SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT GAP USAGE SIGNALING ENHANCEMENTS

Abstract

Systems and methods for measurement gap signaling are described herein. A user equipment (UE) receives, from a network, a configuration for one or more measurement objects (MOs) at the UE and identifies any overlimit MOs (for which using per-frequency range (FR) measurement gaps would cause the UE to exceed a component carrier (CC) limitation of the UE) from among the one or more configured MOs. Upon identifying one or more such overlimit MOs, the UE sends the network a measurement gap instruction message configured to cause the network to use per-UE measurement gaps (rather than per-FR measurement gaps) corresponding to the overlimit MOs. An indication to use per-UE measurement gaps in the measurement gap instruction message may be made on a per-MO, per-CC, per-band, per FR, or per-band combination basis. In some cases, the measurement gap instruction message causes the network to use per-UE measurement gaps for all configured MOs.

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