Abstract:
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may perform a set of synchronization signal block (SSB) measurements and select a serving UE beam and a set of candidate UE beams for measuring a channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) based on the set of SSB measurements. The UE may identify, or predict, time resources for the CSI-RS based on previous CSI-RS configurations. The UE may measure the CSI-RS based on the time resources using a candidate UE beam from the set of candidate UE beams. The UE may transmit, to an access network entity, a measurement report based on measuring the CSI-RS using the candidate UE beam or a last CSI-RS measurement on the serving UE beam.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, to determine a mobility status of a user equipment (UE), the UE may perform filtering or post-processing on one or more beam metrics. The UE may generate first order statistics for the beam metrics, and may use the first order statistics to generate second order statistics. Based on whether the second order statistics for the beam metrics converge, based on whether a detected beam metric converges at zero or a non-zero value, or any combination thereof, the UE may determine a mobility status for the UE. The UE may select appropriate beam management parameter values based on the determined mobility status.
Abstract:
Wireless communications systems and methods related to a handover mechanism for restraining ping-pong handover in new radio cells are provided. A user equipment (UE) obtains signal measurements of a plurality of downlink specific reference signals from a base station (BS) and one or more neighbor cells. The UE detects an occurrence of a specified measurement event based on a comparison of the signal measurements between the BS and the one or more neighbor cells using a first signal measurement offset or a second signal measurement offset different from the first signal measurement offset. The UE communicates, with the BS in a first subband of a plurality of subbands, a measurement report comprising indication of the occurrence of the specified measurement event for initiating a handover of the UE between the BS and the one or more neighbor cells.
Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to mechanisms for detecting and skipping cells a UE is not able to camp on (e.g., NSA cells) during a cell selection procedure. As a result of the skipping, a UE may be able to more quickly detect and select a cell (e.g., an SA cell) that the UE is able to camp on, thus leading to better user experience.
Abstract:
A UE is configured to determine a set of parameters associated with receiving the SSBs, the set of parameters including a first parameter bitmap associated with a serving cell, a second parameter bitmap associated with the neighbor cell, and the SMTC. The UEis configured to determine a search window for searching the received SSBs based on the SMTC and at least one of the first parameter bitmap or the second parameter bitmap. The UE may measure the SSBs searched during the determined search window and send measurement results associated with at least a subset of the measured SSBs to the base station. The UE may also prune measurements to generate the measurement results by removing measurements associated with SSBs received in slots that are not indicated to expect SSBs, based on the first parameter bitmap, the second first parameter bitmap, or the SMTC.
Abstract:
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a synchronization signal block associated with a first channel number as part of a scan, wherein the synchronization signal block indicates a second channel number corresponding to a celldefining synchronization signal block. The UE may attempt acquisition for the celldefining synchronization signal block at an elevated priority level based at least in part on the synchronization signal block indicating the second channel number. Numerous other aspects are provided.
Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a plurality of discovery reference signal (DRS) search modes implemented by the user equipment (UE) during contention-based communication in an unlicensed spectrum. The plurality of DRS search modes may include a first DRS search mode ("Full search mode"), second DRS search mode ("Comb search mode"), and a third DRS search mode ("Thin search mode"). The DRS search modes may be selected by the UE based on the system requirements (e.g., tradeoffs between robustness and complexity against cycle cost). Features of the present disclosure further provide techniques for dynamically switching between the plurality of DRS search modes in order to minimize power consumption while reducing the number of cycles required to locate the DRS.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices are described for transmitting a measurement report during wireless communications. When, for example, a low-power period (e.g., CDRX OFF period) is scheduled to begin during a time defined by a measurement event timer (TTT timer), a UE may modify the low-power period. The low-power period may be modified based, at least in part on determining the low-power period of the UE will begin during a time defined by a measurement event timer, a duration of the measurement event timer, and a duration of the low-power period. Modifying the low-power period may include delaying the start of the low-power state until after transmission of the MR associated with the measurement event timer or skipping the low-power period altogether. The UE may transmit the MR based, at least in part, on the modification.
Abstract:
Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating multi-tasking and smart location selection during connected-mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) mode are disclosed herein. Example techniques disclosed herein enable a UE to perform multiple tasks during a same SSBS to reduce the number of wake-up SSBSs. For example, disclosed techniques enable a UE to perform RLM tasks and loop tracking tasks during a first SSBS and thereby reduce the number of wake-up SSBSs. In some examples, the UE may also perform the search task or the measurement task during the same first SSBS and, thereby, further reduce the number of wake-up SSBSs. Example techniques disclosed herein may also enable the UE to select which SSBS occurrences to wake-up for during the OFF duration of the CDRX cycle.