Apple Inc.
Early Measurement Reporting for Configuration of Carrier Aggregation or Dual Connectivity

Abstract:

A user equipment (UE) device may make measurements of network-configured frequencies in an idle mode or an inactive mode, and report the measurements to the network during (or after) a connection establishment or a connection resume process. The initiation of measurements may be delayed until a connection is imminent or until an upper layer request. A result timer may be used to ensure that reported measurements are not too old to be of use. A configuration timer may be used to selectively report inter-frequency/RAT cell measurements. The configuration timer may also be used repeatedly in conjunction with intervening backoff periods. A base station of the network may use the measurements to make informed decisions on when and how to configure carrier aggregation or dual connectivity for the UE device.