WO2024060202A1 - Configuration pour priorité d'intervalle - Google Patents

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WO2024060202A1
WO2024060202A1 PCT/CN2022/120871 CN2022120871W WO2024060202A1 WO 2024060202 A1 WO2024060202 A1 WO 2024060202A1 CN 2022120871 W CN2022120871 W CN 2022120871W WO 2024060202 A1 WO2024060202 A1 WO 2024060202A1
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Qiming Li
Yang Tang
Manasa RAGHAVAN
Dawei Zhang
Yuexia Song
Jie Cui
Xiang Chen
Rolando E. BETTANCOURT ORTEGA
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  • This application generally relates to wireless communication, including configuration for priority of gaps in the wireless communication.
  • Wireless mobile communication technology uses various standards and protocols to transmit data between a base station and a wireless communication device.
  • Wireless communication system standards and protocols can include, for example, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) (e.g., 4G) , 3GPP new radio (NR) (e.g., 5G) , and IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless local area networks (WLAN) (commonly known to industry groups as ) .
  • 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
  • LTE long term evolution
  • NR 3GPP new radio
  • WLAN wireless local area networks
  • 3GPP radio access networks
  • RANs can include, for example, global system for mobile communications (GSM) , enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE) RAN (GERAN) , Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) , Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) , and/or Next-Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN) .
  • GSM global system for mobile communications
  • EDGE enhanced data rates for GSM evolution
  • GERAN GERAN
  • UTRAN Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
  • E-UTRAN Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
  • NG-RAN Next-Generation Radio Access Network
  • Each RAN may use one or more radio access technologies (RATs) to perform communication between the base station and the UE.
  • RATs radio access technologies
  • the GERAN implements GSM and/or EDGE RAT
  • the UTRAN implements universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) RAT or other 3GPP RAT
  • the E-UTRAN implements LTE RAT (sometimes simply referred to as LTE)
  • NG-RAN implements NR RAT (sometimes referred to herein as 5G RAT, 5G NR RAT, or simply NR)
  • the E-UTRAN may also implement NR RAT.
  • NG-RAN may also implement LTE RAT.
  • a base station used by a RAN may correspond to that RAN.
  • E-UTRAN base station is an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) Node B (also commonly denoted as evolved Node B, enhanced Node B, eNodeB, or eNB) .
  • E-UTRAN Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
  • eNodeB enhanced Node B
  • NG-RAN base station is a next generation Node B (also sometimes referred to as a or g Node B or gNB) .
  • a RAN provides its communication services with external entities through its connection to a core network (CN) .
  • CN core network
  • E-UTRAN may utilize an Evolved Packet Core (EPC)
  • EPC Evolved Packet Core
  • NG-RAN may utilize a 5G Core Network (5GC) .
  • EPC Evolved Packet Core
  • 5GC 5G Core Network
  • Frequency bands for 5G NR may be separated into two or more different frequency ranges.
  • Frequency Range 1 may include frequency bands operating in sub-6 GHz frequencies, some of which are bands that may be used by previous standards, and may potentially be extended to cover new spectrum offerings from 410 MHz to 7125 MHz.
  • Frequency Range 2 may include frequency bands from 24.25 GHz to 52.6 GHz. Bands in the millimeter wave (mmWave) range of FR2 may have smaller coverage but potentially higher available bandwidth than bands in the FR1. Skilled persons will recognize these frequency ranges, which are provided by way of example, may change from time to time or from region to region.
  • mmWave millimeter wave
  • Embodiments relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods to provide improved gap priority configuration and associated operation, particularly improved gap priority configuration for MUSIM, and/or dynamic updating of gap priorities.
  • a network-side device may provide a gap configuration to a wireless device, the gap configuration scheduling operation of the wireless device in accordance with gap patterns, and particularly, the gap configuration may define priority information for at least two gaps which may belong to the same or different types and some of which may be overlapped with each other in time domain. Accordingly, the wireless device may perform operation based on the gap patterns as scheduled. In particular, in case of collision between at least two gap occasions, the wireless device can perform operation in the occasion of the gap with highest priority.
  • an improved gap configuration including priority information may be particularly applied to MUSIM case.
  • the priority for at least one gap can be dynamically changed, particularly based on at least one specific event or status related to the gap.
  • the techniques described herein may be implemented in and/or used with a number of different types of devices, including but not limited to cellular phones, tablet computers, wearable computing devices, portable media players, and any of various other computing devices.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an example architecture of a wireless communication system, according to embodiments disclosed herein.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a system for performing signaling between a wireless device and a network device, according to embodiments disclosed herein.
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart diagram illustrating an example method at the wireless device side according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart diagram illustrating an example method at the network device side according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 5 schematically illustrates exemplary operations at the wireless device side according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 6 schematically illustrates exemplary operations at the network device side according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating signaling between the network device side and wireless device side according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • UE User Equipment
  • UE Device any of various types of computer systems or devices that are mobile or portable and that perform wireless communications.
  • UE devices include mobile telephones or smart phones (e.g., iPhone TM , Android TM -based phones) , portable gaming devices (e.g., Nintendo DS TM , PlayStation Portable TM , Gameboy Advance TM , iPhone TM ) , laptops, wearable devices (e.g., smart watch, smart glasses) , PDAs, portable Internet devices, music players, data storage devices, or other handheld devices, etc.
  • the term “UE” or “UE device” can be broadly defined to encompass any electronic, computing, and/or telecommunications device (or combination of devices) which is easily transported by a user and capable of wireless communication.
  • Wireless Device any of various types of computer systems or devices that perform wireless communications.
  • a wireless device can be portable (or mobile) or may be stationary or fixed at a certain location.
  • a UE is an example of a wireless device.
  • a Communication Device any of various types of computer systems or devices that perform communications, where the communications can be wired or wireless.
  • a communication device can be portable (or mobile) or may be stationary or fixed at a certain location.
  • a wireless device is an example of a communication device.
  • a UE is another example of a communication device.
  • Base Station has the full breadth of its ordinary meaning, and at least includes a wireless communication station installed at a fixed location and used to communicate as part of a wireless telephone system or radio system.
  • the base station may be, for example, an eNB in a 4G communication standard, a gNB in a 5G communication standard, a remote radio head, a wireless access point, an unmanned aerial vehicle control tower, or a communication device that performs similar functions.
  • Network Device any of various types of computer systems or devices that perform communications, particularly perform wireless communication with the wireless device, such as downlink communication to the wireless device related to downlink transmission.
  • the network device can be portable (or mobile) or may be stationary or fixed at a certain location.
  • a base station is an example of a network device.
  • Processing Element refers to various elements or combinations of elements that are capable of performing a function in a device, such as a user equipment or a cellular network device.
  • Processing elements may include, for example: processors and associated memory, portions or circuits of individual processor cores, entire processor cores, individual processors, processor arrays, circuits such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) , programmable hardware elements such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA) , as well any of various combinations of the above.
  • ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
  • FPGA field programmable gate array
  • Memory Medium Any of various types of non-transitory memory devices or storage devices.
  • the term “memory medium” is intended to include an installation medium, e.g., a CD-ROM, floppy disks, or tape device; a computer system memory or random access memory such as DRAM, DDR RAM, SRAM, EDO RAM, Rambus RAM, etc.; a non-volatile memory such as a Flash, magnetic media, e.g., a hard drive, or optical storage; registers, or other similar types of memory elements, etc.
  • the memory medium may include other types of non-transitory memory as well or combinations thereof.
  • the memory medium may be located in a first computer system in which the programs are executed, or may be located in a second different computer system which connects to the first computer system over a network, such as the Internet. In the latter instance, the second computer system may provide program instructions to the first computer for execution.
  • the term “memory medium” may include two or more memory mediums which may reside in different locations, e.g., in different computer systems that are connected over a network.
  • the memory medium may store program instructions (e.g., embodied as computer programs) that may be executed by one or more processors.
  • Carrier Medium a memory medium as described above, as well as a physical transmission medium, such as a bus, network, and/or other physical transmission medium that conveys signals such as electrical, electromagnetic, or digital signals.
  • a physical transmission medium such as a bus, network, and/or other physical transmission medium that conveys signals such as electrical, electromagnetic, or digital signals.
  • Programmable Hardware Element includes various hardware devices comprising multiple programmable function blocks connected via a programmable interconnect. Examples include FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) , PLDs (Programmable Logic Devices) , FPOAs (Field Programmable Object Arrays) , and CPLDs (Complex PLDs) .
  • the programmable function blocks may range from fine grained (combinatorial logic or look up tables) to coarse grained (arithmetic logic units or processor cores) .
  • a programmable hardware element may also be referred to as "reconfigurable logic” .
  • Concurrent refers to parallel execution or performance, where tasks, processes, or programs are performed in an at least partially overlapping manner.
  • concurrency may be implemented using “strong” or strict parallelism, where tasks are performed (at least partially) in parallel on respective computational elements, or using “weak parallelism” , where the tasks are performed in an interleaved manner, e.g., by time multiplexing of execution threads.
  • Configured to Various components may be described as “configured to” perform a task or tasks. In such contexts, “configured to” is a broad recitation generally meaning “having structure that” performs the task or tasks during operation. As such, the component can be configured to perform the task even when the component is not currently performing that task (e.g., a set of electrical conductors may be configured to electrically connect a module to another module, even when the two modules are not connected) . In some contexts, “configured to” may be a broad recitation of structure generally meaning “having circuitry that” performs the task or tasks during operation. As such, the component can be configured to perform the task even when the component is not currently on. In general, the circuitry that forms the structure corresponding to “configured to” may include hardware circuits.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an example architecture of a wireless communication system 100, according to embodiments disclosed herein.
  • the following description is provided for an example wireless communication system 100 that operates in conjunction with the LTE system standards and/or 5G or NR system standards as provided by 3GPP technical specifications.
  • the wireless communication system 100 includes UE 102 and UE 104 (although any number of UEs may be used) .
  • the UE 102 and the UE 104 are illustrated as smartphones (e.g., handheld touchscreen mobile computing devices connectable to one or more cellular networks) , but may also comprise any mobile or non-mobile computing device configured for wireless communication.
  • the UE 102 and UE 104 may be configured to communicatively couple with a RAN 106.
  • the RAN 106 may be NG-RAN, E-UTRAN, etc.
  • the UE 102 and UE 104 utilize connections (or channels) (shown as connection 108 and connection 110, respectively) with the RAN 106, each of which comprises a physical communications interface.
  • the RAN 106 can include one or more base stations, such as base station 112 and base station 114, that enable the connection 108 and connection 110.
  • connection 108 and connection 110 are air interfaces to enable such communicative coupling, and may be consistent with RAT (s) used by the RAN 106, such as, for example, an LTE and/or NR.
  • the UE 102 and UE 104 may also directly exchange communication data via a sidelink interface 116.
  • the UE 104 is shown to be configured to access an access point (shown as AP 118) via connection 120.
  • the connection 120 can comprise a local wireless connection, such as a connection consistent with any IEEE 802.11 protocol, wherein the AP 118 may comprise a router.
  • the AP 118 may be connected to another network (for example, the Internet) without going through a CN 124.
  • the UE 102 and UE 104 can be configured to communicate using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communication signals with each other or with the base station 112 and/or the base station 114 over a multicarrier communication channel in accordance with various communication techniques, such as, but not limited to, an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) communication technique (e.g., for downlink communications) or a single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) communication technique (e.g., for uplink and ProSe or sidelink communications) , although the scope of the embodiments is not limited in this respect.
  • OFDM signals can comprise a plurality of orthogonal subcarriers.
  • the base station 112 or base station 114 may be implemented as one or more software entities running on server computers as part of a virtual network.
  • the base station 112 or base station 114 may be configured to communicate with one another via interface 122.
  • the interface 122 may be an X2 interface.
  • the X2 interface may be defined between two or more base stations (e.g., two or more eNBs and the like) that connect to an EPC, and/or between two eNBs connecting to the EPC.
  • the interface 122 may be an Xn interface.
  • the Xn interface is defined between two or more base stations (e.g., two or more gNBs and the like) that connect to 5GC, between a base station 112 (e.g., a gNB) connecting to 5GC and an eNB, and/or between two eNBs connecting to 5GC (e.g., CN 124) .
  • the RAN 106 is shown to be communicatively coupled to the CN 124.
  • the CN 124 may comprise one or more network elements 126, which are configured to offer various data and telecommunications services to customers/subscribers (e.g., users of UE 102 and UE 104) who are connected to the CN 124 via the RAN 106.
  • the components of the CN 124 may be implemented in one physical device or separate physical devices including components to read and execute instructions from a machine-readable or computer-readable medium (e.g., a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium) .
  • the CN 124 may be an EPC, and the RAN 106 may be connected with the CN 124 via an S1 interface 128.
  • the S1 interface 128 may be split into two parts, an S1 user plane (S1-U) interface, which carries traffic data between the base station 112 or base station 114 and a serving gateway (S-GW) , and the S1-MME interface, which is a signaling interface between the base station 112 or base station 114 and mobility management entities (MMEs) .
  • S1-U S1 user plane
  • S-GW serving gateway
  • MMEs mobility management entities
  • the CN 124 may be a 5GC, and the RAN 106 may be connected with the CN 124 via an NG interface 128.
  • the NG interface 128 may be split into two parts, an NG user plane (NG-U) interface, which carries traffic data between the base station 112 or base station 114 and a user plane function (UPF) , and the S1 control plane (NG-C) interface, which is a signaling interface between the base station 112 or base station 114 and access and mobility management functions (AMFs) .
  • NG-U NG user plane
  • UPF user plane function
  • S1 control plane S1 control plane
  • AMFs access and mobility management functions
  • an application server 130 may be an element offering applications that use internet protocol (IP) bearer resources with the CN 124 (e.g., packet switched data services) .
  • IP internet protocol
  • the application server 130 can also be configured to support one or more communication services (e.g., VoIP sessions, group communication sessions, etc. ) for the UE 102 and UE 104 via the CN 124.
  • the application server 130 may communicate with the CN 124 through an IP communications interface 132.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a system 200 for performing signaling 234 between a wireless device 202 and a network device 218, according to embodiments disclosed herein.
  • the system 200 may be a portion of a wireless communications system as herein described.
  • the wireless device 202 may be, for example, a UE of a wireless communication system.
  • the network device 218 may be, for example, a base station (e.g., an eNB or a gNB) of a wireless communication system.
  • the wireless device 202 may include one or more processor (s) 204.
  • the processor (s) 204 may execute instructions such that various operations of the wireless device 202 are performed, as described herein.
  • the processor (s) 204 may include one or more baseband processors implemented using, for example, a central processing unit (CPU) , a digital signal processor (DSP) , an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) , a controller, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) device, another hardware device, a firmware device, or any combination thereof configured to perform the operations described herein.
  • CPU central processing unit
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field programmable gate array
  • the wireless device 202 may include a memory 206.
  • the memory 206 may be a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions 208 (which may include, for example, the instructions being executed by the processor (s) 204) .
  • the instructions 208 may also be referred to as program code or a computer program.
  • the memory 206 may also store data used by, and results computed by, the processor (s) 204.
  • the wireless device 202 may include one or more transceiver (s) 210 that may include radio frequency (RF) transmitter and/or receiver circuitry that use the antenna (s) 212 of the wireless device 202 to facilitate signaling (e.g., the signaling 234) to and/or from the wireless device 202 with other devices (e.g., the network device 218) according to corresponding RATs.
  • RF radio frequency
  • the wireless device 202 may include one or more antenna (s) 212 (e.g., one, two, four, or more) .
  • the wireless device 202 may leverage the spatial diversity of such multiple antenna (s) 212 to send and/or receive multiple different data streams on the same time and frequency resources.
  • This behavior may be referred to as, for example, multiple input multiple output (MIMO) behavior (referring to the multiple antennas used at each of a transmitting device and a receiving device that enable this aspect) .
  • MIMO multiple input multiple output
  • MIMO transmissions by the wireless device 202 may be accomplished according to precoding (or digital beamforming) that is applied at the wireless device 202 that multiplexes the data streams across the antenna (s) 212 according to known or assumed channel characteristics such that each data stream is received with an appropriate signal strength relative to other streams and at a desired location in the spatial domain (e.g., the location of a receiver associated with that data stream) .
  • Certain embodiments may use single user MIMO (SU-MIMO) methods (where the data streams are all directed to a single receiver) and/or multiuser MIMO (MU-MIMO) methods (where individual data streams may be directed to individual (different) receivers in different locations in the spatial domain) .
  • SU-MIMO single user MIMO
  • MU-MIMO multiuser MIMO
  • the wireless device 202 may implement analog beamforming techniques, whereby phases of the signals sent by the antenna (s) 212 are relatively adjusted such that the (joint) transmission of the antenna (s) 212 can be directed (this is sometimes referred to as beam steering) .
  • the wireless device 202 may include one or more interface (s) 214.
  • the interface (s) 214 may be used to provide input to or output from the wireless device 202.
  • a wireless device 202 that is a UE may include interface (s) 214 such as microphones, speakers, a touchscreen, buttons, and the like in order to allow for input and/or output to the UE by a user of the UE.
  • Other interfaces of such a UE may be made up of made up of transmitters, receivers, and other circuitry (e.g., other than the transceiver (s) 210/antenna (s) 212 already described) that allow for communication between the UE and other devices and may operate according to known protocols (e.g., and the like) .
  • the wireless device 202 may be used for various aspects of the present disclosure, particularly acquire gap configuration, particularly including gap priority information, and/or performing operation in accordance with the gap configuration, particularly based on the gap priority information.
  • Such operation/functionality can be implemented via hardware, software, or combinations thereof.
  • operation/functionality can be performed by means of a specific component incorporated in the wireless device, for example, a processor, circuit, which can be integrated within the processor (s) 204 and/or the transceiver (s) 210, and/or can be performed by means of software, such as instructions 208 stored in the memory 206 and executed by the processor (s) 204.
  • such functionality can be implemented by a combination of software components (e.g., executed by a DSP or a general processor) and hardware components (e.g., logic gates and circuitry) within the processor (s) 204 or the transceiver (s) 210.
  • software components e.g., executed by a DSP or a general processor
  • hardware components e.g., logic gates and circuitry
  • the network device 218 may include one or more processor (s) 220.
  • the processor (s) 220 may execute instructions such that various operations of the network device 218 are performed, as described herein.
  • the processor (s) 204 may include one or more baseband processors implemented using, for example, a CPU, a DSP, an ASIC, a controller, an FPGA device, another hardware device, a firmware device, or any combination thereof configured to perform the operations described herein.
  • the network device 218 may include a memory 222.
  • the memory 222 may be a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions 224 (which may include, for example, the instructions being executed by the processor (s) 220) .
  • the instructions 224 may also be referred to as program code or a computer program.
  • the memory 222 may also store data used by, and results computed by, the processor (s) 220.
  • the network device 218 may include one or more transceiver (s) 226 that may include RF transmitter and/or receiver circuitry that use the antenna (s) 228 of the network device 218 to facilitate signaling (e.g., the signaling 234) to and/or from the network device 218 with other devices (e.g., the wireless device 202) according to corresponding RATs.
  • transceiver s
  • RF transmitter and/or receiver circuitry that use the antenna (s) 228 of the network device 218 to facilitate signaling (e.g., the signaling 234) to and/or from the network device 218 with other devices (e.g., the wireless device 202) according to corresponding RATs.
  • the network device 218 may include one or more antenna (s) 228 (e.g., one, two, four, or more) .
  • the network device 218 may perform MIMO, digital beamforming, analog beamforming, beam steering, etc., as has been described.
  • the network device 218 may include one or more interface (s) 230.
  • the interface (s) 230 may be used to provide input to or output from the network device 218.
  • a network device 218 that is a base station may include interface (s) 230 made up of transmitters, receivers, and other circuitry (e.g., other than the transceiver (s) 226/antenna (s) 228 already described) that enables the base station to communicate with other equipment in a core network, and/or that enables the base station to communicate with external networks, computers, databases, and the like for purposes of operations, administration, and maintenance of the base station or other equipment operably connected thereto.
  • circuitry e.g., other than the transceiver (s) 226/antenna (s) 228 already described
  • the network device 218 may be used for various aspects of the present disclosure, particularly acquire or configure appropriate gap configuration, particularly including gap priority information, and/or provides the gap configuration to the wireless devices so that the wireless device can perform operation in accordance with the gap configuration, particularly based on the gap priority information.
  • Such operation/functionality can be implemented via hardware, software, or combinations thereof.
  • such operation/functionality can be performed by means a specific component incorporated in the wireless device, for example, a processor, circuit, which can be integrated within the processor (s) 220 and/or the transceiver (s) 226, and/or can be performed by means of software, such as instructions 224 stored in the memory 222 and executed by the processor (s) 220.
  • such functionality can be implemented by a combination of software components (e.g., executed by a DSP or a general processor) and hardware components (e.g., logic gates and circuitry) within the processor (s) 220 or the transceiver (s) 226.
  • software components e.g., executed by a DSP or a general processor
  • hardware components e.g., logic gates and circuitry
  • Wireless communication techniques are continually under development, to increase coverage, to better serve the range of demands and use cases, and for a variety of other reasons.
  • New cellular communication techniques are continually under development, to increase coverage, to better serve the range of demands and use cases, and for a variety of other reasons.
  • One technique that is currently under development may include enhancement of measurement operation by means of measurement gap. As part of such development, it would be useful to provide improved measurement gap configuration and related operation.
  • Measurement Gap is utilized in wireless communication.
  • the idea of Measurement Gap is to create a small gap, during which neither transmission nor reception occurs, thus, the wireless device can perform the corresponding measurement operation in the Measurement Gap and then switch back.
  • the measurement gap operation may include any kinds of measurement operation which can be performed by means of measurement gap or any other kind of gap/interruption.
  • the measurement operation can be performed during any appropriate kinds of wireless communication operation, including such as cell switch and/or access, Carrier Aggregation including at least carrier switching and management, load aggregation, etc., at any appropriate phase/stage during the wireless communication, including such as initialization, status transition, etc., and can be utilized to measure any desired signal/parameter/indicator which may be for example, performance related, including such as SSB, PRS, etc..
  • the measurement operation can be performed at any appropriate working frequency segment based on corresponding measurement gap configuration, for example, performed based on measurement gap pattern (s) corresponding to the working frequency segment.
  • the working frequency segment may be set in accordance with the working frequency level of the wireless communication, and particularly, the level can be selected from a group including UE level, frequency range level, band combination level, band level, Component Carrier (CC) level, Bandwidth Part (BWP) level.
  • CC Component Carrier
  • BWP Bandwidth Part
  • the wireless device can be configured with multiple measurement gaps, which, for example, may include periodic gaps and/or aperiodic gaps. In some examples, a wireless device can be configured with two concurrent gaps. In some other examples, for a case of Multiple Universal Subscriber Identity Module (MUSIM) wireless communication, the wireless device can be configured with no more than three periodic MUSIM gap patterns and/or one aperiodic MUSIM gap pattern for MUSIM. Note that the number of gaps as described above are only exemplary, and are not so limited.
  • MUSIM Multiple Universal Subscriber Identity Module
  • the priority information may be predefined or set, such as during initialization or specific time, and may be kept unchanged.
  • the priority of a gap may not match the status or condition related to operation to be performed at the gap, so that a desired operation which may be more critical, cannot be performed timely. For example, in a case that the operation corresponding to a gap is more urgent to be performed but such gap is still with a low priority, when collision between two measurement gap occasions occurs, operation corresponding to such urgent gap cannot be performed timely. Therefore, it could be beneficial to introduce an improved solution to achieve dynamic updating of priority of gap.
  • the priority information may be set and provided by the network device to the wireless device such as via RRC reconfiguration.
  • RRC procedure would take quite a long time (up to hundreds of ms) , and the priority of measurement gap cannot be updated timely so that the associated operation may be low efficient. Particularly, the collision cannot be handled efficiently. Therefore, it could be beneficial to introduce some dynamic solution to achieve timely update of priority of gap.
  • Figures 3 and 4 are flowchart of methods at the wireless device and Figures 5-6 illustrate further aspects that might be used in conjunction with the method of Figures 3 and 4 if desired. It should be noted, however, that the exemplary details illustrated in and described with respect to Figures 5-6 are not intended to be limiting to the disclosure as a whole: numerous variations and alternatives to the details provided herein below are possible and should be considered within the scope of the disclosure.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a flowchart illustrating an example method at the wireless device side at least according to some embodiments.
  • a wireless device such as a UE 106 illustrated in various of the Figures herein, and/or more generally in conjunction with any of the computer circuitry, systems, devices, elements, or components shown in the above Figures, among others, as desired.
  • a processor (and/or other hardware) of such a device may be configured to cause the device to perform any combination of the illustrated method elements and/or other method elements.
  • some of the elements of the methods shown may be performed concurrently, in a different order than shown, may be substituted for by other method elements, or may be omitted. Additional elements may also be performed as desired.
  • the method of FIG. 3 may operate as follows.
  • the wireless device acquires a gap configuration scheduling operation of the wireless device in accordance with gap patterns, wherein the gap configuration includes priority information related to a priority for each of multiple gaps.
  • the gap configuration can include information related to gap pattern.
  • a gap pattern may indicate the characteristic of a type of gap which can be utilized for performing specific operation.
  • the gap pattern can have corresponding gap characteristics, including at least one of gap identity, time duration and periodicity of the gap, start and end of the gap, the frequency segment in which the gap is located , the operation or object in accordance with the gap pattern, etc..
  • gap configuration and “gap pattern” may be equivalent to some extent, and particularly can be used interchangeably for a single gap.
  • each gap may have a corresponding gap pattern, which also can be referred to a gap configuration for the gap.
  • all gap patterns can constitute a whole gap pattern, which may correspond to a whole gap configuration for the wireless device.
  • priority can be set for a gap.
  • the priority for a gap can be referred to as priority for the gap pattern corresponding to the gap, which may actually indicate the priority for performing operation to be performed at the gap when the gap collides with other gaps.
  • each gap or gap pattern can have its corresponding priority.
  • “priority of gap” can be used interchangeably with “priority of gap pattern” . For example, in case of collision between two gap occasions, the operation related to the gap with higher priority will be performed, while operations of other gaps will not be performed at time.
  • “operation related to a gap” or “operation for a gap” may mean an operation intended to be performed in the occasion of the gap, such as in the duration and period of the gap. Therefore, in a sense, “gap” and “gap occasion” are equivalent to some extent and can be used interchangeably.
  • the priority can be given by any appropriate presentation, such as a positive numerical value, wherein the larger the value is, the higher the priority is.
  • any other appropriate presentation or expression can be utilized to indicate the priority, as known in the art, and will not be described in detail herein.
  • information about priority of gap can be associated with the gap pattern or gap configuration, such as, incorporated into the gap pattern of gap configuration of the gap, for example, constituting an item in the gap pattern or gap configuration, or can be outside of the gap pattern or gap configuration and associated therewith in any appropriate manner.
  • an exemplary gap configuration can be as follows, such as that in R17.
  • the above example may mean a gap configuration for a single gap, may be referred as gap pattern for the gap, and for such a single gap, its priority item/information is indicated as “gapPriority-r17” , and the corresponding contents/setting/attributes for the priority information are set/indicated in the corresponding field “GapPriority-r17” .
  • the gap configuration can further include other information/attribute related to the gap, such as gap ID (measGapId-r17) , gap type (gapType-r17) , time and/or frequency attribute of the gap, such as time duration, period, frequency segment, etc., which can be known in the art, and will not be described in detail herein.
  • each gap configuration may also include priority item, and alternatively, the configurations for some gaps may have priority items, while the configurations for other gaps may have no priority item.
  • the priorities of respective gaps can be included in the whole gap configuration in any appropriate manner, such as a list, a table, a map, etc. which indicates gap ID and its corresponding priority, instead of incorporated into gap pattern or configuration of each gap.
  • the gap priority can be included in other information than the gap pattern or gap configuration, particularly the whole gap configuration, and the association between the priority and the gap pattern can be transmitted via other signaling or information at any appropriate timing.
  • the above exemplary gap configuration specifically defines the characteristic of gaps, and when there exist multiple gaps, the gap configuration may specifically define the characteristic of respective gaps.
  • the gap configuration for multiple gaps can be in any other appropriate form/format.
  • the gap configuration may include gap pattern index/indicator indicating a gap pattern, and based on the gap pattern index/indicator, the gap characteristic of gap pattern can be directly derived.
  • the gap configuration can indicate association/mapping between the measurement gap pattern index/indicator and working frequency segment index/indicator.
  • the wireless device when receiving the gap pattern index/indicator, can obtain the gap characteristic of gap pattern locally or from other appropriate party.
  • the wireless device can acquire the gap configuration in a variety of manners.
  • the gap configuration per se can be acquired from any appropriate party, such as the network-side device, a controlling device in a wireless communication system, a TRP, and so on.
  • the gap configuration can be derived by the wireless device per se, for example, the wireless device can obtain any appropriate information indicating the gap configuration, such as index of gap configuration, other information available for deriving the configuration, etc., and the wireless device can derive the configuration based on the information, such as by look-upping table.
  • the wireless device performs operation based on the gap configuration, wherein the operation is performed based on the priorities of gaps indicted in the gap configuration.
  • the wireless device can perform operations based on the gap configuration may means that the operation can be performed based on gap patterns or characteristic of gaps indicated in the gap configuration.
  • the corresponding gap pattern may mean characteristics of the gap, such as time duration, period, frequency attributes, and so on.
  • a corresponding operation can be performed in accordance with the period of the gap, and particularly, in the duration of occasion of the gap.
  • the operation for a gap may comprise a kind of operation depending on the type or characteristic of the gap.
  • the operation performed in the gaps may be different from each other.
  • a measurement operation will be predetermined, such as the measurement object will be predetermined, and such measurement operation will perform in accordance with the measurement gap pattern.
  • other types of gaps may include Pre-configured measurement gap (Pre-MG) , Network controlled small gap (NCSG) , Gap for Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN gap) , Gap for positioning (PosGap) , and for each type of gap, corresponding operation can be predefined and performed in the gap occasion.
  • Pre-MG Pre-configured measurement gap
  • NCSG Network controlled small gap
  • NTN gap Gap for Non-Terrestrial Network
  • MosGap Gap for positioning
  • the wireless device can perform operation based on the gap configuration/pattern of a gap in the at least two gaps with the highest priority. For example, in case of collision between two measurement gap occasions, the UE shall perform measurements in the occasion of the measurement gap with higher priority, and the occasion of the measurement gap with lower priority shall be dropped.
  • the priority of a gap can be set/defined in any appropriate manner.
  • the priority value of a gap can be initialized or pre-determined at the start of the wireless communication, such as set as a predetermined value, such as zero, or empirical value, such as weight or importance of the operation corresponding to the gap, and/or the priority value of the gap can be kept unchanged, or updated, during the communication.
  • the priority of a gap can be updated based on specific status or event related to the gap, particularly, specific status or event related to the operation to be performed for the gap.
  • the status or event may relate to triggering of the operation to be performed for a gap, and can reflect the possibility that the operation is intended to be triggered to some extent.
  • an event related to a gap may be equivalent to an event related to a gap pattern, and can be used interchangeably.
  • information about an event related to a gap can be associated with the gap pattern or gap configuration, such as, incorporated into the gap pattern of gap configuration of the gap, for example, constituting an item in the gap pattern or gap configuration, or can be outside of the gap pattern or gap configuration and associated therewith in any appropriate manner, which may be similar with that for priority information described above and thus is not described here.
  • the specific status or event for the gap can be appropriately preset, such as set in consideration the characteristic of operation for the gap, set in the initialization of the system, set empirically, and so on.
  • UE can be configured with a MUSIM gap which is used for RRM measurement on NW B, and the status or event related to such gap may include UE location, UE movement status, etc., and when it is checked that UE is quite stationary and in the cell center, the first gap for RRM measurement can be considered as low priority since it is unlikely for UE to trigger handover. But when UE is moving to the cell edge, high priority for the first gap needs to be considered.
  • the specific status or event can be checked or detected so as to judge whether the check or detection result met some specific condition, and when the condition is met, the priority can be updated accordingly, for example, increased, unchanged, or decreased.
  • the check or detection result can be compared with a specific threshold, and when the check or detection result is beyond the threshold, which may mean the possibility of triggering the operation is higher, the priority can set as a higher priory, such as set as a higher value corresponding to the threshold, or increased from a previous value, otherwise, the priority can be unchanged or set as a lower priority, such as set as a lower value corresponding to the threshold, or decreased from a previous value.
  • the priority of a gap can be defined in a predetermined range and can be updated step by step.
  • the priority of a gap there may predefine a specific range between a minimum value and a maximum value, including the minimum value and the maximum value, with several values interposed therebetween at a specific interval, the interval may correspond to the step, so that during the updating of priority, the priority can be increased or decreased by the step.
  • the priority of gap can be in 0-15, and can be updated by increasing 1 or decreasing 1 at each time.
  • the above threshold for updating the priority can be set in any appropriate manner.
  • there may exit at least two thresholds for an event and the priority can be accordingly set with respect to each threshold, particularly based on comparison with respective thresholds.
  • N thresholds from lowest to highest can be set for the event, N is an integral more than one, and thus (N+1) sub-priorities can be set for the event, wherein when lower than the lowest threshold, interposed between any two adjacent thresholds, or higher than the highest threshold, a corresponding priority can be set.
  • the priority of a gap can be set in consideration of specific events corresponding to the gap.
  • the priority of gap can be set or updated based on status or condition of each of the at least one event.
  • the priority of gap can also be updated based on check or detection of the event.
  • a corresponding priority value can be updated based on check or detection of the event, and then the priority of gap can be obtained by combining updated priorities for all events, particularly statistic values of sub-priorities of respective events, such as sum of sub-priorities of respective events.
  • the updating of sub-priority for an event can be performed in any appropriate manner, such as that discussed above.
  • the threshold for updating of sub-priority for an event can be one single threshold, or at least two thresholds, and thus the sub-priority for the event can be updated in any appropriate manner, such as that discussed above.
  • the priority of the gap can be set or defined from N ⁇ M priorities, each corresponding to summing of respective sub-priority of each event, between minimum value (corresponding to summing of minimum sub-priority of each event) and maximum value (corresponding to summing of maximum sub-priority of each event) .
  • the updating of priority can be performed in any appropriate manner.
  • the updating of priority can be performed periodically or upon request, and/or, the check or detection of status or event can be performed periodically or upon request.
  • the period for updating of priority can be the same as or different from the period of gap. And when their periods are the same, the priority can be first updated and then for at least two gaps colliding, the gap with highest priority can be applied. And when their periods are different, the priority of gaps can be updated and stored temporarily and utilized for the gaps.
  • the check or detection of status or event can be performed in a period which may be the same as that of updating of priority and/or gap, or can be different from each of updating of priority and/or gap. For example, the check or detection of status or event can be performed and then the check or detection result can be stored temporarily, and then can be utilized in the updating for priority, and then the updated priority can be utilized for the gap pattern, particularly the operation to be performed in the occasion of the gap.
  • the updating of priority can be performed by any appropriate entity in the system.
  • the wireless device can perform dynamically updating of priority of a gap in the multiple gaps based on detection result of a specific event corresponding to the gap, so that in operation, the priority can be timely updated and the operation can be performed more efficiently.
  • the wireless device can detect a specific status or event corresponding to a gap in the multiple gaps, and dynamically update the priority of the gap when it is detected that condition in the specific event is met.
  • the specific priority value is a default priority value or the previous priority value.
  • Fig. 5 exemplarily illustrates updating of priority of gap, such as particularly at the wireless side.
  • the updated priory of gap as obtained in any appropriate manner, such as discussed above, can be provided by the wireless device to any other appropriate entity in the system, particularly the network device in the system.
  • the method of FIG. 3 may be used by a wireless device to perform improved gap priority configuration and/or updating, at least according to some embodiments.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a flowchart illustrating an example method at the network device side at least according to some embodiments.
  • a network-side device for example a base station such as a BS 102 illustrated in various of the Figures herein, and/or more generally in conjunction with any of the computer circuitry, systems, devices, elements, or components shown in the above Figures, among others, as desired.
  • a processor (and/or other hardware) of such a device may be configured to cause the device to perform any combination of the illustrated method elements and/or other method elements.
  • some of the elements of the methods shown may be performed concurrently, in a different order than shown, may be substituted for by other method elements, or may be omitted. Additional elements may also be performed as desired.
  • the method of FIG. 4 may operate as follows.
  • the network device acquires a gap configuration scheduling operation of the wireless device in accordance with gap patterns, wherein the gap configuration includes priority information related to a priority for each of multiple gaps.
  • the gap configuration can be generated/established by any appropriate device in the wireless communication system.
  • the gap configuration can be generated/established by the network device itself, and in another embodiment, the gap configuration can be generated/established by any appropriate device in the system and then provided to the network device, periodically or upon request from the network device.
  • the gap configuration can be in any appropriate form or format, and particularly, when there may exist multiple gaps, the gap configuration may include information related to each gap, including basic gap information and its priority information, as described above.
  • the network device can configure events and corresponding gap priorities for the multiple gaps in the gap configuration.
  • such gap configuration can be in any appropriate form, such as a list, table, etc., and wherein, for each gap, items indicating its associated events and corresponding priority, including but not limited to the priorities corresponding to each event or the priority corresponding to the gap, can be incorporated in the gap configuration, as described above.
  • the priority for such a gap can include sub-priorities for each event, so that the priority for such a gap can be calculated therefrom, as discussed above.
  • only the priority for such a gap can be incorporated into the gap configuration, and can be calculated as discussed above.
  • both the priorities for associated events and the priority for the gap can be incorporated into the gap configuration.
  • the updating of priority can be performed at the network device side.
  • the network device can acquire detection result of a specific event corresponding to the gap, such as from the wireless device or other appropriate entity, and then perform dynamically updating of priority of a gap in the multiple gaps based thereon, and then provide the updated priority to the wireless device.
  • the manner of updating of priority can be performed in a manner as discussed above, and thus will not described here.
  • Fig. 6 exemplarily illustrates updating of priority of gap, such as particularly at the network side device.
  • the network-side device may provide the gap configuration information to the wireless device, so that the wireless device can perform operations based on the gap configuration information.
  • the network device can acquire, particularly generate, gap configuration including initial priorities of gaps, and then provide the gap configuration to the wireless device.
  • the network device can acquire the updated priorities of gaps.
  • the updated priorities of gaps can be obtained at the wireless device side and then provided to the network device.
  • the wireless device can perform operations corresponding to a gap in the occasion of the gap in accordance with the gap configuration, and on the other hand, the wireless device can further update the priority of gap in the gap configuration information, as described above.
  • the priorities of gaps can be updated at the network device side.
  • the method of FIG. 4 may be used by a network-side device, such as a base station, to schedule an improved gap configuration and related operation, at least according to some embodiments.
  • a network-side device such as a base station
  • an improved gap configuration is especially provided for a MUSIM case.
  • a priority information is set, particularly newly incorporated into, the gap configuration for the MUSIM gap configuration.
  • the improved MUSIM gap configuration may be as follows:
  • MUSIM-Gap-r18 is an exemplary gap configuration for a MUSIM case, wherein a priory information, namely musim-GapPriority-r18, is newly incorporated in the gap configuration according to the present disclosure.
  • the priority information musim-GapPriority-r18 can be any appropriate format or form. In an example, it can have the same format or form as that of configuration parameter GapPriority-r17 which has been specified or set in the R17.
  • the parameter GapPriority-r17 may include parameters for each gap, and parameters for each gap may include a number of parameters, such as gap ID, gap priority level, etc.
  • the other information included in the MUSIM gap configuration may be the same as or similar with the information in the conventional gap configuration, such as musim-Gap-R18 may be MUSIM-Gap-r17 as that in R17, which may include any appropriate information, for example, musim-GapIN-r17 indicating Gap ID, musim-Gapinfo-r17 indicating or comprising gap information as shown in the above table 1.
  • the MUSIM-Gap-r18 can be a configuration corresponding to a gap, and thus when there may exist at least two gaps, there may exist at least two corresponding MUSIM-Gap-r18, which can collectively constitute a whole gap configuration for the MUSIM gaps.
  • the priority for each of two or more MUSIM gaps can be appropriately set so that in communication, particularly when the gaps collide, such as operations related to gaps, can be performed in consideration of the gap priority.
  • a gap configuration may include priority information related to each of at least two MUSIM gaps for the MUSIM case, so that in case of collision between at least two MUSIM gap occasions, the wireless device can perform operation in the occasion of the gap with highest priority. Therefore, the MUSIM gap configuration and related operation can be improved.
  • the priority for each gap can be dynamically updated.
  • the updating of priority is described by taking MUSIM gaps as an example, such updating can be equivalently applied to any types of gaps.
  • the updating of gap priority can be performed in consideration of any appropriate factors, particularly at least one specific status or event related to the gap, as discussed above, such as at least one specific event associated with the operation to be performed for the gap.
  • the updating of gap priority can be based on event detection, which can be referred to as the updating of gap priority being triggered by event. More specifically, a specific event is detected, and it will be judged whether the priority of a gap corresponding to the event will be updated, such as increased or decreased, based on the event detection result. In particular, when the detection result indicates the operation is more likely to be perform, the priority can be increased, and when the detection result indicates the operation is less likely to be performed, the priority can be decreased or unchanged, as described above.
  • the event detection result can be any appropriate form.
  • the detection result can be the direct detection result per se, such as performance parameters or objects obtained by detecting the event related to the gap, and will be compared with a corresponding threshold.
  • the detection result can be a kind of indirect result, particularly an indicator obtained by comparing the detected event objects or parameters and the threshold.
  • such detection result may correspond to comparison result between the detection result and the predefined threshold, for example, an indicator or information about whether the event result is larger than the threshold.
  • the events related to gap can be a variety of events.
  • an event could be at least one of the following:
  • a measurement configuration with a measurement result threshold is provided.
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating such a process.
  • the information or configuration regarding the events can be acquired.
  • the events can be configured in any appropriate manner.
  • the events can be configured during the initialization of the system or can be confirmed during the communication periodically or upon request.
  • the configured events can be configured by any appropriate device in the system, particularly by the network device, such as base station, or by the wireless device, such as UE, or even by any other related device in the system.
  • the event can be incorporated by the network side device into related configuration information in associated with or in correspondence with the gap priority, and then can be provided to the wireless device.
  • NW configures an event and corresponding gap priority in MUSIM-GapConfig, and then transmit the MUSIM-GapConfig to UE.
  • the gap configuration may be as follows.
  • the item “musim-GapPriorityEvent” specifies or defines the events which may be associated with the gap and can be utilized for updating of the priority of gap, and its contents or presentation can be shown in “GapPriorityEvent –R18” , which defines at least one events associated with the gap as well as the specifications related to respective events.
  • its corresponding specification may define some contents related to triggering of the operation for the gap, such as, parameter or object or characteristic index need to be detected or measured, corresponding evaluation manner or threshold, condition or related processing for the event, so that in the process, such contents can be utilized to judge the condition or status of the event.
  • an event “MeasObjectNR” as well as its related specification “MeasObjectNR” are included, and the specification “MeasObjectNR” may include the measurement object and measurement parameter, for example, UE’s location, UE’s distance to some reference.
  • the specification “MeasObjectNR” may include the measurement object and measurement parameter, for example, UE’s location, UE’s distance to some reference.
  • the event “lowMobilityEvaluation” its corresponding specification “relaxedMeasurement-r16” may define UE’s mobility as detection object, and a related mobility threshold, for evaluating whether the mobility is low.
  • the event “cellEdgeEvaluation” its corresponding specification “cellEdgeEvaluation-r16” may define cell edge or relative distance to the cell edge as detection object, and a related threshold, for evaluating whether it is close to the cell edge.
  • the event can be checked/detected according to the event configuration as above, for example, the event configuration provided in MUSIM-GapConfig as above.
  • the event configuration for a gap, its associated events can be detected or measured.
  • the related parameter or object or characteristic index as indicated in the event configuration as above can be detected or measured.
  • the Mobility will be detected or measured.
  • the priority of the associated gap can be updated dynamically.
  • the priority of the associated gap can be unchanged, or set to any appropriate value.
  • the information “musim-GapPriority-R18” can be handled in accordance with the detection or measurement result of the events indicated in the information “musim-GapPriorityEvent” accordingly.
  • the related parameter or object or characteristic index intended to be detected may include that which can reflect the possibility of Handover, for example, the position of the wireless device in a cell , or the distance from the wireless device to the cell edge, etc, and then such detected parameter or index can be utilized to judge whether the Handover would be triggered.
  • the distance can be compared with a distance threshold, and if the distance is smaller than the distance threshold, which means the wireless device is too near the cell edge and the Handover is intended to be performed, and thus the priority of gap associated with the event would be increased. Otherwise, the priority of gap can be remained unchanged, or set as another priority.
  • an alternative MUSIM-GapConfig can be as follows.
  • priority of gap associated with the event can be updated based on the detection or measurement result of the event, and depending on whether the detection or measurement result of the event satisfies a specific condition, the priority of gap can be set different values, such as indicated in “musim-GapPriorityEvent-r18” or “musim-GapPriorityDefault-r18” . For example, when conditions in GapPriorityEvent are not met, the priority equals to musim-GapPriorityDefault-r18, while when conditions in GapPriorityEvent are met, the priority equals to musim-GapPriorityEvent-r18.
  • the threshold for comparison can include at least one threshold, and for each threshold, corresponding priority can be set. For example, for the distance to be measured for the above event “MeasObjectNR” , there may exist at least two threshold, and the measured distance can be compared with each threshold so as to judge which threshold the distance is closest to and smaller than, and then the priority of the gap is set accordingly.
  • MUSIM-CapConfig can be in any other appropriate format, for example, may further include some other information, or the information therein, such as GapPriorityEvent, can include more or less elements.
  • GapPriorityEvent may only include one event depending on 3GPP progress, such as any one of the events as described above.
  • the updating of priority can be performed periodically or upon request.
  • the event detection or measurement as described above can be performed periodically and whenever event detection or measurement is performed, the priority of gap will be updated based on the event detection or measurement result, such as when the condition in the event is met, the priority of gap can be changed, such as increased or decreased, otherwise, the priority of gap can be unchanged, or set to a specific value.
  • the periodicity of the priority updating may be the same as or different from the periodicity of the gap. And when their periodicities are different, after the priority of gap is updated, the updated priority can be stored temporarily and then will be utilized in the following gap occasion to improve the operation in the gap. And when their periodicities are same, the priority of gap can be first updated, and then the updated priority can be utilized in the present gap occasion to improve the operation in the gap.
  • the periodicity of the priority updating may be the same as or different from that of the corresponding gap.
  • one priority updating process is common for all the gap.
  • the above updating of priority of gap can be performed by any appropriate object in the system.
  • the above updating of priority of gap can be updated by the network side device, such as base station, and/or can be dynamically changed by the wireless device, such as the terminal side device, such as UE, and/or other device in the system
  • the event can be detected by the wireless device, particularly UE, and the detection result can be reported to the network side device, so that the network side device can change the priority for each gap at appropriate time.
  • the network side device can perform such change of priority periodically, or can upon request, such as when receiving the detection result.
  • the event can be detected by the wireless device, particularly UE, and then the UE can change the gap priority based on the event detection result. More specifically, the UE can change the gap priority once the event detection result is beyond the threshold. In another example, the UE can change the gap priority periodically, such as at predetermined intervals. In such a case, if the timing for changing the gap priority has not yet reached, the event detection result will be stored, and when the timing is reached, the latest event detection result included in the stored detection results will be utilized to judge whether the gap priority will be changed or not.
  • the updated priorities of gaps can be communicated in the system, and particularly, the entity updating the priorities of gaps can notify the updated priorities to other associated entity in the system, by means of any appropriate communication protocol or signaling.
  • the above embodiments can be extended to cover other types of gaps, including but not limited to Pre-configured measurement gap (Pre-MG) , Network controlled small gap (NCSG) , Gap for Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN gap) , Gap for positioning (PosGap) , and so on. And for each type of gap, its corresponding gap configuration can be set and its gap priority can be updated as discussed above, which will not be described in detail herein.
  • Pre-MG Pre-configured measurement gap
  • NCSG Network controlled small gap
  • NTN gap Gap for Non-Terrestrial Network
  • MosGap Gap for positioning
  • gap priority can be updated as discussed above, which will not be described in detail herein.
  • the information indicating whether the updating of priority of gap is supportable can be set and transmitted in the system.
  • such information can be set for each type of gap separately and independently, or can be set for all types of gaps commonly.
  • such information can be set at any appropriate stage in the communication, such as initialization, upon cell switching/access, upon status transition, staring of measurement operation, etc., and can be reported to the network device and/or the wireless device via any appropriate signaling, such as RRC signaling.
  • such support information can be default set, such as during initialization.
  • the support information and/or the gap configuration and/or updated priority information can be communicated between the network-side device and the wireless device in a variety of manners.
  • such communication can be performed via RRC signaling, for example, the measurement gap pattern support information and/or the gap (MG) configuration can be communicated via RRC layer.
  • Embodiments contemplated herein include an apparatus comprising means to perform one or more elements of the method for configuring and/or updating priority of gap at the wireless device side.
  • This apparatus may be, for example, an apparatus of a UE (such as a wireless device 202 that is a UE, as described herein) .
  • Embodiments contemplated herein include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions to cause an electronic device, upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of the electronic device, to perform one or more elements of the method at the wireless device side according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • This non-transitory computer-readable media may be, for example, a memory of a UE (such as a memory 206 of a wireless device 202 that is a UE, as described herein) .
  • Embodiments contemplated herein include an apparatus comprising logic, modules, or circuitry to perform one or more elements of the method at the wireless device side according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • This apparatus may be, for example, an apparatus of a UE (such as a wireless device 202 that is a UE, as described herein) .
  • Embodiments contemplated herein include an apparatus comprising: one or more processors and one or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform one or more elements of the method at the wireless device side according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • This apparatus may be, for example, an apparatus of a UE (such as a wireless device 202 that is a UE, as described herein) .
  • Embodiments contemplated herein include a signal as described in or related to one or more elements of the method at the wireless device side according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • Embodiments contemplated herein include a computer program or computer program product comprising instructions, wherein execution of the program by a processor is to cause the processor to carry out one or more elements of the method at the wireless device side according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • the processor may be a processor of a UE (such as a processor (s) 204 of a wireless device 202 that is a UE, as described herein) .
  • These instructions may be, for example, located in the processor and/or on a memory of the UE (such as a memory 206 of a wireless device 202 that is a UE, as described herein) .
  • Embodiments contemplated herein include an apparatus comprising means to perform one or more elements of the method for configuring and/or updating priority of gap at the network device according to embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • This apparatus may be, for example, an apparatus of a base station (such as a network device 218 that is a base station, as described herein) .
  • Embodiments contemplated herein include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions to cause an electronic device, upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of the electronic device, to perform one or more elements of the method at the network device according to embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • This non-transitory computer-readable media may be, for example, a memory of a base station (such as a memory 222 of a network device 218 that is a base station, as described herein) .
  • Embodiments contemplated herein include an apparatus comprising logic, modules, or circuitry to perform one or more elements of the method at the network device according to embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • This apparatus may be, for example, an apparatus of a base station (such as a network device 218 that is a base station, as described herein) .
  • Embodiments contemplated herein include an apparatus comprising: one or more processors and one or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform one or more elements of the method at the network device according to embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • This apparatus may be, for example, an apparatus of a base station (such as a network device 218 that is a base station, as described herein) .
  • Embodiments contemplated herein include a signal as described in or related to one or more elements of the method at the network device according to embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • Embodiments contemplated herein include a computer program or computer program product comprising instructions, wherein execution of the program by a processing element is to cause the processing element to carry out one or more elements of the method at the network device according to embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • the processor may be a processor of a base station (such as a processor (s) 220 of a network device 218 that is a base station, as described herein) .
  • These instructions may be, for example, located in the processor and/or on a memory of the UE (such as a memory 222 of a network device 218 that is a base station, as described herein) .
  • One set of embodiments may include a wireless device comprising at least one antenna; at least one radio coupled to the at least one antenna; and a processor coupled to the at least one radio; wherein the processor is configured to: acquire a gap configuration scheduling operation of the wireless device in accordance with gap patterns, wherein the gap configuration includes priority information related to a priority for each of multiple gaps, and perform operation based on the gap patterns, wherein the operation is performed based on the priorities of the gap patterns.
  • the processor is further configured to: when at least two of the multiple gaps collide, perform operation based on the gap pattern of a gap in the at least two gaps with the highest priority.
  • the processor is further configured to: perform dynamically updating of priority of a gap in the multiple gaps based on detection result of a specific event corresponding to the gap.
  • the processor is further configured to: transmit the updating result of priority of the gap to the network device.
  • the processor is further configured to: detect a specific event corresponding to a gap in the multiple gaps, and dynamically update the priority of the gap when it is detected that condition in the specific event is met.
  • the processor is further configured to: when it is detected that the condition in the specific event is not met, set the priority of the gap to a specific priority value or do not change the priority of the gap.
  • the specific priority value is a default priority value or the previous priority value.
  • the processor is further configured to: perform the event detection periodically or upon request.
  • the processor is further configured to: detect a specific event corresponding to a gap in the multiple gaps, and transmit the detection result of the specific event to a network device, and receive the updated priority from the network device which is obtained by updating the priority of the gap when the condition in the event is met.
  • the gap configuration is related to MUSIM gap.
  • Another set of embodiments may include a network device, comprising: at least one antenna; at least one radio coupled to the at least one antenna; and a processor coupled to the at least one radio; wherein the processor is configured to: acquire a gap configuration scheduling operation of the wireless device in accordance with gap patterns, wherein the gap configuration includes priority information related to a priority for each of multiple gaps, and provide the gap configuration information to the wireless device.
  • the processor is further configured to: configure events and corresponding gap priorities for the multiple gaps in the gap configuration.
  • the processor is further configured to: receive updated priority for a gap from the wireless device, which is obtained by updating the priority of the gap when a condition in an event corresponding to the gap is met.
  • the processor is further configured to: receive the detection result of a specific event corresponding to a gap from the wireless device, dynamically update the priority of the gap when it is detected that the condition in the specific event is met, and transmit the updated priority to the wireless device.
  • the gap configuration is related to MUSIM gap.
  • Yet another set of embodiments may include an apparatus, comprising: a processor configured to cause a wireless device to: acquire a gap configuration scheduling operation of the wireless device in accordance with gap patterns, wherein the gap configuration includes priority information related to a priority for each of multiple gaps, and perform operation based on the gap patterns, wherein the operation is performed based on the priorities of the gap patterns.
  • the processor can cause the wireless device to implement any or all parts of any of the preceding embodiments/examples.
  • Yet another set of embodiments may include an apparatus, comprising: a processor configured to cause a network device to acquire a gap configuration scheduling operation of the wireless device in accordance with gap patterns, wherein the gap configuration includes priority information related to a priority for each of multiple gaps, and provide the gap configuration information to the wireless device.
  • the processor can cause the network device to implement any or all parts of any of the preceding embodiments/examples.
  • Yet another set of embodiments may include a method for a wireless device, comprising: acquiring a gap configuration scheduling operation of the wireless device in accordance with gap patterns, wherein the gap configuration includes priority information related to a priority for each of multiple gaps, and performing operation based on the gap patterns, wherein the operation is performed based on the priorities of the gap patterns.
  • the method can be further performed by the wireless device to implement any or all parts of any of the preceding embodiments/examples.
  • Yet another set of embodiments may include a method for a network device, comprising: acquiring a gap configuration scheduling operation of the wireless device in accordance with gap patterns, wherein the gap configuration includes priority information related to a priority for each of multiple gaps, and providing the gap configuration information to the wireless device.
  • the method can be further performed by the network device to implement any or all parts of any of the preceding embodiments/examples.
  • Yet another set of embodiments may include a device comprising: a processor, and a computer-readable storage medium, having program instructions stored thereon, which, when executed, cause the processor to implement any or all parts of any of the preceding method embodiments.
  • Yet another set of embodiments may include a computer-readable storage medium, having program instructions stored thereon, which, when executed, cause the processor to perform any or all parts of any of the preceding method embodiments.
  • Yet another set of embodiments may include a computer program product comprising program instructions, which, when executed by a computer, cause a computer to perform any or all parts of any of the preceding method embodiments.
  • Yet another set of embodiments may include a computer program comprising program instructions, which, when executed by a computer, cause a computer to perform any or all parts of any of the preceding method embodiments.
  • At least one of the components set forth in one or more of the preceding figures may be configured to perform one or more operations, techniques, processes, and/or methods as set forth herein.
  • a baseband processor as described herein in connection with one or more of the preceding figures may be configured to operate in accordance with one or more of the examples set forth herein.
  • circuitry associated with a UE, base station, network element, etc. as described above in connection with one or more of the preceding figures may be configured to operate in accordance with one or more of the examples set forth herein.
  • Embodiments and implementations of the systems and methods described herein may include various operations, which may be embodied in machine-executable instructions to be executed by a computer system.
  • a computer system may include one or more general-purpose or special-purpose computers (or other electronic devices) .
  • the computer system may include hardware components that include specific logic for performing the operations or may include a combination of hardware, software, and/or firmware.
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La présente divulgation concerne la configuration de priorité d'intervalle. Un dispositif sans fil comprend : au moins une antenne; au moins une radio couplée à ladite au moins une antenne; et un processeur couplé à à ladite au moins une radio; le processeur étant configuré pour : acquérir une opération de planification de configuration d'intervalle du dispositif sans fil conformément à des motifs d'intervalle, la configuration d'intervalle comprenant des informations de priorité relatives à une priorité pour chacun de multiples motifs d'intervalle, et effectuer une opération sur la base des motifs d'espace, l'opération étant effectuée sur la base des priorités des motifs d'intervalle.
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