METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOWNLINK DECODING ENHANCEMENTS DURING IRAT HANDOVER

摘要

The present disclosure presents a method and an apparatus for downlink decoding enhancements during inter radio access technology (IRAT) handovers. For example, the method may include identifying at a user equipment (UE) that a transmission received on a downlink channel during a transmission timing interval (TTI) is configured by a network entity for a DCH Measurement Occasion (DMO) or an idle interval gap for IRAT measurements. The method further includes performing a transport format combination indicator (TFCI) decoding and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of the transmission received during the TTI and determining that data received during the TTI is valid when the TFCI decoding and the CRC are successful. As such, downlink decoding enhancements during IRAT handovers may be achieved.