry component (e.g., RF chainl 402).

[0075] At 1504, method 1500 continues with facilitating a downlink of data on a second serving band at the first measurement gap, a third band measurement at a third measurement gap, and a fourth band measurement at a fourth measurement gap, via a second radio circuitry component (e.g., RF chain2 404).

[0076] In one embodiment, the downlink of the data can comprise a mini gap pattern of interruption time. One or more gaps can be tolerated during the downlink for data in order to keep data flow continuous and band measurement ongoing as the mini gap pattern. Each minigap, for example, can include a pause in downlink data in order for a transition to an RF serving band or chain. In this case, RF chainl 402 (the first radio circuitry component) can operate with a pause of no data link and measurement at the third measurement gap, and RF chain2 404 (the second radio circuitry component) can operate with the same pause in DL data and measurement at the second measurement gap. The sequence between the two RF chains can then recycle.

[0077] FIG. 16 illustrates an electronic device 1600 in accordance with various aspects disclosed herein. The electronic (network) device 1600 can be incorporated into or otherwise part of, an eNB (e.g., 102), a UE (e.g., 1 14), or some other type of electronic or network device in accordance with various embodiments. Specifically, the electronic device 1 600 can be logic or circuitry that can be at least partially implemented in one or more of hardware, software, or firmware. In embodiments, the electronic device 1600 logic can include radio transmit logic component 1 602 and receive logic component 1606 coupled to control logic component 1604. In embodiments, the transmit or receive logic components can be elements or modules of a transceiver, a transmitter, or receiver chain, as shown. The electronic device 1602 can be coupled with or include one or more plurality of antenna elements 1608 of one or more antennas. The electronic device and/or the components of the electronic device can be configured to perform operations similar to those described elsewhere in this disclosure.

[0078] In embodiments where the electronic device circuitry is a network entity or is incorporated into or otherwise part of a network entity, the control circuitry component 1604 can be configured to identify a measurement object identifier (ID) (measObject) and a measurement gap pattern. The transmit circuitry component 1602 can be configured to transmit an indication of the measObject and the measurement gap pattern to a user equipment (UE) via one or more radio resource control (RRC) signals. In addition, the receive circuitry component 1606 (e.g., RF chainl 402 and RF chain2 404) can be configured to receive, via one or more radio resource control (RRC) signals, a measurement gap configuration (MeasGapConfig) on a MeasGapConfig information element (IE) that controls measurements during a plurality of measurement gaps using a carrier aggregation.

[0079] As used herein, the term "logic" can refer to, be part of, or include

an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an electronic circuit, a processor (shared, dedicated, or group), and/or memory (shared, dedicated, or group) that execute one or more software or firmware programs, a combinational logic circuit, and/or other suitable hardware components that provide the described functionality. Specifically, the logic can be at least partially implemented in, or an element of, hardware, software, and/or firmware. In some embodiments, the electronic device logic may be implemented in, or functions associated with the logic may be implemented by, one or more software or firmware modules.

[0080] Embodiments described herein can be implemented into a system using any suitably configured hardware and/or software. FIG. 17 illustrates, for one embodiment, an example system comprising radio frequency (RF) logic 1702, baseband logic 1 704, application logic 1706, memory/storage 1708, display 1710, camera 1712, sensor 1714, and input/output (I/O) interface 171 6, coupled with each other at least as shown.

[0081] The application logic 1 706 can include one or more single-core or multi-core processors. The processor(s) can include any combination of general-purpose processors and dedicated processors (e.g., graphics processors,

application processors, etc.). The processors can be coupled with memory/storage and configured to execute instructions stored in the memory/storage to enable various applications and/or operating systems running on the system.

[0082] The baseband logic 1704 can include one or more single-core or multi-core processors. The processor(s) can include a baseband processor 1718 and/or additional or alternative processors 1720 that can be designed to implement functions or actions of the control logic, transmit logic, and/or receive logic described elsewhere herein. The baseband logic 1704 can handle various radio control functions that

enable communication with one or more radio networks via the RF logic. The radio control functions can include, but are not limited to, signal modulation, encoding, decoding, radio frequency shifting, etc. In some embodiments, the baseband logic can provide for communication compatible with one or more radio technologies. For example, in some embodiments, the baseband logic 1704 can support communication with an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (EUTRAN) and/or other wireless metropolitan area networks (WMAN), a wireless local area network (WLAN), a wireless personal area network (WPAN). Embodiments in which the baseband logic 1704 is configured to support radio communications of more than one wireless protocol can be referred to as multi-mode baseband logic.

[0083] In various embodiments, baseband logic 1704 can include logic to

operate with signals that are not strictly considered as being in a baseband frequency. For example, in some embodiments, baseband logic 1704 can include logic to operate with signals having an intermediate frequency, which is between a baseband frequency and a radio frequency.

[0084] RF logic 1 702 can enable communication with wireless networks

using modulated electromagnetic radiation through a non-solid medium. In various embodiments, the RF logic 1702 can include switches, filters, amplifiers, etc. to facilitate the communication with the wireless network. [0085] In various embodiments, RF logic 1702 can include logic to operate with signals that are not strictly considered as being in a radio frequency. For example, in some embodiments, RF logic can include logic to operate with signals having an intermediate frequency, which is between a baseband frequency and a radio frequency.

[0086] In various embodiments, transmit logic, control logic, and/or receive logic discussed or described herein can be embodied in whole or in part in one or more of the RF logic 1702, the baseband logic 1 704, and/or the application logic 1706. As used herein, the term "logic" can refer to, be part of, or include

an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an electronic circuit, a processor (shared, dedicated, or group), and/or memory (shared, dedicated, or group) that execute one or more software or firmware programs, a combinational logic circuit, and/or other suitable hardware components that provide the described functionality. Specifically, the logic can be at least partially implemented in, or an element of, hardware, software, and/or firmware. In some embodiments, the electronic device logic can be implemented in, or functions associated with the logic can be implemented by, one or more software or firmware modules.

[0087] In some embodiments, some or all of the constituent components of the baseband logic, the application logic, and/or the memory/storage can be

implemented together on a system on a chip (SOC).

[0088] Memory/storage 1708 can be used to load and store data and/or instructions, for example, for system. Memory/storage 1708 for one embodiment can include any combination of suitable volatile memory (e.g., dynamic random access memory

(DRAM)) and/or non-volatile memory (e.g., Flash memory).

[0089] In various embodiments, the I/O interface 1716 can include one or more user interfaces designed to enable user interaction with the system and/or peripheral component interfaces designed to enable peripheral component interaction with the system. User interfaces can include, but are not limited to a physical keyboard or keypad, a touchpad, a speaker, a microphone, etc. Peripheral component interfaces can include, but are not limited to, a non-volatile memory port, a universal serial bus (USB) port, an audio jack, and a power supply interface.

[0090] In various embodiments sensor 1714 can include one or more sensing devices to determine environmental conditions and/or location information related to the system. In some embodiments, the sensors can include, but are not limited to, a gyro sensor, an accelerometer, a proximity sensor, an ambient light sensor, and a positioning unit. The positioning unit can also be part of, or interact with, the baseband logic and/or RF logic to communicate with components of a positioning network, e.g., a global positioning system (GPS) satellite.

[0091] In various embodiments, the display 1710 can include a display (e.g., a liquid crystal display, a touch screen display, etc.).

[0092] In various embodiments, the system can be a mobile computing

device such as, but not limited to, a laptop computing device, a tablet computing device, a netbook, an ultrabook, a smartphone, etc. In various embodiments, system can have more or less components, and/or different architectures.

[0093] In various embodiments, the system can be a mobile computing

device such as, but not limited to, a laptop computing device, a tablet computing device, a netbook, an ultrabook, a smartphone, etc. In various embodiments, system can have more or less components, and/or different architectures. For example, in some embodiments the RF logic and/or the baseband logic can be embodied in

communication logic (not shown). The communication logic can include one or more single-core or multi-core processors and logic circuits to provide signal processing techniques, for example, encoding, modulation, filtering, converting, amplifying, etc., suitable to the appropriate communication interface over which communications will take place. The communication logic can communicate over wireline, optical, or wireless communication mediums. In embodiments in which the system is configured for wireless communication, the communication logic can include the RF logic and/or baseband logic to provide for communication compatible with one or more radio technologies. For example, in some embodiments, the communication logic can support communication with an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network

(EUTRAN) and/or other wireless metropolitan area networks (WMAN), a wireless local area network (WLAN), a wireless personal area network (WPAN).

[0094] Embodiments of the technology herein may be described as related to the third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) or LTE-advanced

(LTE-A) standards. For example, terms or entities such as eNodeB (eNB), mobility management entity (MME), user equipment (UE), etc. may be used that may be viewed as LTE-related terms or entities. However, in other embodiments the technology may be used in or related to other wireless technologies such as the Institute of Electrical and

Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 802.1 6 wireless technology (WiMax), IEEE 802.1 1 wireless technology (WiFi), various other wireless technologies such as global system for mobile communications (GSM), enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE), GSM EDGE radio access network (GERAN), universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), UMTS terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN), or other 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, etc.

technologies either already developed or to be developed. In those embodiments, where LTE-related terms such as eNB, MME, UE, etc. are used, one or more entities or components may be used that may be considered to be equivalent or approximately equivalent to one or more of the LTE-based terms or entities.

[0095] As it employed in the subject specification, the term "processor" can refer to substantially any computing processing unit or device including, but not limited to including, single-core processors; single-processors with software multithread execution capability; multi-core processors; multi-core processors with software multithread execution capability; multi-core processors with hardware multithread technology;

parallel platforms; and parallel platforms with distributed shared memory. Additionally, a processor can refer to an integrated circuit, an application specific integrated circuit, a digital signal processor, a field programmable gate array, a programmable logic controller, a complex programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions and/or processes described herein. Processors can exploit nano-scale architectures such as, but not limited to, molecular and quantum-dot based transistors, switches and gates, in order to optimize space usage or enhance performance of mobile devices. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing processing units.

[0096] In the subject specification, terms such as "store," "data store," data storage," "database," and substantially any other information storage component relevant to operation and functionality of a component and/or process, refer to "memory

components," or entities embodied in a "memory," or components including the memory. It is noted that the memory components described herein can be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or can include both volatile and nonvolatile memory.

[0097] By way of illustration, and not limitation, nonvolatile memory, for example, can be included in a memory, non-volatile memory, disk storage, and memory storage. Further, nonvolatile memory can be included in read only memory, programmable read only memory, electrically programmable read only memory, electrically erasable programmable read only memory, or flash memory. Volatile memory can include random access memory, which acts as external cache memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, random access memory is available in many forms such as synchronous random access memory, dynamic random access memory, synchronous dynamic random access memory, double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory, enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory, Synchlink dynamic random access memory, and direct Rambus random access memory.

Additionally, the disclosed memory components of systems or methods herein are intended to include, without being limited to including, these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0098] Examples can include subject matter such as a method, means for performing acts or blocks of the method, at least one machine-readable medium including instructions that, when performed by a machine cause the machine to perform acts of the method or of an apparatus or system for concurrent communication using multiple communication technologies according to embodiments and examples described herein.

[0099] Example 1 is an apparatus for a user equipment (UE) comprising: a receive circuitry component configured to receive, via one or more radio resource control (RRC) signals, a measurement gap configuration (MeasGapConfig) on a MeasGapConfig information element (IE) that controls measurements during a plurality of measurement gaps using a carrier aggregation; and a control circuitry component, communicatively coupled to the receive circuitry component, configured to identify an increased number of measurement object identifiers (IDs) (measObjects) that identify a first plurality of frequency carriers to measure over a second plurality of frequency carriers of a plurality of frequency carriers, and a measurement gap pattern associated with the

MeasGapConfig.

[00100] Example 2 includes the subject matter of Example 1 , wherein the

measObjects is configured to support greater than thirty-two carrier components to support 3GPP release 13 or beyond.

[00101 ] Example 3 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 1 -2, including or omitting optional elements, wherein the control circuitry component is further configured to select, from the MeasGapConfig IE, a gap repetition period from among a plurality of gap repetition periods, a gap offset based on the selected gap repetition period, and a supporting band list indicating one or more bands to be measured utilizing the gap repetition period.

[00102] Example 4 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 1 -3, including or omitting optional elements, wherein the control circuitry component is further configured to determine a different gap offset from the MeasGapConfig IE by choosing a different gap repetition period, implement the different gap offset based on the gap repetition period, identify whether a miniGap indicator and a serving band is being used in response to the MeasGapConfig being configured for a downlink data transmission during the measurement gap pattern.

[00103] Example 5 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 1 -4, including or omitting optional elements, wherein the miniGap indicator being true or active enables a downlink data transmission during the measurement gap pattern with an interruption.

[00104] Example 6 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 1 -5, including or omitting optional elements, wherein the control circuitry component is further configured to perform measurements of the first plurality of frequency carriers based on a determination of whether the measurements utilize a full gap or a mini gap that comprises a fraction of the full gap, and wherein in response to the determination comprising the measurements of the first plurality of frequency carriers utilizing the full gap, the control circuitry component is configured to perform the measurements without a data transmission, and in response to the determination comprising the

measurements of the first plurality of frequency carriers utilizing the mini gap, the receive circuitry component receives a downlink transmission within a measurement gap of the plurality of measurement gaps.

[00105] Example 7 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 1 -6, including or omitting optional elements, wherein the control circuitry component is further configured to select the MeasGapConfig based on a reduction in a measurement gap delay, an increase in downlink data efficiency, or the reduction in the measurement gap delay and the increase in the downlink data efficiency concurrently.

[00106] Example 8 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 1 -7, including or omitting optional elements, wherein the receive circuitry component is further configured to generate measurements on a first band at a first measurement gap and a second band at a second measurement gap of the plurality of measurement gaps, and operate on a first serving band to downlink data at other time periods outside of the plurality of measurement gaps; further comprising: another receive circuitry component configured to operate on a third band at the first measurement gap and a fourth band at the second measurement gap to facilitate measurements of the third band and the fourth band, and operate on a second serving band to downlink data at the other time periods outside of the plurality of measurement gaps; wherein the first serving band, the second serving band, the first band, the second band, the third band, and the fourth band are different from one another.

[00107] Example 9 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 1 -8, including or omitting optional elements, wherein the receive circuitry component and the another receive circuitry component are further configured to receive downlink data in a different measurement gap that occurs between the first measurement gap and the second measurement gap.

[00108] Example 10 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 1 -9, including or omitting optional elements, wherein the receive circuitry component is further configured to measure a first band at a first measurement gap, and measure a second band while downlinking data on a first serving band based on a mini gap pattern as the measurement gap pattern at a second measurement gap at a second measurement gap.

[00109] Example 1 1 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 1 -10, including or omitting optional elements, further comprising: another receive circuitry component configured to downlink data on a second serving band that is different from the first serving band at the first measurement gap based on the mini gap pattern, measure a third band at a third measurement gap while downlinking data on the second serving band, and measure a fourth band at a fourth measurement gap.

[00110] Example 12 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 1 -1 1 , including or omitting optional elements, wherein the receive circuitry component is further configured to downlink data at the fourth measurement gap.

[00111 ] Example 13 includes an apparatus of an evolved NodeB (eNB) comprising: a control circuitry component configured to identify a measurement object identifier (ID) (measObject) and a measurement gap pattern to facilitate measurement gap

measurements based on a carrier aggregation; and a transmit circuitry component, communicatively coupled to the control circuitry component, configured to transmit the measObject and the measurement gap pattern via one or more radio resource control (RRC) signals. [00112] Example 14 includes the subject matter of Example 13, wherein the control circuitry component is further configured to identify an indication of a UE capability related to radio frequency (RF)-band capability, and wherein the transmit circuitry component is further to transmit, based on the indication, a measurement gap configuration (MeasGapConfig) on a MeasGapConfig information element (IE) via the one or more radio resource control (RRC) signals.

[00113] Example 15 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 13-14, including or omitting optional elements, wherein the control circuitry component is further configured to identify a gap offset with the MeasGapConfig IE by choosing a gap repetition period, identify the gap repetition period, identify a miniGap indicator that is active in response to the MeasGapConfig being configured for a downlink data transmission based on the measurement gap pattern, and identify at least one serving band that designates a UE serving band.

[00114] Example 16 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 1 3-15, including or omitting optional elements, wherein the control circuitry component is further configured to identify a gap offset that includes information for a selection of a different gap repetition period, a gap repetition period and a supporting band list that indicates a first set of bands to be measured more utilizing the gap repetition period than a second set of bands.

[00115] Example 17 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 1 3-16, including or omitting optional elements, wherein the control circuitry component is further configured to indicate whether measurements of the first set of bands utilize a full gap or a mini gap based on a reduction in a measurement gap delay, an increase in downlink data efficiency, or the reduction in the measurement gap delay and the increase in the downlink data efficiency concurrently, wherein there is no data transmission associated with the measurement gap pattern by the transmit circuitry component in response to the control circuitry component indicating the full gap as true, wherein the mini gap comprises a fraction of the full gap.

[00116] Example 18 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 1 3-17, including or omitting optional elements, wherein a carrier aggregation measurement gap configuration designates the measurement gap pattern that comprises: a first indication, corresponding to a first radio circuitry component, to measure a first band at a first measurement gap and a second band at a second measurement gap, and operate on a first serving band to downlink data, and a second indication, corresponding to a second radio circuitry component, to measure a third band at the first measurement gap or a third measurement gap, measure a fourth band at the second measurement gap or a fourth measurement gap, and operate on a second serving band to downlink data.

[00117] Example 19 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 1 3-18, including or omitting optional elements, wherein the first indication and the second indication provides that the downlink data occurs during an additional measurement gap between the first measurement gap and the second measurement gap, or occurs alternatingly between the first receive circuitry component and the second receive circuitry component among the first measurement gap and the second measurement gap.

[00118] Example 20 is a computer-readable media comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising: identifying, via the one or more processors of a network device, a measurement object identifier (ID) (measObject) and a measurement gap pattern; and transmitting or receiving, via the one or more processors of the network device, the measObject and the measurement gap pattern via one or more radio resource control (RRC) signals.

[00119] Example 21 includes the subject matter of Example 20, wherein the operations further comprise: identifying, via the one or more processors of the network device, an indication of a UE capability related to a radio frequency (RF)-band capability; and transmitting, via a transmit circuitry component of the network device, based on the indication, a measurement gap configuration (MeasGapConfig) on an information element (IE) via one or more radio resource control (RRC) signals.

[00120] Example 22 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 20-21 , including or omitting optional elements, wherein the operations further comprise:

identifying, via a control circuitry component of the network device, with a

MeasGapConfig IE, at least one of a gap offset that includes information for a choice of different gap repetition periods to support a carrier aggregation measurement gap pattern, a gap repetition period and a supporting band list that indicates a first set of frequency bands to be measured over a second set of frequency bands, a serving band or an indication of whether a mini gap or a full gap that is a larger measurement gap than the mini gap is to be utilized for downlink data.

[00121 ] Example 23 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 20-22, including or omitting optional elements, wherein the operations further comprise: facilitating a first band measurement at a first measurement gap and a second band measurement at a second measurement gap, on a first radio circuitry component; and facilitating a third band measurement at the first measurement gap, and a fourth band measurement at the second measurement gap, on a second radio circuitry component.

[00122] Example 24 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 20-23, including or omitting optional elements, wherein the operations further comprise:

providing one or more indications to designate downlinking of data during an additional measurement gap between the first measurement gap and the second measurement gap on the first radio circuitry component and the second radio circuitry component.

[00123] Example 25 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 20-24, including or omitting optional elements, wherein the operations further comprise:

facilitating a first band measurement at a first measurement gap, a second band measurement at a second measurement gap, and a first serving band to downlink data at the second measurement gap and a fourth measurement gap, via a first radio circuitry component; and facilitating a downlink of data on a second serving bad at the first measurement gap, a third band measurement at a third measurement gap, and a fourth band measurement at a fourth measurement gap, via a second radio circuitry component; wherein the downlink of the data comprises a mini gap pattern of interruption time.

[00124] Example 26 is a system comprising: means for identifying a measurement object identifier (ID) (measObject) and a measurement gap pattern; and means for transmitting or receiving the measObject and the measurement gap pattern via one or more radio resource control (RRC) signals.

[00125] Example 27 includes the subject matter of Example 26, further comprising: means for determining an indication of a UE capability related to a radio frequency (RF)- band capability; and a means for transmitting, based on the indication, a measurement gap configuration (MeasGapConfig) on an information element (IE) via one or more radio resource control (RRC) signals.

[00126] Example 28 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 26-27, including or omitting optional elements, further comprising: means for defining with a MeasGapConfig IE, at least one of a gap offset that includes information for a choice of different gap repetition periods to support a carrier aggregation measurement gap pattern, a gap repetition period and a supporting band list that indicates a first set of frequency bands to be measured over a second set of frequency bands, a serving band or an indication of whether a mini gap or a full gap that is a larger measurement gap than the mini gap is to be utilized for downlink data.

[00127] Example 29 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 26-28, including or omitting optional elements, further comprising: means for generating a first band measurement at a first measurement gap and a second band measurement at a second measurement gap, on a first radio circuitry component; and means for generating a third band measurement at the first measurement gap, and a fourth band measurement at the second measurement gap, on a second radio circuitry component.

[00128] Example 30 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 26-29, including or omitting optional elements, further comprising: means for providing one or more indications to designate downlinking of data during an additional measurement gap between the first measurement gap and the second measurement gap on the first radio circuitry component and the second radio circuitry component.

[00129] Example 31 includes the subject matter of any one of Examples 26-30, including or omitting optional elements, further comprising: means for generating a first band measurement at a first measurement gap, a second band measurement at a second measurement gap, and a first serving band to downlink data at the second measurement gap and a fourth measurement gap, via a first radio circuitry component; and means for generating a downlink of data on a second serving bad at the first measurement gap, a third band measurement at a third measurement gap, and a fourth band measurement at a fourth measurement gap, via a second radio circuitry component; wherein the downlink of the data comprises a mini gap pattern of interruption time.

[00130] It is to be understood that aspects described herein can be implemented by hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, functions can be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. A storage media or a computer readable storage device can be any available media that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD- ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or other tangible and/or non-transitory medium, that can be used to carry or store desired information or executable instructions. Also, any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium. For example, if 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 coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in the definition of medium. Disk and disc, as used herein, includes compact disc (CD), laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD), floppy disk and blu-ray disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers.

Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer- readable media.

[00131 ] Various illustrative logics, logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with aspects disclosed herein can be implemented or performed with a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other

programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform functions described herein. A general-purpose processor can be a microprocessor, but, in the alternative, processor can be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor can also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, for example, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration. Additionally, at least one processor can comprise one or more modules operable to perform one or more of the s and/or actions described herein.

[00132] For a software implementation, techniques described herein can be implemented with modules (e.g., procedures, functions, and so on) that perform functions described herein. Software codes can be stored in memory units and executed by processors. Memory unit can be implemented within processor or external to processor, in which case memory unit can be communicatively coupled to processor through various means as is known in the art. Further, at least one processor can include one or more modules operable to perform functions described herein.

[00133] Techniques described herein can be used for various wireless communication systems such as CDMA, TDMA, FDMA, OFDMA, SC-FDMA and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably. A CDMA system can implement a radio technology such as Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), CDMA1800, etc. UTRA includes Wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) and other variants of CDMA. Further, CDMA1800 covers IS-1800, IS-95 and IS-856 standards. A TDMA system can implement a radio technology such as Global System for Mobile

Communications (GSM). An OFDMA system can implement a radio technology such as Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.1 1 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.18, Flash-OFDML , etc. UTRA and E-UTRA are part of Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS). 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) is a release of UMTS that uses E-UTRA, which employs OFDMA on downlink and SC-FDMA on uplink. UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE and GSM are described in documents from an organization named "3rd Generation Partnership Project" (3GPP). Additionally, CDMA1 800 and UMB are described in documents from an organization named "3rd Generation Partnership Project 2" (3GPP2). Further, such wireless communication systems can additionally include peer-to-peer (e.g., mobile-to-mobile) ad hoc network systems often using unpaired unlicensed spectrums, 802. xx wireless LAN, BLUETOOTH and any other short- or long- range, wireless communication techniques.

[00134] Single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA), which utilizes single carrier modulation and frequency domain equalization is a technique that can be utilized with the disclosed aspects. SC-FDMA has similar performance and essentially a similar overall complexity as those of OFDMA system. SC-FDMA signal has lower peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) because of its inherent single carrier structure. SC-FDMA can be utilized in uplink communications where lower PAPR can benefit a mobile terminal in terms of transmit power efficiency.

[00135] Moreover, various aspects or features described herein can be implemented as a method, apparatus, or article of manufacture using standard programming and/or engineering techniques. The term "article of manufacture" as used herein is intended to encompass a computer program accessible from any computer-readable device, carrier, or media. For example, computer-readable media can include but are not limited to magnetic storage devices (e.g., hard disk, floppy disk, magnetic strips, etc.), optical disks (e.g., compact disk (CD), digital versatile disk (DVD), etc.), smart cards, and flash memory devices (e.g., EPROM, card, stick, key drive, etc.). Additionally, various storage media described herein can represent one or more devices and/or other machine-readable media for storing information. The term "machine-readable medium" can include, without being limited to, wireless channels and various other media capable of storing, containing, and/or carrying instruction(s) and/or data. Additionally, a computer program product can include a computer readable medium having one or more instructions or codes operable to cause a computer to perform functions described herein.

[00136] Communications media embody computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other structured or unstructured data in a data signal such as a modulated data signal, e.g., a carrier wave or other transport mechanism, and includes any information delivery or transport media. The term "modulated data signal" or signals refers to a signal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode information in one or more signals. By way of example, and not limitation, communication media include wired media, such as a wired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless media such as acoustic, RF, infrared and other wireless media.

[00137] Further, the actions of a method or algorithm described in connection with aspects disclosed herein can be embodied directly in hardware, in a software module executed by a processor, or a combination thereof. A software module can reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, a hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art. An exemplary storage medium can be coupled to processor, such that processor can read information from, and write information to, storage medium. In the alternative, storage medium can be integral to processor. Further, in some aspects, processor and storage medium can reside in an ASIC. Additionally, ASIC can reside in a user terminal. In the alternative, processor and storage medium can reside as discrete components in a user terminal. Additionally, in some aspects, the s and/or actions of a method or algorithm can reside as one or any combination or set of codes and/or instructions on a machine-readable medium and/or computer readable medium, which can be incorporated into a computer program product.

[00138] The above description of illustrated embodiments of the subject disclosure, including what is described in the Abstract, is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosed embodiments to the precise forms disclosed. While specific embodiments and examples are described herein for illustrative purposes, various modifications are possible that are considered within the scope of such embodiments and examples, as those skilled in the relevant art can recognize. [00139] In this regard, while the disclosed subject matter has been described in connection with various embodiments and corresponding Figures, where applicable, it is to be understood that other similar embodiments can be used or modifications and additions can be made to the described embodiments for performing the same, similar, alternative, or substitute function of the disclosed subject matter without deviating therefrom. Therefore, the disclosed subject matter should not be limited to any single embodiment described herein, but rather should be construed in breadth and scope in accordance with the appended claims below.

[00140] In particular regard to the various functions performed by the above described components (assemblies, devices, circuits, systems, etc.), the terms (including a reference to a "means") used to describe such components are intended to correspond, unless otherwise indicated, to any component or structure which performs the specified function of the described component (e.g., that is functionally equivalent), even though not structurally equivalent to the disclosed structure which performs the function in the herein illustrated exemplary implementations of the disclosure. In addition, while a particular feature may have been disclosed with respect to only one of several implementations, such feature may be combined with one or more other features of the other implementations as may be desired and advantageous for any given or particular application.

Claims

CLAIMS What is claimed is:

1 . An apparatus for a user equipment (UE) comprising:

a receive circuitry component configured to receive, via one or more radio resource control (RRC) signals, a measurement gap configuration (MeasGapConfig) on a MeasGapConfig information element (IE) that controls measurements during a plurality of measurement gaps using a carrier aggregation; and

a control circuitry component, communicatively coupled to the receive circuitry component, configured to identify an increased number of measurement object identifiers (IDs) (measObjects) that identify a first plurality of frequency carriers to measure over a second plurality of frequency carriers of a plurality of frequency carriers, and a measurement gap pattern associated with the MeasGapConfig.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the measObjects is configured to support greater than thirty-two carrier components to support 3GPP release 13 or beyond.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry component is further configured to select, from the MeasGapConfig IE, a gap repetition period from among a plurality of gap repetition periods, a gap offset based on the selected gap repetition period, and a supporting band list indicating one or more bands to be measured utilizing the gap repetition period.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the control circuitry component is further configured to determine a different gap offset from the MeasGapConfig IE by choosing a different gap repetition period, implement the different gap offset based on the gap repetition period, identify whether a miniGap indicator and a serving band is being used in response to the MeasGapConfig being configured for a downlink data transmission during the measurement gap pattern.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the miniGap indicator being true or active enables a downlink data transmission during the measurement gap pattern with an interruption.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry component is further configured to perform measurements of the first plurality of frequency carriers based on a determination of whether the measurements utilize a full gap or a mini gap that comprises a fraction of the full gap, and wherein in response to the determination comprising the measurements of the first plurality of frequency carriers utilizing the full gap, the control circuitry component is configured to perform the measurements without a data transmission, and in response to the determination comprising the

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry component is further configured to select the MeasGapConfig based on a reduction in a measurement gap delay, an increase in downlink data efficiency, or the reduction in the measurement gap delay and the increase in the downlink data efficiency concurrently.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the receive circuitry component is further configured to generate measurements on a first band at a first measurement gap and a second band at a second measurement gap of the plurality of measurement gaps, and operate on a first serving band to downlink data at other time periods outside of the plurality of measurement gaps;

further comprising:

another receive circuitry component configured to operate on a third band at the first measurement gap and a fourth band at the second measurement gap to facilitate measurements of the third band and the fourth band, and operate on a second serving band to downlink data at the other time periods outside of the plurality of measurement gaps;

wherein the first serving band, the second serving band, the first band, the second band, the third band, and the fourth band are different from one another.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the receive circuitry component and the another receive circuitry component are further configured to receive downlink data in a different measurement gap that occurs between the first measurement gap and the second measurement gap.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the receive circuitry component is further configured to measure a first band at a first measurement gap, and measure a second band while downlinking data on a first serving band based on a mini gap pattern as the measurement gap pattern at a second measurement gap at a second measurement gap.

1 1 . The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

another receive circuitry component configured to downlink data on a second serving band that is different from the first serving band at the first measurement gap based on the mini gap pattern, measure a third band at a third measurement gap while downlinking data on the second serving band, and measure a fourth band at a fourth measurement gap.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 1 , wherein the receive circuitry component is further configured to downlink data at the fourth measurement gap.

13. An apparatus of an evolved NodeB (eNB) comprising:

a control circuitry component configured to identify a measurement object identifier (ID) (measObject) and a measurement gap pattern to facilitate measurement gap measurements based on a carrier aggregation; and

a transmit circuitry component, communicatively coupled to the control circuitry component, configured to transmit the measObject and the measurement gap pattern via one or more radio resource control (RRC) signals.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the control circuitry component is further configured to identify an indication of a UE capability related to radio frequency (RF)- band capability, and wherein the transmit circuitry component is further to transmit, based on the indication, a measurement gap configuration (MeasGapConfig) on a MeasGapConfig information element (IE) via the one or more radio resource control (RRC) signals.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the control circuitry component is further configured to identify a gap offset with the MeasGapConfig IE by choosing a gap repetition period, identify the gap repetition period, identify a miniGap indicator that is active in response to the MeasGapConfig being configured for a downlink data transmission based on the measurement gap pattern, and identify at least one serving band that designates a UE serving band.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the control circuitry component is further configured to identify a gap offset that includes information for a selection of a different gap repetition period, a gap repetition period and a supporting band list that indicates a first set of bands to be measured more utilizing the gap repetition period than a second set of bands.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the control circuitry component is further configured to indicate whether measurements of the first set of bands utilize a full gap or a mini gap based on a reduction in a measurement gap delay, an increase in downlink data efficiency, or the reduction in the measurement gap delay and the increase in the downlink data efficiency concurrently, wherein there is no data transmission associated with the measurement gap pattern by the transmit circuitry component in response to the control circuitry component indicating the full gap as true, wherein the mini gap comprises a fraction of the full gap.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein a carrier aggregation measurement gap configuration designates the measurement gap pattern that comprises:

a first indication, corresponding to a first radio circuitry component, to measure a first band at a first measurement gap and a second band at a second measurement gap, and operate on a first serving band to downlink data, and a second indication, corresponding to a second radio circuitry component, to measure a third band at the first measurement gap or a third measurement gap, measure a fourth band at the second measurement gap or a fourth measurement gap, and operate on a second serving band to downlink data.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the first indication and the second indication provides that the downlink data occurs during an additional measurement gap between the first measurement gap and the second measurement gap, or occurs alternatingly between the first receive circuitry component and the second receive circuitry component among the first measurement gap and the second measurement gap.

20. A computer-readable media comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

identifying, via the one or more processors of a network device, a measurement object identifier (ID) (measObject) and a measurement gap pattern; and

transmitting or receiving, via the one or more processors of the network device, the measObject and the measurement gap pattern via one or more radio resource control (RRC) signals.

21 . The computer-readable media of claim 20, wherein the operations further comprise:

identifying, via the one or more processors of the network device, an indication of a UE capability related to a radio frequency (RF)-band capability; and

transmitting, via a transmit circuitry component of the network device, based on the indication, a measurement gap configuration (MeasGapConfig) on an information element (IE) via one or more radio resource control (RRC) signals.

22. The computer-readable media of claim 20, wherein the operations further comprise:

identifying, via a control circuitry component of the network device, with a

23. The computer-readable media of claim 20, wherein the operations further comprise:

facilitating a first band measurement at a first measurement gap and a second band measurement at a second measurement gap, on a first radio circuitry component; facilitating a third band measurement at the first measurement gap, and a fourth band measurement at the second measurement gap, on a second radio circuitry component.

24. The computer-readable media of claim 23, wherein the operations further comprise:

25. The computer-readable media of claim 20, wherein the operations further comprise:

facilitating a first band measurement at a first measurement gap, a second band measurement at a second measurement gap, and a first serving band to downlink data at the second measurement gap and a fourth measurement gap, via a first radio circuitry component; and

facilitating a downlink of data on a second serving bad at the first measurement gap, a third band measurement at a third measurement gap, and a fourth band measurement at a fourth measurement gap, via a second radio circuitry component; wherein the downlink of the data comprises a mini gap pattern of interruption time.