Inter-frequency measurement control in a multi-carrier system

摘要

Techniques are disclosed for signaling a capability to operate in one or more carrier aggregation configurations and measurement gap requirements corresponding to the carrier aggregation configurations. Each carrier aggregation configuration may include one or more frequency bands and a mobile terminal can provide an indication of its measurement gap requirements for all or a subset of its supported frequency bands when operating in the carrier aggregation configurations. The measurement gap requirements may correspond to a physical or logical configuration of receiver resources and the signaling may be initiated by the mobile terminal or by a base station in communication with the mobile terminal.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
signaling, by a mobile terminal, a capability to operate in a plurality of carrier aggregation (CA) configurations, each CA configuration comprising a combination of one or more frequency bands supported by one or more receivers of the mobile terminal; obtaining, by the mobile terminal, measurement gap requirements in relation to target measurement bands, including a first target measurement band, associated with a first frequency band supported by the one or more receivers, and a second target measurement band, associated with a second frequency band supported by the one or more receivers, for operations by the mobile terminal in said each CA configuration; and providing, by the mobile terminal, an indication of the measurement gap requirement for the first target measurement band and an indication of the measurement gap requirement for the second target measurement band.