QUALCOMM Incorporated
HANDLING OF LISTEN BEFORE TALK FAILURES DURING RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL PROCEDURES

Abstract:

Handling of listen before talk (LBT) failures during radio resource control (RRC) procedures is disclosed. A user equipment (UE) may be configured to monitor for consistent uplink and downlink LBT failures on a bandwidth part (BWP) configured for a target cell. When the UE determines that consistent LBT failures are occurring with respect to the BWP, the UE may determine an LBT failure state on the BWP. In response, the UE may execute a recovery procedure, which may include selecting a new BWP associated with the target cell and having configured uplink resources, performing a cell reselection procedure, or switching to idle in order to perform cell selection. The UE may then report the LBT failures according to cell identification and BWP.