WO2025091235A1

WO2025091235A1 - Service based measurement resource and mg configuration

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Publication number: WO2025091235A1
Application number: PCT/CN2023/128439
Authority: WO
Inventors: Ruiming Zheng; Ozcan Ozturk
Original assignee: Qualcomm Inc
Current assignee: Qualcomm Inc
Priority date: 2023-10-31
Filing date: 2023-10-31
Publication date: 2025-05-08
Anticipated expiration: 2026-04-30
Also published as: WO2025092878A1

Abstract

Apparatus, methods, and computer program products for wireless communication are provided. An example method may include receiving, from a network entity, a set of measurement resource and measurement gap (MG) configurations, each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations being associated with a respective service layer of a set of service layers. The example method may further include transmitting, to the network entity upon receiving the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, a response message.

Description

SERVICE BASED MEASUREMENT RESOURCE AND MG CONFIGURATION

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates generally to communication systems, and more particularly, to wireless communication systems with different service layers.

INTRODUCTION

Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various telecommunication services such as telephony, video, data, messaging, and broadcasts. Typical wireless communication systems may employ multiple-access technologies capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources. Examples of such multiple-access technologies include code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) systems, and time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems.

These multiple access technologies have been adopted in various telecommunication standards to provide a common protocol that enables different wireless devices to communicate on a municipal, national, regional, and even global level. An example telecommunication standard is 5G New Radio (NR) . 5G NR is part of a continuous mobile broadband evolution promulgated by Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to meet new requirements associated with latency, reliability, security, scalability (e.g., with Internet of Things (IoT) ) , and other requirements. 5G NR includes services associated with enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) , massive machine type communications (mMTC) , and ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC) . Some aspects of 5G NR may be based on the 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard. There exists a need for further improvements in 5G NR technology. These improvements may also be applicable to other multi-access technologies and the telecommunication standards that employ these technologies.

BRIEF SUMMARY

The following presents a simplified summary of one or more aspects in order to provide a basic understanding of such aspects. This summary is not an extensive overview of all contemplated aspects. This summary neither identifies key or critical elements of all aspects nor delineates the scope of any or all aspects. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of one or more aspects in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus at a user equipment (UE) are provided. The apparatus may include at least one memory and at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory. Based at least in part on information stored in the at least one memory, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to receive, from a network entity, a set of measurement resource and measurement gap (MG) configurations, each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations being associated with a respective service layer of a set of service layers. Based at least in part on information stored in the at least one memory, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to transmit, to the network entity upon receiving the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, a response message.

In another aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus at a network entity are provided. The apparatus may include at least one memory and at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory. Based at least in part on information stored in the at least one memory, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to transmit, for a user equipment (UE) , a set of measurement resource and measurement gap (MG) configurations, each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations being associated with a respective service layer of a set of service layers. Based at least in part on information stored in the at least one memory, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to receive, from the UE in response to the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, a response message.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, the one or more aspects include the features hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims. The following description and the drawings set forth in detail certain illustrative features of the one or more aspects. These features are indicative, however, of but a few of the various ways in which the principles of various aspects may be employed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless communications system and an access network.

FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating an example of a first frame, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating an example of downlink (DL) channels within a subframe, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2C is a diagram illustrating an example of a second frame, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2D is a diagram illustrating an example of uplink (UL) channels within a subframe, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a base station and user equipment (UE) in an access network.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating example communications between a network entity, at least one service layer, and a UE, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating example communications between a network entity, at least one service layer, a second network entity, and a UE, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating example communications between a network entity, at least one service layer, and a UE, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating example communications between a network entity, at least one service layer, and a UE, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for an example apparatus and/or network entity, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for an example network entity, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The detailed description set forth below in connection with the drawings describes various configurations and does not represent the only configurations in which the concepts described herein may be practiced. The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing a thorough understanding of various concepts. However, these concepts may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well known structures and components are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring such concepts.

In some wireless communication systems, the measurement resource and measurement gap configuration (s) are not associated with different service layers (which may also be referred to as “services” ) and may be associated with different frequency ranges (which may also be referred to as “frequency layers” ) . Aspects provided herein may improve measurement at a UE and may enable more flexible and faster on the (re) configuration or activation/deactivation on the measurement resource, reduce interruption on the data communication, and allow a UE to be more proactive to indicate the preference on the measurement resource, by providing respective measurement resource and measurement gap configuration (s) associated with respective different service layer (s) .

Several aspects of telecommunication systems are presented with reference to various apparatus and methods. These apparatus and methods are described in the following detailed description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, components, circuits, processes, algorithms, etc. (collectively referred to as “elements” ) . These elements may be implemented using electronic hardware, computer software, or any combination thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system.

By way of example, an element, or any portion of an element, or any combination of elements may be implemented as a “processing system” that includes one or more processors. When multiple processors are implemented, the multiple processors may perform the functions individually or in combination. Examples of processors include microprocessors, microcontrollers, graphics processing units (GPUs) , central processing units (CPUs) , application processors, digital signal processors (DSPs) , reduced instruction set computing (RISC) processors, systems on a chip (SoC) , baseband processors, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) , programmable logic devices (PLDs) , state machines, gated logic, discrete hardware circuits, and other suitable hardware configured to perform the various functionality described throughout this disclosure. One or more processors in the processing system may execute software. Software, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise, shall be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software components, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executables, threads of execution, procedures, functions, or any combination thereof.

Accordingly, in one or more example aspects, implementations, and/or use cases, the functions described may be implemented in hardware, software, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software, the functions may be stored on or encoded as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes computer storage media. Storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, such computer-readable media can include a random-access memory (RAM) , a read-only memory (ROM) , an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) , optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage, other magnetic storage devices, combinations of the types of computer-readable media, or any other medium that can be used to store computer executable code in the form of instructions or data structures that can be accessed by a computer.

While aspects, implementations, and/or use cases are described in this application by illustration to some examples, additional or different aspects, implementations and/or use cases may come about in many different arrangements and scenarios. Aspects, implementations, and/or use cases described herein may be implemented across many differing platform types, devices, systems, shapes, sizes, and packaging arrangements. For example, aspects, implementations, and/or use cases may come about via integrated chip implementations and other non-module-component based devices (e.g., end-user devices, vehicles, communication devices, computing devices, industrial equipment, retail/purchasing devices, medical devices, artificial intelligence (AI) -enabled devices, etc. ) . While some examples may or may not be specifically directed to use cases or applications, a wide assortment of applicability of described examples may occur. Aspects, implementations, and/or use cases may range a spectrum from chip-level or modular components to non-modular, non-chip-level implementations and further to aggregate, distributed, or original equipment manufacturer (OEM) devices or systems incorporating one or more techniques herein. In some practical settings, devices incorporating described aspects and features may also include additional components and features for implementation and practice of claimed and described aspect. For example, transmission and reception of wireless signals necessarily includes a number of components for analog and digital purposes (e.g., hardware components including antenna, RF-chains, power amplifiers, modulators, buffer, processor (s) , interleaver, adders/summers, etc. ) . Techniques described herein may be practiced in a wide variety of devices, chip-level components, systems, distributed arrangements, aggregated or disaggregated components, end-user devices, etc. of varying sizes, shapes, and constitution.

Deployment of communication systems, such as 5G NR systems, may be arranged in multiple manners with various components or constituent parts. In a 5G NR system, or network, a network node, a network entity, a mobility element of a network, a radio access network (RAN) node, a core network node, a network element, or a network equipment, such as a base station (BS) , or one or more units (or one or more components) performing base station functionality, may be implemented in an aggregated or disaggregated architecture. For example, a BS (such as a Node B (NB) , evolved NB (eNB) , NR BS, 5G NB, access point (AP) , a transmission reception point (TRP) , or a cell, etc. ) may be implemented as an aggregated base station (also known as a standalone BS or a monolithic BS) or a disaggregated base station.

An aggregated base station may be configured to utilize a radio protocol stack that is physically or logically integrated within a single RAN node. A disaggregated base station may be configured to utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically distributed among two or more units (such as one or more central or centralized units (CUs) , one or more distributed units (DUs) , or one or more radio units (RUs) ) . In some aspects, a CU may be implemented within a RAN node, and one or more DUs may be co-located with the CU, or alternatively, may be geographically or virtually distributed throughout one or multiple other RAN nodes. The DUs may be implemented to communicate with one or more RUs. Each of the CU, DU and RU can be implemented as virtual units, i.e., a virtual central unit (VCU) , a virtual distributed unit (VDU) , or a virtual radio unit (VRU) .

Base station operation or network design may consider aggregation characteristics of base station functionality. For example, disaggregated base stations may be utilized in an integrated access backhaul (IAB) network, an open radio access network (O-RAN (such as the network configuration sponsored by the O-RAN Alliance) ) , or a virtualized radio access network (vRAN, also known as a cloud radio access network (C-RAN) ) . Disaggregation may include distributing functionality across two or more units at various physical locations, as well as distributing functionality for at least one unit virtually, which can enable flexibility in network design. The various units of the disaggregated base station, or disaggregated RAN architecture, can be configured for wired or wireless communication with at least one other unit.

FIG. 1 is a diagram 100 illustrating an example of a wireless communications system and an access network. The illustrated wireless communications system includes a disaggregated base station architecture. The disaggregated base station architecture may include one or more CUs 110 that can communicate directly with a core network 120 via a backhaul link, or indirectly with the core network 120 through one or more disaggregated base station units (such as a Near-Real Time (Near-RT) RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) 125 via an E2 link, or a Non-Real Time (Non-RT) RIC 115 associated with a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) Framework 105, or both) . A CU 110 may communicate with one or more DUs 130 via respective midhaul links, such as an F1 interface. The DUs 130 may communicate with one or more RUs 140 via respective fronthaul links. The RUs 140 may communicate with respective UEs 104 via one or more radio frequency (RF) access links. In some implementations, the UE 104 may be simultaneously served by multiple RUs 140.

Each of the units, i.e., the CUs 110, the DUs 130, the RUs 140, as well as the Near-RT RICs 125, the Non-RT RICs 115, and the SMO Framework 105, may include one or more interfaces or be coupled to one or more interfaces configured to receive or to transmit signals, data, or information (collectively, signals) via a wired or wireless transmission medium. Each of the units, or an associated processor or controller providing instructions to the communication interfaces of the units, can be configured to communicate with one or more of the other units via the transmission medium. For example, the units can include a wired interface configured to receive or to transmit signals over a wired transmission medium to one or more of the other units. Additionally, the units can include a wireless interface, which may include a receiver, a transmitter, or a transceiver (such as an RF transceiver) , configured to receive or to transmit signals, or both, over a wireless transmission medium to one or more of the other units.

In some aspects, the CU 110 may host one or more higher layer control functions. Such control functions can include radio resource control (RRC) , packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) , service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) , or the like. Each control function can be implemented with an interface configured to communicate signals with other control functions hosted by the CU 110. The CU 110 may be configured to handle user plane functionality (i.e., Central Unit –User Plane (CU-UP) ) , control plane functionality (i.e., Central Unit –Control Plane (CU-CP) ) , or a combination thereof. In some implementations, the CU 110 can be logically split into one or more CU-UP units and one or more CU-CP units. The CU-UP unit can communicate bidirectionally with the CU-CP unit via an interface, such as an E1 interface when implemented in an O-RAN configuration. The CU 110 can be implemented to communicate with the DU 130, as necessary, for network control and signaling.

The DU 130 may correspond to a logical unit that includes one or more base station functions to control the operation of one or more RUs 140. In some aspects, the DU 130 may host one or more of a radio link control (RLC) layer, a medium access control (MAC) layer, and one or more high physical (PHY) layers (such as modules for forward error correction (FEC) encoding and decoding, scrambling, modulation, demodulation, or the like) depending, at least in part, on a functional split, such as those defined by 3GPP. In some aspects, the DU 130 may further host one or more low PHY layers. Each layer (or module) can be implemented with an interface configured to communicate signals with other layers (and modules) hosted by the DU 130, or with the control functions hosted by the CU 110.

Lower-layer functionality can be implemented by one or more RUs 140. In some deployments, an RU 140, controlled by a DU 130, may correspond to a logical node that hosts RF processing functions, or low-PHY layer functions (such as performing fast Fourier transform (FFT) , inverse FFT (iFFT) , digital beamforming, physical random access channel (PRACH) extraction and filtering, or the like) , or both, based at least in part on the functional split, such as a lower layer functional split. In such an architecture, the RU (s) 140 can be implemented to handle over the air (OTA) communication with one or more UEs 104. In some implementations, real-time and non-real-time aspects of control and user plane communication with the RU (s) 140 can be controlled by the corresponding DU 130. In some scenarios, this configuration can enable the DU (s) 130 and the CU 110 to be implemented in a cloud-based RAN architecture, such as a vRAN architecture.

The SMO Framework 105 may be configured to support RAN deployment and provisioning of non-virtualized and virtualized network elements. For non-virtualized network elements, the SMO Framework 105 may be configured to support the deployment of dedicated physical resources for RAN coverage requirements that may be managed via an operations and maintenance interface (such as an O1 interface) . For virtualized network elements, the SMO Framework 105 may be configured to interact with a cloud computing platform (such as an open cloud (O-Cloud) 190) to perform network element life cycle management (such as to instantiate virtualized network elements) via a cloud computing platform interface (such as an O2 interface) . Such virtualized network elements can include, but are not limited to, CUs 110, DUs 130, RUs 140 and Near-RT RICs 125. In some implementations, the SMO Framework 105 can communicate with a hardware aspect of a 4G RAN, such as an open eNB (O-eNB) 111, via an O1 interface. Additionally, in some implementations, the SMO Framework 105 can communicate directly with one or more RUs 140 via an O1 interface. The SMO Framework 105 also may include a Non-RT RIC 115 configured to support functionality of the SMO Framework 105.

The Non-RT RIC 115 may be configured to include a logical function that enables non-real-time control and optimization of RAN elements and resources, artificial intelligence (AI) /machine learning (ML) (AI/ML) workflows including model training and updates, or policy-based guidance of applications/features in the Near-RT RIC 125. The Non-RT RIC 115 may be coupled to or communicate with (such as via an A1 interface) the Near-RT RIC 125. The Near-RT RIC 125 may be configured to include a logical function that enables near-real-time control and optimization of RAN elements and resources via data collection and actions over an interface (such as via an E2 interface) connecting one or more CUs 110, one or more DUs 130, or both, as well as an O-eNB, with the Near-RT RIC 125.

In some implementations, to generate AI/ML models to be deployed in the Near-RT RIC 125, the Non-RT RIC 115 may receive parameters or external enrichment information from external servers. Such information may be utilized by the Near-RT RIC 125 and may be received at the SMO Framework 105 or the Non-RT RIC 115 from non-network data sources or from network functions. In some examples, the Non-RT RIC 115 or the Near-RT RIC 125 may be configured to tune RAN behavior or performance. For example, the Non-RT RIC 115 may monitor long-term trends and patterns for performance and employ AI/ML models to perform corrective actions through the SMO Framework 105 (such as reconfiguration via O1) or via creation of RAN management policies (such as A1 policies) .

At least one of the CU 110, the DU 130, and the RU 140 may be referred to as a base station 102. Accordingly, a base station 102 may include one or more of the CU 110, the DU 130, and the RU 140 (each component indicated with dotted lines to signify that each component may or may not be included in the base station 102) . The base station 102 provides an access point to the core network 120 for a UE 104. The base station 102 may include macrocells (high power cellular base station) and/or small cells (low power cellular base station) . The small cells include femtocells, picocells, and microcells. A network that includes both small cell and macrocells may be known as a heterogeneous network. A heterogeneous network may also include Home Evolved Node Bs (eNBs) (HeNBs) , which may provide service to a restricted group known as a closed subscriber group (CSG) . The communication links between the RUs 140 and the UEs 104 may include uplink (UL) (also referred to as reverse link) transmissions from a UE 104 to an RU 140 and/or downlink (DL) (also referred to as forward link) transmissions from an RU 140 to a UE 104. The communication links may use multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, including spatial multiplexing, beamforming, and/or transmit diversity. The communication links may be through one or more carriers. The base station 102 /UEs 104 may use spectrum up to Y MHz (e.g., 5, 10, 15, 20, 100, 400, etc. MHz) bandwidth per carrier allocated in a carrier aggregation of up to a total of Yx MHz (x component carriers) used for transmission in each direction. The carriers may or may not be adjacent to each other. Allocation of carriers may be asymmetric with respect to DL and UL (e.g., more or fewer carriers may be allocated for DL than for UL) . The component carriers may include a primary component carrier and one or more secondary component carriers. A primary component carrier may be referred to as a primary cell (PCell) and a secondary component carrier may be referred to as a secondary cell (SCell) .

Certain UEs 104 may communicate with each other using device-to-device (D2D) communication link 158. The D2D communication link 158 may use the DL/UL wireless wide area network (WWAN) spectrum. The D2D communication link 158 may use one or more sidelink channels, such as a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) , a physical sidelink discovery channel (PSDCH) , a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) , and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) . D2D communication may be through a variety of wireless D2D communications systems, such as for example, Bluetooth^TM (Bluetooth is a trademark of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) ) , Wi-Fi^TM (Wi-Fi is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance) based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard, LTE, or NR.

The wireless communications system may further include a Wi-Fi AP 150 in communication with UEs 104 (also referred to as Wi-Fi stations (STAs) ) via communication link 154, e.g., in a 5 GHz unlicensed frequency spectrum or the like. When communicating in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, the UEs 104 /AP 150 may perform a clear channel assessment (CCA) prior to communicating in order to determine whether the channel is available.

The electromagnetic spectrum is often subdivided, based on frequency/wavelength, into various classes, bands, channels, etc. In 5G NR, two initial operating bands have been identified as frequency range designations FR1 (410 MHz –7.125 GHz) and FR2 (24.25 GHz –52.6 GHz) . Although a portion of FR1 is greater than 6 GHz, FR1 is often referred to (interchangeably) as a “sub-6 GHz” band in various documents and articles. A similar nomenclature issue sometimes occurs with regard to FR2, which is often referred to (interchangeably) as a “millimeter wave” band in documents and articles, despite being different from the extremely high frequency (EHF) band (30 GHz –300 GHz) which is identified by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) as a “millimeter wave” band.

The frequencies between FR1 and FR2 are often referred to as mid-band frequencies. Recent 5G NR studies have identified an operating band for these mid-band frequencies as frequency range designation FR3 (7.125 GHz –24.25 GHz) . Frequency bands falling within FR3 may inherit FR1 characteristics and/or FR2 characteristics, and thus may effectively extend features of FR1 and/or FR2 into mid- band frequencies. In addition, higher frequency bands are currently being explored to extend 5G NR operation beyond 52.6 GHz. For example, three higher operating bands have been identified as frequency range designations FR2-2 (52.6 GHz –71 GHz) , FR4 (71 GHz –114.25 GHz) , and FR5 (114.25 GHz –300 GHz) . Each of these higher frequency bands falls within the EHF band.

With the above aspects in mind, unless specifically stated otherwise, the term “sub-6 GHz” or the like if used herein may broadly represent frequencies that may be less than 6 GHz, may be within FR1, or may include mid-band frequencies. Further, unless specifically stated otherwise, the term “millimeter wave” or the like if used herein may broadly represent frequencies that may include mid-band frequencies, may be within FR2, FR4, FR2-2, and/or FR5, or may be within the EHF band.

The base station 102 and the UE 104 may each include a plurality of antennas, such as antenna elements, antenna panels, and/or antenna arrays to facilitate beamforming. The base station 102 may transmit a beamformed signal 182 to the UE 104 in one or more transmit directions. The UE 104 may receive the beamformed signal from the base station 102 in one or more receive directions. The UE 104 may also transmit a beamformed signal 184 to the base station 102 in one or more transmit directions. The base station 102 may receive the beamformed signal from the UE 104 in one or more receive directions. The base station 102 /UE 104 may perform beam training to determine the best receive and transmit directions for each of the base station 102 /UE 104. The transmit and receive directions for the base station 102 may or may not be the same. The transmit and receive directions for the UE 104 may or may not be the same.

The base station 102 may include and/or be referred to as a gNB, Node B, eNB, an access point, a base transceiver station, a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a transceiver function, a basic service set (BSS) , an extended service set (ESS) , a TRP, network node, network entity, network equipment, or some other suitable terminology. The base station 102 can be implemented as an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, a relay node, a sidelink node, an aggregated (monolithic) base station with a baseband unit (BBU) (including a CU and a DU) and an RU, or as a disaggregated base station including one or more of a CU, a DU, and/or an RU. The set of base stations, which may include disaggregated base stations and/or aggregated base stations, may be referred to as next generation (NG) RAN (NG-RAN) .

The core network 120 may include an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) 161, a Session Management Function (SMF) 162, a User Plane Function (UPF) 163, a Unified Data Management (UDM) 164, one or more location servers 168, and other functional entities. The AMF 161 is the control node that processes the signaling between the UEs 104 and the core network 120. The AMF 161 supports registration management, connection management, mobility management, and other functions. The SMF 162 supports session management and other functions. The UPF 163 supports packet routing, packet forwarding, and other functions. The UDM 164 supports the generation of authentication and key agreement (AKA) credentials, user identification handling, access authorization, and subscription management. The one or more location servers 168 are illustrated as including a Gateway Mobile Location Center (GMLC) 165 and a Location Management Function (LMF) 166. However, generally, the one or more location servers 168 may include one or more location/positioning servers, which may include one or more of the GMLC 165, the LMF 166, a position determination entity (PDE) , a serving mobile location center (SMLC) , a mobile positioning center (MPC) , or the like. The GMLC 165 and the LMF 166 support UE location services. The GMLC 165 provides an interface for clients/applications (e.g., emergency services) for accessing UE positioning information. The LMF 166 receives measurements and assistance information from the NG-RAN and the UE 104 via the AMF 161 to compute the position of the UE 104. The NG-RAN may utilize one or more positioning methods in order to determine the position of the UE 104. Positioning the UE 104 may involve signal measurements, a position estimate, and an optional velocity computation based on the measurements. The signal measurements may be made by the UE 104 and/or the base station 102 serving the UE 104. The signals measured may be based on one or more of a satellite positioning system (SPS) 170 (e.g., one or more of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) , global position system (GPS) , non-terrestrial network (NTN) , or other satellite position/location system) , LTE signals, wireless local area network (WLAN) signals, Bluetooth signals, a terrestrial beacon system (TBS) , sensor-based information (e.g., barometric pressure sensor, motion sensor) , NR enhanced cell ID (NR E-CID) methods, NR signals (e.g., multi-round trip time (Multi-RTT) , DL angle-of-departure (DL-AoD) , DL time difference of arrival (DL-TDOA) , UL time difference of arrival (UL-TDOA) , and UL angle-of-arrival (UL-AoA) positioning) , and/or other systems/signals/sensors.

Examples of UEs 104 include a cellular phone, a smart phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a laptop, a personal digital assistant (PDA) , a satellite radio, a global positioning system, a multimedia device, a video device, a digital audio player (e.g., MP3 player) , a camera, a game console, a tablet, a smart device, a wearable device, a vehicle, an electric meter, a gas pump, a large or small kitchen appliance, a healthcare device, an implant, a sensor/actuator, a display, or any other similar functioning device. Some of the UEs 104 may be referred to as IoT devices (e.g., parking meter, gas pump, toaster, vehicles, heart monitor, etc. ) . The UE 104 may also be referred to as a station, a mobile station, a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit, a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, a wireless communications device, a remote device, a mobile subscriber station, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, a remote terminal, a handset, a user agent, a mobile client, a client, or some other suitable terminology. In some scenarios, the term UE may also apply to one or more companion devices such as in a device constellation arrangement. One or more of these devices may collectively access the network and/or individually access the network.

Referring again to FIG. 1, in some aspects, the UE 104 may include a measurement component 198. In some aspects, the measurement component 198 may be configured to receive, from a network entity, a set of measurement resource and measurement gap (MG) configurations, each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations being associated with a respective service layer of a set of service layers. In some aspects, the measurement component 198 may be further configured to transmit, to the network entity upon receiving the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, a response message.

In certain aspects, the base station 102 may include a measurement component 199. In some aspects, the measurement component 199 may be configured to transmit, for a user equipment (UE) , a set of measurement resource and measurement gap (MG) configurations, each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations being associated with a respective service layer of a set of service layers. In some aspects, the measurement component 199 may be further configured to receive, from the UE in response to the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, a response message.

Although the following description may be focused on 5G NR, the concepts described herein may be applicable to other similar areas, such as LTE, LTE-A, CDMA, GSM, and other wireless technologies.

As described herein, a node (which may be referred to as a node, a network node, a network entity, or a wireless node) may include, be, or be included in (e.g., be a component of) a base station (e.g., any base station described herein) , a UE (e.g., any UE described herein) , a network controller, an apparatus, a device, a computing system, an integrated access and backhauling (IAB) node, a distributed unit (DU) , a central unit (CU) , a remote/radio unit (RU) (which may also be referred to as a remote radio unit (RRU) ) , and/or another processing entity configured to perform any of the techniques described herein. For example, a network node may be a UE. As another example, a network node may be a base station or network entity. As another example, a first network node may be configured to communicate with a second network node or a third network node. In one aspect of this example, the first network node may be a UE, the second network node may be a base station, and the third network node may be a UE. In another aspect of this example, the first network node may be a UE, the second network node may be a base station, and the third network node may be a base station. In yet other aspects of this example, the first, second, and third network nodes may be different relative to these examples. Similarly, reference to a UE, base station, apparatus, device, computing system, or the like may include disclosure of the UE, base station, apparatus, device, computing system, or the like being a network node. For example, disclosure that a UE is configured to receive information from a base station also discloses that a first network node is configured to receive information from a second network node. Consistent with this disclosure, once a specific example is broadened in accordance with this disclosure (e.g., a UE is configured to receive information from a base station also discloses that a first network node is configured to receive information from a second network node) , the broader example of the narrower example may be interpreted in the reverse, but in a broad open-ended way. In the example above where a UE is configured to receive information from a base station also discloses that a first network node is configured to receive information from a second network node, the first network node may refer to a first UE, a first base station, a first apparatus, a first device, a first computing system, a first set of one or more one or more components, a first processing entity, or the like configured to receive the information; and the second network node may refer to a second UE, a second base station, a second apparatus, a second device, a second computing system, a second set of one or more components, a second processing entity, or the like.

As described herein, communication of information (e.g., any information, signal, or the like) may be described in various aspects using different terminology. Disclosure of one communication term includes disclosure of other communication terms. For example, a first network node may be described as being configured to transmit information to a second network node. In this example and consistent with this disclosure, disclosure that the first network node is configured to transmit information to the second network node includes disclosure that the first network node is configured to provide, send, output, communicate, or transmit information to the second network node. Similarly, in this example and consistent with this disclosure, disclosure that the first network node is configured to transmit information to the second network node includes disclosure that the second network node is configured to receive, obtain, or decode the information that is provided, sent, output, communicated, or transmitted by the first network node.

FIG. 2A is a diagram 200 illustrating an example of a first subframe within a 5G NR frame structure. FIG. 2B is a diagram 230 illustrating an example of DL channels within a 5G NR subframe. FIG. 2C is a diagram 250 illustrating an example of a second subframe within a 5G NR frame structure. FIG. 2D is a diagram 280 illustrating an example of UL channels within a 5G NR subframe. The 5G NR frame structure may be frequency division duplexed (FDD) in which for a particular set of subcarriers (carrier system bandwidth) , subframes within the set of subcarriers are dedicated for either DL or UL, or may be time division duplexed (TDD) in which for a particular set of subcarriers (carrier system bandwidth) , subframes within the set of subcarriers are dedicated for both DL and UL. In the examples provided by FIGs. 2A, 2C, the 5G NR frame structure is assumed to be TDD, with subframe 4 being configured with slot format 28 (with mostly DL) , where D is DL, U is UL, and F is flexible for use between DL/UL, and subframe 3 being configured with slot format 1 (with all UL) . While subframes 3, 4 are shown with slot formats 1, 28, respectively, any particular subframe may be configured with any of the various available slot formats 0-61. Slot formats 0, 1 are all DL, UL, respectively. Other slot formats 2-61 include a mix of DL, UL, and flexible symbols. UEs are configured with the slot format (dynamically through DL control information (DCI) , or semi-statically/statically through radio resource control (RRC) signaling) through a received slot format indicator (SFI) . Note that the description infra applies also to a 5G NR frame structure that is TDD.

FIGs. 2A-2D illustrate a frame structure, and the aspects of the present disclosure may be applicable to other wireless communication technologies, which may have a different frame structure and/or different channels. A frame (10 ms) may be divided into 10 equally sized subframes (1 ms) . Each subframe may include one or more time slots. Subframes may also include mini-slots, which may include 7, 4, or 2 symbols. Each slot may include 14 or 12 symbols, depending on whether the cyclic prefix (CP) is normal or extended. For normal CP, each slot may include 14 symbols, and for extended CP, each slot may include 12 symbols. The symbols on DL may be CP orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) (CP-OFDM) symbols. The symbols on UL may be CP-OFDM symbols (for high throughput scenarios) or discrete Fourier transform (DFT) spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) symbols (for power limited scenarios; limited to a single stream transmission) . The number of slots within a subframe is based on the CP and the numerology. The numerology defines the subcarrier spacing (SCS) (see Table 1) . The symbol length/duration may scale with 1/SCS.

Table 1: Numerology, SCS, and CP

For normal CP (14 symbols/slot) , different numerologies μ 0 to 4 allow for 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 slots, respectively, per subframe. For extended CP, the numerology 2 allows for 4 slots per subframe. Accordingly, for normal CP and numerology μ, there are 14 symbols/slot and 2^μ slots/subframe. The subcarrier spacing may be equal to 2^μ* 15 kHz, where μ is the numerology 0 to 4. As such, the numerology μ=0 has a subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz and the numerology μ=4 has a subcarrier spacing of 240 kHz. The symbol length/duration is inversely related to the subcarrier spacing. FIGs. 2A-2D provide an example of normal CP with 14 symbols per slot and numerology μ=2 with 4 slots per subframe. The slot duration is 0.25 ms, the subcarrier spacing is 60 kHz, and the symbol duration is approximately 16.67 μs. Within a set of frames, there may be one or more different bandwidth parts (BWPs) (see FIG. 2B) that are frequency division multiplexed. Each BWP may have a particular numerology and CP (normal or extended) .

A resource grid may be used to represent the frame structure. Each time slot includes a resource block (RB) (also referred to as physical RBs (PRBs) ) that extends 12 consecutive subcarriers. The resource grid is divided into multiple resource elements (REs) . The number of bits carried by each RE depends on the modulation scheme.

As illustrated in FIG. 2A, some of the REs carry reference (pilot) signals (RS) for the UE.The RS may include demodulation RS (DM-RS) (indicated as R for one particular configuration, but other DM-RS configurations are possible) and channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) for channel estimation at the UE. The RS may also include beam measurement RS (BRS) , beam refinement RS (BRRS) , and phase tracking RS (PT-RS) .

FIG. 2B illustrates an example of various DL channels within a subframe of a frame. The physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carries DCI within one or more control channel elements (CCEs) (e.g., 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 CCEs) , each CCE including six RE groups (REGs) , each REG including 12 consecutive REs in an OFDM symbol of an RB. A PDCCH within one BWP may be referred to as a control resource set (CORESET) . A UE is configured to monitor PDCCH candidates in a PDCCH search space (e.g., common search space, UE-specific search space) during PDCCH monitoring occasions on the CORESET, where the PDCCH candidates have different DCI formats and different aggregation levels. Additional BWPs may be located at greater and/or lower frequencies across the channel bandwidth. A primary synchronization signal (PSS) may be within symbol 2 of particular subframes of a frame. The PSS is used by a UE 104 to determine subframe/symbol timing and a physical layer identity. A secondary synchronization signal (SSS) may be within symbol 4 of particular subframes of a frame. The SSS is used by a UE to determine a physical layer cell identity group number and radio frame timing. Based on the physical layer identity and the physical layer cell identity group number, the UE can determine a physical cell identifier (PCI) . Based on the PCI, the UE can determine the locations of the DM-RS. The physical broadcast channel (PBCH) , which carries a master information block (MIB) , may be logically grouped with the PSS and SSS to form a synchronization signal (SS) /PBCH block (also referred to as SS block (SSB) ) . The MIB provides a number of RBs in the system bandwidth and a system frame number (SFN) . The physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carries user data, broadcast system information not transmitted through the PBCH such as system information blocks (SIBs) , and paging messages.

As illustrated in FIG. 2C, some of the REs carry DM-RS (indicated as R for one particular configuration, but other DM-RS configurations are possible) for channel estimation at the base station. The UE may transmit DM-RS for the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and DM-RS for the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) . The PUSCH DM-RS may be transmitted in the first one or two symbols of the PUSCH. The PUCCH DM-RS may be transmitted in different configurations depending on whether short or long PUCCHs are transmitted and depending on the particular PUCCH format used. The UE may transmit sounding reference signals (SRS) . The SRS may be transmitted in the last symbol of a subframe. The SRS may have a comb structure, and a UE may transmit SRS on one of the combs. The SRS may be used by a base station for channel quality estimation to enable frequency-dependent scheduling on the UL.

FIG. 2D illustrates an example of various UL channels within a subframe of a frame. The PUCCH may be located as indicated in one configuration. The PUCCH carries uplink control information (UCI) , such as scheduling requests, a channel quality indicator (CQI) , a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) , a rank indicator (RI) , and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment (ACK) (HARQ-ACK) feedback (i.e., one or more HARQ ACK bits indicating one or more ACK and/or negative ACK (NACK) ) . The PUSCH carries data, and may additionally be used to carry a buffer status report (BSR) , a power headroom report (PHR) , and/or UCI.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a base station 310 in communication with a UE 350 in an access network. In the DL, Internet protocol (IP) packets may be provided to a controller/processor 375. The controller/processor 375 implements layer 3 and layer 2 functionality. Layer 3 includes a radio resource control (RRC) layer, and layer 2 includes a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer, a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a radio link control (RLC) layer, and a medium access control (MAC) layer. The controller/processor 375 provides RRC layer functionality associated with broadcasting of system information (e.g., MIB, SIBs) , RRC connection control (e.g., RRC connection paging, RRC connection establishment, RRC connection modification, and RRC connection release) , inter radio access technology (RAT) mobility, and measurement configuration for UE measurement reporting; PDCP layer functionality associated with header compression /decompression, security (ciphering, deciphering, integrity protection, integrity verification) , and handover support functions; RLC layer functionality associated with the transfer of upper layer packet data units (PDUs) , error correction through ARQ, concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of RLC service data units (SDUs) , re-segmentation of RLC data PDUs, and reordering of RLC data PDUs; and MAC layer functionality associated with mapping between logical channels and transport channels, multiplexing of MAC SDUs onto transport blocks (TBs) , demultiplexing of MAC SDUs from TBs, scheduling information reporting, error correction through HARQ, priority handling, and logical channel prioritization.

The transmit (TX) processor 316 and the receive (RX) processor 370 implement layer 1 functionality associated with various signal processing functions. Layer 1, which includes a physical (PHY) layer, may include error detection on the transport channels, forward error correction (FEC) coding/decoding of the transport channels, interleaving, rate matching, mapping onto physical channels, modulation/demodulation of physical channels, and MIMO antenna processing. The TX processor 316 handles mapping to signal constellations based on various modulation schemes (e.g., binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) , quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK) , M-phase-shift keying (M-PSK) , M-quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM) ) . The coded and modulated symbols may then be split into parallel streams. Each stream may then be mapped to an OFDM subcarrier, multiplexed with a reference signal (e.g., pilot) in the time and/or frequency domain, and then combined together using an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) to produce a physical channel carrying a time domain OFDM symbol stream. The OFDM stream is spatially precoded to produce multiple spatial streams. Channel estimates from a channel estimator 374 may be used to determine the coding and modulation scheme, as well as for spatial processing. The channel estimate may be derived from a reference signal and/or channel condition feedback transmitted by the UE 350. Each spatial stream may then be provided to a different antenna 320 via a separate transmitter 318Tx. Each transmitter 318Tx may modulate a radio frequency (RF) carrier with a respective spatial stream for transmission.

At the UE 350, each receiver 354Rx receives a signal through its respective antenna 352. Each receiver 354Rx recovers information modulated onto an RF carrier and provides the information to the receive (RX) processor 356. The TX processor 368 and the RX processor 356 implement layer 1 functionality associated with various signal processing functions. The RX processor 356 may perform spatial processing on the information to recover any spatial streams destined for the UE 350. If multiple spatial streams are destined for the UE 350, they may be combined by the RX processor 356 into a single OFDM symbol stream. The RX processor 356 then converts the OFDM symbol stream from the time-domain to the frequency domain using a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) . The frequency domain signal includes a separate OFDM symbol stream for each subcarrier of the OFDM signal. The symbols on each subcarrier, and the reference signal, are recovered and demodulated by determining the most likely signal constellation points transmitted by the base station 310. These soft decisions may be based on channel estimates computed by the channel estimator 358. The soft decisions are then decoded and deinterleaved to recover the data and control signals that were originally transmitted by the base station 310 on the physical channel. The data and control signals are then provided to the controller/processor 359, which implements layer 3 and layer 2 functionality.

The controller/processor 359 can be associated with at least one memory 360 that stores program codes and data. The at least one memory 360 may be referred to as a computer-readable medium. In the UL, the controller/processor 359 provides demultiplexing between transport and logical channels, packet reassembly, deciphering, header decompression, and control signal processing to recover IP packets. The controller/processor 359 is also responsible for error detection using an ACK and/or NACK protocol to support HARQ operations.

Similar to the functionality described in connection with the DL transmission by the base station 310, the controller/processor 359 provides RRC layer functionality associated with system information (e.g., MIB, SIBs) acquisition, RRC connections, and measurement reporting; PDCP layer functionality associated with header compression /decompression, and security (ciphering, deciphering, integrity protection, integrity verification) ; RLC layer functionality associated with the transfer of upper layer PDUs, error correction through ARQ, concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of RLC SDUs, re-segmentation of RLC data PDUs, and reordering of RLC data PDUs; and MAC layer functionality associated with mapping between logical channels and transport channels, multiplexing of MAC SDUs onto TBs, demultiplexing of MAC SDUs from TBs, scheduling information reporting, error correction through HARQ, priority handling, and logical channel prioritization.

Channel estimates derived by a channel estimator 358 from a reference signal or feedback transmitted by the base station 310 may be used by the TX processor 368 to select the appropriate coding and modulation schemes, and to facilitate spatial processing. The spatial streams generated by the TX processor 368 may be provided to different antenna 352 via separate transmitters 354Tx. Each transmitter 354Tx may modulate an RF carrier with a respective spatial stream for transmission.

The UL transmission is processed at the base station 310 in a manner similar to that described in connection with the receiver function at the UE 350. Each receiver 318Rx receives a signal through its respective antenna 320. Each receiver 318Rx recovers information modulated onto an RF carrier and provides the information to a RX processor 370.

The controller/processor 375 can be associated with at least one memory 376 that stores program codes and data. The at least one memory 376 may be referred to as a computer-readable medium. In the UL, the controller/processor 375 provides demultiplexing between transport and logical channels, packet reassembly, deciphering, header decompression, control signal processing to recover IP packets. The controller/processor 375 is also responsible for error detection using an ACK and/or NACK protocol to support HARQ operations.

At least one of the TX processor 368, the RX processor 356, and the controller/processor 359 may be configured to perform aspects in connection with measurement component 198 of FIG. 1.

At least one of the TX processor 316, the RX processor 370, and the controller/processor 375 may be configured to perform aspects in connection with measurement component 199 of FIG. 1.

In wireless communication systems, a network may configure UE to perform measurement and configure the UE to report the measurement results. A measurement configuration may be activated after the measurement configuration is configured to UE. Radio resource control (RRC) signaling may be used to reconfigure the measurement resource. The type of measurements for UE to perform is configured from frequency layer, e.g., new radio (NR) measurement, inter-radio access technology (RAT) measurements of different frequencies, or the like. The measured signal may be based on SSB, CSI-RS resources, SRS resources, positioning reference signal (PRS) , or the like. Measurement gaps (MGs) are the periods that a UE may use to perform measurement. A UE may tune the antenna to the configured frequencies to perform measurement on the configured resource. During the MG, data communication may be interrupted. MGs may be associated with different types, such as gap UE, gap FR1 (e.g., associated with frequency range FR1) , gap FR2 (e.g., associated with frequency range FR2) , or the like. As used herein, the term “measurement resource and measurement gap configuration” may refer to a configuration transmitted from the network to the UE to configure frequency domain measurement resources, time domain measurement resources, and measurement gap (e.g., time periods that the UE may use to perform measurement) (e.g., in the form of measurement gap length (MGL) , measurement gap repetition period (MGRP) , measurement gap timing advance (MGTA) , or measurement gap offset) , or the like.

In some wireless communication systems, the measurement resource and measurement gap configuration (s) are not associated with different service layers (which may also be referred to as “services” ) and may be associated with different frequency ranges (which may also be referred to as “frequency layers” ) . Aspects provided herein may improve measurement at a UE and may enable more flexible and faster on the (re) configuration or activation/deactivation on the measurement resource, reduce interruption on the data communication, and allow a UE to be more proactive to indicate the preference on the measurement resource, by providing respective measurement resource and measurement gap configuration (s) associated with respective different service layer (s) . Examples of different service layers may include a local information service that provides access to local information and means to utilize sensing and radar capabilities, a networking service that provides connectivity functionality, an actuation service that provides access to control actuators and initiate changes in the physical environment, a ubiquitous intelligence service that facilitate information processing, analysis and decision-making for applications that operates in the ubiquitous environment, an application orchestration service that takes care of selection, use and information sharing between other system services, a positioning service, an extended reality (XR) service, a sensing service, a dual subscriber identity service, or the like. In some aspects provided herein, despite being named as a single measurement resource and MG configuration, measurement resource configuration and MG configuration may be separately configured per different respective frequency range per different respective service, or per different respective services per different frequency range.

In some aspects, for each service, a network may configure one or more sets of measurement resource and MG configurations which are associated with different frequency layers (e.g., per FRx gap) . Measurement resource and MG configurations for different services may be configured differently. A RRC configuration may be used to configure per service and per frequency range gap. For a particular frequency layer associated with a particular service, the measurement resource and MG configuration may be mapped to different reference signals, such as SSB, CSI-RS, PRS, sensing RS measurement, or the like. For different services, there may also be a per RS gap configured for each respective service. Different services or frequency layers may be associated with different MG configurations. Per each service gap, there may be different frequency gap (s) associated with the service gap. In other words, the measurement resource and MG configuration (s) may be specified per service and per frequency, e.g., for each service, there may be various different per frequency measurement resource (s) and MG (s) configured. In some aspects, MGL, MGRP, MGTA and measurement gap offset may be separately configured for each particular frequency range associated with each service. For example, a first service may be associated with various frequency ranges and various types of RSs, each of which may be associated with a respective MGL, MGRP, MGTA and measurement gap offset. A second service may be associated with various frequency ranges and various types of RSs, each of which may be associated with a respective MGL, MGRP, MGTA and measurement gap offset (separately configured compared to the respective MGL, MGRP, MGTA and measurement gap offset configured for the first service) .

Based on some aspects provided herein, an enhanced distributed unit (eDU) may make the decision regarding the measurement resource and MG configuration based on request from various service layer (s) . In some aspects, the measurement resource and MG configuration may be determined by eDU and the eDU may determine the measurement resource based on the request from different services. In some aspects, respective requests from different services may be associated with different priority. In some aspects, the eDU may also determine priority based on the request from the different services. In some aspects, an AMF may determine priority based on the request from the different services. In some aspects, a first service and a second service may request for a same measurement resource or a same MG for a same frequency range, and the eDU may configure the measurement resource and MG configuration for a UE such that the request with the higher priority may be fulfilled (e.g., request from a first service may be fulfilled and the measurement resource or the MG for the particular frequency may be configured for the service) , and the service associated with the request with the lower priority may be configured with (e.g., in the measurement resource and MG configuration for the UE) an alternative configuration different from the suggestion in the request. The term “priority” or “measurement priority” may refer to a priority used by a network entity when configuring measurement resource and MG configuration for a UE based on different requests that include different suggestions from different service layers.

In some aspects, the priority may be determined by the eDU or a different network entity, such as the AMF. In some aspects, the AMF may define the measurement priority based on the different requests from different service layers, and the AMF may responsible to activate measurement configuration. In some aspects, the UE may also indicate measurement preference in a UE preferred measurement resource indication (e.g., which may be a fast MG request) . In some aspects, each of the different service layer (s) may provide the respective measurement resource and MG configuration pool including respective measurement resource and MG that may be configured for the respective service layer, and the AMF or the eDU may configure, for each particular service layer, the respective measurement resource and MG based on what is available to configure for the particular service as indicated by the measurement resource and MG configuration pool associated with the service layer. In some aspects, the respective measurement resource and MG configuration pool for respective service layers may be configured for the UE and the UE or the service layer may select, activate, or deactivate particular portions of what is indicated in the measurement resource and MG configuration pool.

FIG. 4 is a diagram 400 illustrating example communications between a network entity 404, at least one service layer including a service layer 406A and a service layer 406N, and a UE 402, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The service layers, including the service layer 406A and the service layer 406N may transmit a respective measurement request, including a measurement request 408A from the service layer 406A and a measurement request 408N from the service layer 406N, to the network entity 404. In some aspects, each of the measurement request 408A and the measurement request 408N may include a configuration suggestion for measurement resource and MG configuration for different frequency ranges for the associated service layer. In some aspects, the measurement request 408A may include a configuration suggestion for measurement resource and MG configuration for different frequency ranges for the service layer 406A. In some aspects, the measurement request 408N may include a configuration suggestion for measurement resource and MG configuration for different frequency ranges for the service layer 406N.

In some aspects, based on the received measurement request, the network entity 404 may determine the measurement resource and MG configuration at 410 and consider different frequency layers to be measured based on the received measurement request (e.g., based on the received suggestions and measurement resource and MG configuration) . In some aspects, the network entity 404 may also determine a measurement resource and configuration pool associated with each of the service layers. In some aspects, the network entity 404 may also determine a priority associated with each of the service layers. For example, a first service and a second service may request for a same measurement resource or a same MG for a same frequency range, and the eDU may configure the measurement resource and MG configuration for a UE such that the request with the higher priority may be fulfilled (e.g., request from a first service may be fulfilled and the measurement resource or the MG for the particular frequency may be configured for the service) , and the service associated with the request with the lower priority may be configured with (e.g., in the measurement resource and MG configuration for the UE) an alternative configuration different from the suggestion in the request. In some aspects, the network entity 404 may also consider capability associated with the UE 402 with respect to each service provided by the respective service layers when determining the priority and the measurement resource and MG configuration. In some aspects, after determining the measurement resource and MG configuration at 410, the network entity 404 may transmit the measurement resource and MG configuration 422 to the UE 402 so that the UE 402 may perform measurements based on the measurement resource and MG configuration 422 after receiving an activation, such as the received measurement resource configuration and MG activation message 430. In response to the measurement resource and MG configuration 422, the UE 402 may transmit a response message 424, which may indicate reconfiguration complete and may acknowledge receipt of the measurement resource and MG configuration 422. Based on receiving the response message 424, the network entity 404 may respond to the service layer (s) , including the service layer 406A and the service layer 406N, with respective responses including the response 426A and the response 426N. In some aspects, the respective responses may include the respective measurement resource and MG configuration (s) associated with the respective service layer. In some aspects, the respective responses may include an indication regarding whether the respective suggestion included in the respective measurement request (s) is adopted or not. In some aspects, one or more service layers, such as the service layer 406A, may select or activate/deactivate the measurement and MG pool configuration in an activation 428 and the network entity 404 may forward the indication regarding the selection or the activation/deactivation to the UE 402, such as in a measurement resource configuration and MG activation message 430. Based on receiving the measurement resource configuration and MG activation message 430, the UE 402 may start to perform measurements.

FIG. 5 is a diagram 500 illustrating example communications between a network entity 504, a second network entity (e.g., AMF 505) , at least one service layer including a service layer 506A and a service layer 506N, and a UE 502, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The service layers, including the service layer 506A and the service layer 506N may transmit a respective measurement request, including a measurement request 508A from the service layer 506A and a measurement request 508N from the service layer 506N, to the AMF 505. In some aspects, each of the measurement request 508A and the measurement request 508N may include a configuration suggestion for measurement resource and MG configuration for different frequency ranges for the associated service layer. In some aspects, the measurement request 508A may include a configuration suggestion for measurement resource and MG configuration for different frequency ranges for the service layer 506A. In some aspects, the measurement request 508N may include a configuration suggestion for measurement resource and MG configuration for different frequency ranges for the service layer 506N. In some aspects, the AMF 505 may determine the respective priority associated with each service layer and may transmit a measurement resource and MG configuration request 512 including the determined priorities to the network entity 504.

In some aspects, based on the received measurement resource and MG configuration request 512 from the AMF 505, the network entity 504 may determine the measurement resource and MG configuration at 514 and consider different frequency layers to be measured based on the received measurement request (e.g., based on the received suggestions and measurement resource and MG configuration) . In some aspects, after determining the priority of measurement resource and MG configuration at 510, the network entity 504 may transmit the measurement resource and MG configuration 522 to the UE 502 so that the UE 502 may perform measurements based on the measurement resource and MG configuration 522. In some aspects, the network entity may determine respective measurement resource and MG configuration pool for each service layer in the measurement resource and MG configuration 522 and include the respective measurement resource and MG configuration pool for each service layer in the measurement resource and MG configuration 522. In response to the measurement resource and MG configuration 522, the UE 502 may transmit a response message 524, which may indicate reconfiguration complete and may acknowledge receipt of the measurement resource and MG configuration 522. Based on receiving the response message 524, the network entity 504 may respond to the AMF 505 with a response 526. In some aspects, the response may include the respective measurement resource and MG configuration (s) associated with the respective service layer. In some aspects, the respective responses may include an indication regarding whether the respective suggestion included in the respective measurement request (s) is adopted or not. In some aspects, the AMF 505 may select or activate/deactivate the measurement and MG pool configuration (e.g., in activation 528) and the network entity 504 may forward the indication regarding the selection or the activation/deactivation to the UE 502, such as in a measurement resource configuration and MG activation message 530.

FIG. 6 is a diagram 600 illustrating example communications between a network entity 604, at least one service layer including a service layer 606A and a service layer 606N, and a UE 602, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The service layers, including the service layer 606A and the service layer 606N may transmit a respective measurement request, including a measurement request 608A from the service layer 606A and a measurement request 608N from the service layer 606N, to the network entity 604. In some aspects, each of the measurement request 608A and the measurement request 608N may include a configuration suggestion for measurement resource and MG configuration for different frequency ranges for the associated service layer. In some aspects, the measurement request 608A may include a configuration suggestion for measurement resource and MG configuration for different frequency ranges for the service layer 606A. In some aspects, the measurement request 608N may include a configuration suggestion for measurement resource and MG configuration for different frequency ranges for the service layer 606N.

In some aspects, based on the received measurement request, the network entity 604 may determine the priority associated with each service layer and determine the measurement resource and MG configuration at 610 and consider different frequency layers to be measured based on the received measurement request (e.g., based on the received suggestions and measurement resource and MG configuration) . In some aspects, after determining the measurement resource and MG configuration at 610, the network entity 604 may transmit a measurement resource and MG configuration pool 622 to the UE 602 so that the UE 602 may perform measurements based on the measurement resource and MG configuration pool 622. In response to the measurement resource and MG configuration pool 622, the UE 602 may transmit a response message 624, which may indicate reconfiguration complete and may acknowledge receipt of the measurement resource and MG configuration pool 622. Based on receiving the response message 624, the network entity 604 may respond to the service layer (s) , including the service layer 606A and the service layer 606N, with respective responses including the response 626A and the response 626N. In some aspects, the respective responses may include the respective measurement resource and MG configuration (s) associated with the respective service layer. In some aspects, the respective responses may include an indication regarding whether the respective suggestion included in the respective measurement request (s) is adopted or not. In some aspects, the UE may transmit a preference indication 629 to the network entity 604 to indicate preferred MG or measurement resource (e.g., selected based on the measurement resource and MG configuration pool 622) . In some aspects, the network entity 604 may activate the preferred MG and measurement resource accordingly (e.g., transmit an activation 630) . In some aspects, the network entity 604 may forward the preference indication 629 to the respective service layers. In some aspects, the UE 602 may indicate the preference indication 629 before the measurement gap. In some aspects, the UE 602 may indicate the preference indication 629 during the measurement gap and then restart the measurement (s) based on the preference.

In some aspects, a UE may transmit a service-specific measurement request to eDU when the UE may perform gap-assisted frequency measurement for a specific service. Once eDU receives UE preference on the MG request (e.g., via UL medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC-CE) ) , the eDU may determine and indicate the UE to activate or deactivate the measurement resource and MG resource. The eDU may make the decision on the measurement configuration and MG configuration pool considering the UE preference and the measurement resource priority defined for different services. In some aspects, the UE may send the service-specific measurement request to service layer (s) or core network (e.g., via UE assistance information (UAI) . For example, the UE may report the measurement request to eDU and then the eDU may forward the request to service. When a service layer receives the UE’s request/preference on the measurement resource or MG configuration, the service layer may send the service-specific measurement resource or MG configuration to the eDU. The eDU may determine the priority and sends the activation or deactivation of MG resource command (identifier) to the UE.

In some aspects, the preference indication may be a fast MG request. In some aspects, UL MAC-CE may be used to carry the preferred MG configuration. The eDU may provide UE with the measurement resource pool and MG configuration associated to service layers or frequency layers. The UE may send the service-specific MG request (e.g., via UL MAC CE) to eDU, when the UE would perform gap-assisted frequency measurement for specific service. If UL resource is not available for MG request transmission, a dedicated scheduling request resource is triggered to request the UL resource. When eDU receives the request, the network may indicate the MG command (e.g., via DL MAC CE) to activate or deactivate the MG for the UE. The UL MAC CE MG request may include the activation or deactivation on the MG resource (identifier) . The MAC CE may further indicate whether the MG configured is one-time use gap or a periodic gap. In some aspects, UE assistance information (UAI) may be used to indicate the UE requested MG. If the UE sends the preference such as activation/deactivation for one or more MG configuration, the eDU may configure at least one of the requested MG gap or specifically configure no gap (e.g., indicate in a configuration that there is no gap being configured) . The UAI may also indicate the activation (setup) or deactivation (release) of the MG gap.

FIG. 7 is a diagram 700 illustrating example communications between a network entity 704, at least one service layer including a service layer 706A and a service layer 706N, and a UE 702, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The service layers, including the service layer 706A and the service layer 706N may transmit a respective measurement configuration, including a measurement configuration 708A from the service layer 706A and a measurement configuration 708N from the service layer 706N, to the network entity 704. In some aspects, each of the measurement configuration 708A and the measurement configuration 708N may include a respective measurement resource and MG configuration for different frequency ranges for the associated service layer. In some aspects, the measurement configuration 708A may include a measurement resource and MG configuration for different frequency ranges for the service layer 706A. In some aspects, the measurement configuration 708N may include a measurement resource and MG configuration for different frequency ranges for the service layer 706N. In some aspects, each of the measurement configuration708A and the measurement configuration 708N may include a measurement resource and MG configuration pool associated with the service layer. In some aspects, each of the measurement configuration 708A and the measurement configuration 708N may include a measurement resource and MG configuration pool associated with the service layer.

In some aspects, , the network entity 704 may determine the priority and the measurement resource and MG configuration at 710 and consider different frequency layers to be measured. In some aspects, after determining the measurement resource and MG configuration at 710, the network entity 704 may transmit a measurement resource and MG configuration pool 722 to the UE 702. In response to the measurement resource and MG configuration pool 722, the UE 702 may transmit a response message 724, which may indicate reconfiguration complete and may acknowledge receipt of the measurement resource and MG configuration pool 722. Based on receiving the response message 724, the network entity 704 may respond to the service layer (s) , including the service layer 706A and the service layer 706N, with respective responses including the response 726A and the response 726N. In some aspects, the respective responses may include the respective measurement resource and MG configuration (s) associated with the respective service layer. In some aspects, the respective responses may include an indication regarding whether the respective configuration included in the respective measurement request (s) is adopted or not. In some aspects, one or more service layers, such as the service layer 706A, may select or activate/deactivate the measurement and MG pool configuration in an activation 728. In some aspects, the UE may transmit a preference indication 729 to the network entity 704 to indicate preferred MG or measurement resource (e.g., selected based on the measurement resource and MG configuration pool 722) . In some aspects, the network entity 704 may activate the preferred MG and measurement resource based on the received preference indication 729 or the activation 728 (e.g., by transmitting an activation 730) . In some aspects, based on the activation 730 which activates a portion of resources from the measurement resource and MG configuration pool 722, the UE 702 may perform measurements. In some aspects, measurements results associated with the UE 702 may be delivered to the service layers directly.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart 800 of a method of wireless communication. The method may be performed by a UE (e.g., the UE 104, the UE 402, the UE 502, the UE 602, the UE 702; the apparatus 1004) . The method may enable per-service layer measurement configuration to facilitate a UE to perform measurements.

At 802, the UE may receive, from a network entity, a set of measurement resource and MG configurations, each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations being associated with a respective service layer of a set of service layers. For example, the UE (e.g., 402, 502, 602, or 702) may receive, from a network entity (e.g., 404, 504, 604, or 704) , a set of measurement resource and MG configurations (e.g., 422, 522, 622, or 722) , each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations being associated with a respective service layer of a set of service layers. In some aspects, 802 may be performed by measurement component 198.

At 804, the UE may transmit, to the network entity upon receiving the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, a response message. For example, the UE (e.g., 402, 502, 602, or 702) may transmit, to the network entity upon receiving the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, a response message (e.g., 424, 524, 624, or 724) . In some aspects, 804 may be performed by measurement component 198.

In some aspects, each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations includes a configuration of at least one time domain or frequency domain resource and at least one frequency domain gap associated with measurement associated with the respective service layer, and where the response message is a reconfiguration complete message. In some aspects, the UE may transmit, to the network entity, at least one service-specific measurement request for at least one service layer of the set of service layers, where the at least one service-specific measurement request includes a request for at least one measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations. In some aspects, a final recipient of the at least one service-specific measurement request is the at least one service layer. In some aspects, the UE may perform one or more measurements based on at least measurement resource configured by the set of measurement resource and MG configurations in at least one MG configured by the set of measurement resource and MG configurations. In some aspects, the at least one service-specific measurement request is included in a preferred configuration signaling. In some aspects, the preferred configuration signaling includes an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration. In some aspects, receive, in response to the preferred configuration signaling, an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration. In some aspects, the preferred configuration signaling is a uplink MAC-CE or an UAI. In some aspects, a destination associated with the preferred configuration signaling is an AMF (e.g., the network entity may forward the preferred configuration signaling to the AMF upon receiving the preferred configuration signaling) . In some aspects, each respective measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations is originated from the respective service layer of the set of service layers (e.g., the network entity combines and forwards each respective measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations is originated from the respective service layer) .

In some aspects, the at least one service-specific measurement request is included in a uplink MAC-CE. In some aspects, the uplink MAC-CE includes an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration. In some aspects, receive, in response to the uplink MAC-CE, an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration.

In some aspects, the at least one service-specific measurement request is included in UAI. In some aspects, the UAI indicates an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration. In some aspects, the UE may receive, in response to the UAI, an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration. In some aspects, a destination associated with the UAI is an AMF (e.g., the network entity may forward the UAI to the AMF upon receiving the UAI) .

FIG. 9 is a flowchart 900 of a method of wireless communication. The method may be performed by a network entity (e.g., the base station 102, the network entity 404, the network entity 504, the network entity 604, the network entity 704, the network entity 1002, the network entity 1102) . The method may enable per-service layer measurement configuration to facilitate a UE to perform measurements.

At 902, the network entity may transmit, for a UE, a set of measurement resource and MG configurations, each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations being associated with a respective service layer of a set of service layers. For example, the network entity (e.g., 404, 504, 604, or 704) may transmit, for a UE (e.g., 402, 502, 602, or 702) , a set of measurement resource and MG configurations (e.g., 422, 522, 622, or 722) , each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations being associated with a respective service layer of a set of service layers. In some aspects, 902 may be performed by measurement component 199.

At 904, the network entity may receive, from the UE in response to the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, a response message. For example, the network entity (e.g., 404, 504, 604, or 704) may receive, from the UE (e.g., 402, 502, 602, or 702) in response to the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, a response message (e.g., 424, 524, 624, or 724) . In some aspects, 904 may be performed by measurement component 199.

In some aspects, the network entity may receive, from each respective service layer of the set of service layers, a respective measurement request associated with a respective measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations. In some aspects, the respective measurement request includes a configuration suggestion and a priority associated with the respective measurement resource and MG configuration. In some aspects, the network entity may determine the set of measurement resource and MG configurations based on each of the respective measurement request associated with the respective measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations.

In some aspects, the network entity may receive, from a second network entity, a request for the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, the request being based on a respective measurement request from each respective service layer of the set of service layers, a respective measurement request associated with a respective measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations. In some aspects, the request for the set of measurement resource and MG configurations includes a set of configuration suggestions and a set of priorities associated with the set of measurement resource and MG configurations. In some aspects, each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations includes a configuration of at least one time domain or frequency domain resource and at least one frequency domain gap associated with measurement associated with the respective service layer, and where the response message is a reconfiguration complete message.

In some aspects, the network entity may receive, from the UE, at least one service-specific measurement request for at least one service layer of the set of service layers, where the at least one service-specific measurement request includes a request for at least one measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations. In some aspects, the network entity may forward the at least one service-specific measurement request to the at least one service layer. In some aspects, the at least one service-specific measurement request is included in a uplink MAC-CE. In some aspects, the uplink MAC-CE includes an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration. In some aspects, the network entity may transmit, in response to the uplink MAC-CE, an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration. In some aspects, the at least one service-specific measurement request is included in UAI. In some aspects, the UAI indicates an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration. In some aspects, the network entity may transmit, in response to the UAI, an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration. In some aspects, the network entity may forward the UAI to the set of service layers, receive, from the set of service layers, a respective activation or a respective deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration, and forward the respective activation or the respective deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration to the UE. In some aspects, the network entity may receive each respective measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations from the respective service layer of the set of service layers.

FIG. 10 is a diagram 1000 illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for an apparatus 1004. The apparatus 1004 may be a UE, a component of a UE, or may implement UE functionality. In some aspects, the apparatus1004 may include at least one cellular baseband processor 1024 (also referred to as a modem) coupled to one or more transceivers 1022 (e.g., cellular RF transceiver) . The cellular baseband processor (s) 1024 may include at least one on-chip memory 1024'. In some aspects, the apparatus 1004 may further include one or more subscriber identity modules (SIM) cards 1020 and at least one application processor 1006 coupled to a secure digital (SD) card 1008 and a screen 1010. The application processor (s) 1006 may include on-chip memory 1006'. In some aspects, the apparatus 1004 may further include a Bluetooth module 1012, a WLAN module 1014, an SPS module 1016 (e.g., GNSS module) , one or more sensor modules 1018 (e.g., barometric pressure sensor /altimeter; motion sensor such as inertial measurement unit (IMU) , gyroscope, and/or accelerometer (s) ; light detection and ranging (LIDAR) , radio assisted detection and ranging (RADAR) , sound navigation and ranging (SONAR) , magnetometer, audio and/or other technologies used for positioning) , additional memory modules 1026, a power supply 1030, and/or a camera 1032. The Bluetooth module 1012, the WLAN module 1014, and the SPS module 1016 may include an on-chip transceiver (TRX) (or in some cases, just a receiver (RX) ) . The Bluetooth module 1012, the WLAN module 1014, and the SPS module 1016 may include their own dedicated antennas and/or utilize the antennas 1080 for communication. The cellular baseband processor (s) 1024 communicates through the transceiver (s) 1022 via one or more antennas 1080 with the UE 104 and/or with an RU associated with a network entity 1002. The cellular baseband processor (s) 1024 and the application processor (s) 1006 may each include a computer-readable medium /memory 1024', 1006', respectively. The additional memory modules 1026 may also be considered a computer-readable medium /memory. Each computer-readable medium /memory 1024', 1006', 1026 may be non- transitory. The cellular baseband processor (s) 1024 and the application processor (s) 1006 are each responsible for general processing, including the execution of software stored on the computer-readable medium /memory. The software, when executed by the cellular baseband processor (s) 1024 /application processor (s) 1006, causes the cellular baseband processor (s) 1024 /application processor (s) 1006 to perform the various functions described supra. The computer-readable medium /memory may also be used for storing data that is manipulated by the cellular baseband processor (s) 1024 /application processor (s) 1006 when executing software. The cellular baseband processor (s) 1024 /application processor (s) 1006 may be a component of the UE 350 and may include the at least one memory 360 and/or at least one of the TX processor 368, the RX processor 356, and the controller/processor 359. In one configuration, the apparatus 1004 may be at least one processor chip (modem and/or application) and include just the cellular baseband processor (s) 1024 and/or the application processor (s) 1006, and in another configuration, the apparatus 1004 may be the entire UE (e.g., see UE 350 of FIG. 3) and include the additional modules of the apparatus 1004.

As discussed supra, the measurement component 198 may be configured to receive, from a network entity, a set of measurement resource and measurement gap (MG) configurations, each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations being associated with a respective service layer of a set of service layers. In some aspects, the measurement component 198 may be further configured to transmit, to the network entity upon receiving the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, a response message. The measurement component 198 may be within the cellular baseband processor (s) 1024, the application processor (s) 1006, or both the cellular baseband processor (s) 1024 and the application processor (s) 1006. The component 198 may be one or more hardware components specifically configured to carry out the stated processes/algorithm, implemented by one or more processors configured to perform the stated processes/algorithm, stored within a computer-readable medium for implementation by one or more processors, or some combination thereof. When multiple processors are implemented, the multiple processors may perform the stated processes/algorithm individually or in combination. As shown, the apparatus 1004 may include a variety of components configured for various functions. In one configuration, the apparatus 1004, and in particular the cellular baseband processor (s) 1024 and/or the application processor (s) 1006, may include means for receiving, from a network entity, a set of measurement resource and MG configurations, each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations being associated with a respective service layer of a set of service layers. In some aspects, the apparatus 1004 may include means for transmitting, to the network entity upon receiving the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, a response message. In some aspects, the apparatus 1004 may include means for transmitting, to the network entity, at least one service-specific measurement request for at least one service layer of the set of service layers, where the at least one service-specific measurement request includes a request for at least one measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations. In some aspects, the apparatus 1004 may include means for receiving, in response to the uplink MAC-CE, an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration. In some aspects, the apparatus 1004 may include means for receiving, in response to the UAI, an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration. The means may be the component 198 of the apparatus 1004 configured to perform the functions recited by the means. As described supra, the apparatus 1004 may include the TX processor 368, the RX processor 356, and the controller/processor 359. As such, in one configuration, the means may be the TX processor 368, the RX processor 356, and/or the controller/processor 359 configured to perform the functions recited by the means.

FIG. 11 is a diagram 1100 illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for a network entity 1102. The network entity 1102 may be a BS, a component of a BS, or may implement BS functionality. The network entity 1102 may include at least one of a CU 1110, a DU 1130, or an RU 1140. For example, depending on the layer functionality handled by the component 199, the network entity 1102 may include the CU 1110; both the CU 1110 and the DU 1130; each of the CU 1110, the DU 1130, and the RU 1140; the DU 1130; both the DU 1130 and the RU 1140; or the RU 1140. The CU 1110 may include at least one CU processor 1112. The CU processor (s) 1112 may include on-chip memory 1112'. In some aspects, the CU 1110 may further include additional memory modules 1114 and a communications interface 1118. The CU 1110 communicates with the DU 1130 through a midhaul link, such as an F1 interface. The DU 1130 may include at least one DU processor 1132. The DU processor (s) 1132 may include on-chip memory 1132'. In some aspects, the DU 1130 may further include additional memory modules 1134 and a communications interface 1138. The DU 1130 communicates with the RU 1140 through a fronthaul link. The RU 1140 may include at least one RU processor 1142. The RU processor (s) 1142 may include on-chip memory 1142'. In some aspects, the RU 1140 may further include additional memory modules 1144, one or more transceivers 1146, antennas 1180, and a communications interface 1148. The RU 1140 communicates with the UE 104. The on-chip memory 1112', 1132', 1142' and the additional memory modules 1114, 1134, 1144 may each be considered a computer-readable medium /memory. Each computer-readable medium /memory may be non-transitory. Each of the processors 1112, 1132, 1142 is responsible for general processing, including the execution of software stored on the computer-readable medium /memory. The software, when executed by the corresponding processor (s) causes the processor (s) to perform the various functions described supra. The computer-readable medium /memory may also be used for storing data that is manipulated by the processor (s) when executing software.

As discussed supra, the measurement component 199 may be configured to transmit, for a user equipment (UE) , a set of measurement resource and measurement gap (MG) configurations, each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations being associated with a respective service layer of a set of service layers. In some aspects, the measurement component 199 may be further configured to receive, from the UE in response to the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, a response message. The measurement component 199 may be within one or more processors of one or more of the CU 1110, DU 1130, and the RU 1140. The component 199 may be one or more hardware components specifically configured to carry out the stated processes/algorithm, implemented by one or more processors configured to perform the stated processes/algorithm, stored within a computer-readable medium for implementation by one or more processors, or some combination thereof. When multiple processors are implemented, the multiple processors may perform the stated processes/algorithm individually or in combination. The network entity 1102 may include a variety of components configured for various functions. In one configuration, the network entity 1102 may include means for transmitting, for a UE, a set of measurement resource and MG configurations, each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations being associated with a respective service layer of a set of service layers. In some aspects, the network entity 1102 may include means for receiving, from the UE in response to the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, a response message. In some aspects, the network entity 1102 may include means for receiving, from the UE, at least one service-specific measurement request for at least one service layer of the set of service layers, where the at least one service-specific measurement request includes a request for at least one measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations. In some aspects, the network entity 1102 may include means for forwarding the at least one service-specific measurement request to the at least one service layer. In some aspects, the network entity 1102 may include means for transmitting, in response to the uplink MAC-CE, an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration. In some aspects, the network entity 1102 may include means for transmitting, in response to the UAI, an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration. The means may be the component 199 of the network entity 1102 configured to perform the functions recited by the means. As described supra, the network entity 1102 may include the TX processor 316, the RX processor 370, and the controller/processor 375. As such, in one configuration, the means may be the TX processor 316, the RX processor 370, and/or the controller/processor 375 configured to perform the functions recited by the means.

It is understood that the specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes /flowcharts disclosed is an illustration of example approaches. Based upon design preferences, it is understood that the specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes /flowcharts may be rearranged. Further, some blocks may be combined or omitted. The accompanying method claims present elements of the various blocks in a sample order, and are not limited to the specific order or hierarchy presented.

The previous description is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the various aspects described herein. Various modifications to these aspects will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other aspects. Thus, the claims are not limited to the aspects described herein, but are to be accorded the full scope consistent with the language claims. Reference to an element in the singular does not mean “one and only one” unless specifically so stated, but rather “one or more. ” Terms such as “if, ” “when, ” and “while” do not imply an immediate temporal relationship or reaction. That is, these phrases, e.g., “when, ” do not imply an immediate action in response to or during the occurrence of an action, but simply imply that if a condition is met then an action will occur, but without requiring a specific or immediate time constraint for the action to occur. The word “exemplary” is used herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, or illustration. ” Any aspect described herein as “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other aspects. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the term “some” refers to one or more. Combinations such as “at least one of A, B, or C, ” “one or more of A, B, or C, ” “at least one of A, B, and C, ” “one or more of A, B, and C, ” and “A, B, C, or any combination thereof” include any combination of A, B, and/or C, and may include multiples of A, multiples of B, or multiples of C. Specifically, combinations such as “at least one of A, B, or C, ” “one or more of A, B, or C, ” “at least one of A, B, and C, ” “one or more of A, B, and C, ” and “A, B, C, or any combination thereof” may be A only, B only, C only, A and B, A and C, B and C, or A and B and C, where any such combinations may contain one or more member or members of A, B, or C. Sets should be interpreted as a set of elements where the elements number one or more. Accordingly, for a set of X, X would include one or more elements. When at least one processor is configured to perform a set of functions, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to perform the set of functions. Accordingly, each processor of the at least one processor may be configured to perform a particular subset of the set of functions, where the subset is the full set, a proper subset of the set, or an empty subset of the set. If a first apparatus receives data from or transmits data to a second apparatus, the data may be received/transmitted directly between the first and second apparatuses, or indirectly between the first and second apparatuses through a set of apparatuses. A device configured to “output” data, such as a transmission, signal, or message, may transmit the data, for example with a transceiver, or may send the data to a device that transmits the data. A device configured to “obtain” data, such as a transmission, signal, or message, may receive, for example with a transceiver, or may obtain the data from a device that receives the data. Information stored in a memory includes instructions and/or data. All structural and functional equivalents to the elements of the various aspects described throughout this disclosure that are known or later come to be known to those of ordinary skill in the art are expressly incorporated herein by reference and are encompassed by the claims. Moreover, nothing disclosed herein is dedicated to the public regardless of whether such disclosure is explicitly recited in the claims. The words “module, ” “mechanism, ” “element, ” “device, ” and the like may not be a substitute for the word “means. ” As such, no claim element is to be construed as a means plus function unless the element is expressly recited using the phrase “means for. ”

As used herein, the phrase “based on” shall not be construed as a reference to a closed set of information, one or more conditions, one or more factors, or the like. In other words, the phrase “based on A” (where “A” may be information, a condition, a factor, or the like) shall be construed as “based at least on A” unless specifically recited differently.

The following aspects are illustrative only and may be combined with other aspects or teachings described herein, without limitation.

Aspect 1 is a method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) , including: receiving, from a network entity, a set of measurement resource and measurement gap (MG) configurations, each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations being associated with a respective service layer of a set of service layers; and transmitting, to the network entity upon receiving the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, a response message.

Aspect 2 is the method of aspect 1, where each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations includes a configuration of at least one time domain or frequency domain resource and at least one frequency domain gap associated with measurement associated with the respective service layer, and where the response message is a reconfiguration complete message and further including: performing one or more measurements based on at least measurement resource configured by the set of measurement resource and MG configurations in at least one MG configured by the set of measurement resource and MG configurations.

Aspect 3 is the method of any of aspects 1-2, further including: transmitting, to the network entity, at least one service-specific measurement request for at least one service layer of the set of service layers, where the at least one service-specific measurement request includes a request for at least one measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations.

Aspect 4 is the method of aspect 3, where a final recipient of the at least one service-specific measurement request is the at least one service layer.

Aspect 5 is the method of any of aspects 3-4, where the at least one service-specific measurement request is included in a preferred configuration signaling.

Aspect 6 is the method of aspect 5, where the preferred configuration signaling includes an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration.

Aspect 7 is the method of any of aspects 5-6, further including: receiving, in response to the preferred configuration signaling, an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration.

Aspect 8 is the method of any of aspects 5-7, where the preferred configuration signaling is one of UE assistance information (UAI) or uplink medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC-CE) .

Aspect 9 is the method of any of aspects 5-8, where a destination associated with the preferred configuration signaling is an access and mobility management function (AMF) .

Aspect 10 is the method of any of aspects 1-9, where each respective measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations is originated from the respective service layer of the set of service layers.

Aspect 11 is a method for wireless communication performed by a network entity, including: transmitting, for a user equipment (UE) , a set of measurement resource and measurement gap (MG) configurations, each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations being associated with a respective service layer of a set of service layers; and receiving, from the UE in response to the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, a response message.

Aspect 12 is the method of aspect 11, further including: receiving, from each respective service layer of the set of service layers, a respective measurement request associated with a respective measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations.

Aspect 13 is the method of any of aspects 12, where the respective measurement request includes a configuration suggestion and a priority associated with the respective measurement resource and MG configuration, and further including: determining the set of measurement resource and MG configurations based on each of the respective measurement request associated with the respective measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations.

Aspect 14 is the method of any of aspects 11, further including: receiving, from a second network entity, a request for the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, the request being based on a respective measurement request from each respective service layer of the set of service layers, a respective measurement request associated with a respective measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations.

Aspect 15 is the method of any of aspects 14, where the request for the set of measurement resource and MG configurations includes a set of configuration suggestions and a set of priorities associated with the set of measurement resource and MG configurations.

Aspect 16 is the method of any of aspects 11, where each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations includes a configuration of at least one time domain or frequency domain resource and at least one frequency domain gap associated with measurement associated with the respective service layer, and where the response message is a reconfiguration complete message.

Aspect 17 is the method of any of aspects 11, further including: receiving, from the UE, at least one service-specific measurement request for at least one service layer of the set of service layers, where the at least one service-specific measurement request includes a request for at least one measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations.

Aspect 18 is the method of any of aspects 17, further including: forwarding the at least one service-specific measurement request to the at least one service layer.

Aspect 19 is the method of any of aspects 17, where the at least one service-specific measurement request is included in a preferred configuration signaling.

Aspect 20 is the method of any of aspects 19, where the uplink MAC-CE includes an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration.

Aspect 21 is the method of any of aspects 19, further including: transmitting, in response to the preferred configuration signaling, an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration.

Aspect 22 is the method of any of aspects 17, where the preferred configuration signaling is UE assistance information (UAI) or uplink medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC-CE) .

Aspect 23 is the method of any of aspects 22, where a destination associated with the preferred configuration signaling is an access and mobility management function (AMF) .

Aspect 24 is the method of any of aspects 22, where each respective measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations is originated from the respective service layer of the set of service layers.

Aspect 25 is the method of any of aspects 22, further including: forwarding the UAI to the set of service layers; receiving, from the set of service layers, a respective activation or a respective deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration; and forwarding the respective activation or the respective deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration to the UE.

Aspect 26 is the method of any of aspects 11, further including: receiving each respective measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations from the respective service layer of the set of service layers.

Aspect 27 is an apparatus for wireless communication at a device including at least one memory and at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, based at least in part on information stored in the at least one memory, the at least one processor is configured to implement any of aspects 1 to 10.

Aspect 28 is the apparatus of aspect 27, further including one or more transceivers or one or more antennas coupled to the at least one processor.

Aspect 29 is an apparatus for wireless communication at a device including means for implementing any of aspects 1 to 10.

Aspect 30 is a computer-readable medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer-readable medium) storing computer executable code, where the code when executed by at least one processor causes the at least one processor to implement any of aspects 1 to 10.

Aspect 31 is an apparatus for wireless communication at a device including at least one memory and at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, based at least in part on information stored in the at least one memory, the at least one processor is configured to implement any of aspects 11 to 26.

Aspect 32 is the apparatus of aspect 31, further including one or more transceivers or one or more antennas coupled to the at least one processor.

Aspect 33 is an apparatus for wireless communication at a device including means for implementing any of aspects 11 to 26.

Aspect 34 is a computer-readable medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer-readable medium) storing computer executable code, where the code when executed by at least one processor causes the at least one processor to implement any of aspects 11 to 26.

Claims

An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) , comprising:

at least one memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and, based at least in part on stored information that is stored in the at least one memory, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to cause the UE to:

receive, from a network entity, a set of measurement resource and measurement gap (MG) configurations, each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations being associated with a respective service layer of a set of service layers; and

transmit, to the network entity upon receiving the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, a response message.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations comprises a configuration of at least one time domain or frequency domain resource and at least one frequency domain gap associated with measurement associated with the respective service layer, and wherein the response message is a reconfiguration complete message and wherein the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is further configured to cause the UE to:

perform one or more measurements based on at least measurement resource configured by the set of measurement resource and MG configurations in at least one MG configured by the set of measurement resource and MG configurations.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is further configured to cause the UE to:

transmit, to the network entity, at least one service-specific measurement request for at least one service layer of the set of service layers, wherein the at least one service-specific measurement request comprises a request for at least one measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations.
The apparatus of claim 3, wherein a final recipient of the at least one service-specific measurement request is the at least one service layer.
The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the at least one service-specific measurement request is included in a preferred configuration signaling.
The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the preferred configuration signaling comprises an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration.
The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is further configured to cause the UE to:

receive, in response to the preferred configuration signaling, an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration.
The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the preferred configuration signaling is one of UE assistance information (UAI) or uplink medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC-CE) .
The apparatus of claim 5, wherein a destination associated with the preferred configuration signaling is an access and mobility management function (AMF) .
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each respective measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations is originated from the respective service layer of the set of service layers.
An apparatus for wireless communication at a network entity, comprising:

at least one memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and, based at least in part on stored information that is stored in the at least one memory, the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is configured to cause the network entity to:

transmit, for a user equipment (UE) , a set of measurement resource and measurement gap (MG) configurations, each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations being associated with a respective service layer of a set of service layers; and

receive, from the UE in response to the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, a response message.
The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is further configured to cause the network entity to:

receive, from each respective service layer of the set of service layers, a respective measurement request associated with a respective measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations.
The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the respective measurement request comprises a configuration suggestion and a priority associated with the respective measurement resource and MG configuration, and wherein the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is further configured to cause the network entity to:

determine the set of measurement resource and MG configurations based on each of the respective measurement request associated with the respective measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations.
The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is further configured to cause the network entity to:

receive, from a second network entity, a request for the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, the request being based on a respective measurement request from each respective service layer of the set of service layers, a respective measurement request associated with a respective measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations.
The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the request for the set of measurement resource and MG configurations comprises a set of configuration suggestions and a set of priorities associated with the set of measurement resource and MG configurations.
The apparatus of claim 11, wherein each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations comprises a configuration of at least one time domain or frequency domain resource and at least one frequency domain gap associated with measurement associated with the respective service layer, and wherein the response message is a reconfiguration complete message.
The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is further configured to cause the network entity to:

receive, from the UE, at least one service-specific measurement request for at least one service layer of the set of service layers, wherein the at least one service-specific measurement request comprises a request for at least one measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations.
The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is further configured to cause the network entity to:

forward the at least one service-specific measurement request to the at least one service layer.
The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one service-specific measurement request is included in a preferred configuration signaling.
The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the preferred configuration signaling comprises an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration.
The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is further configured to cause the network entity to:

transmit, in response to the preferred configuration signaling, an activation or a deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration.
The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the preferred configuration signaling is UE assistance information (UAI) or uplink medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC-CE) .
The apparatus of claim 22, wherein a destination associated with the preferred configuration signaling is an access and mobility management function (AMF) .
The apparatus of claim 22, wherein each respective measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations is originated from the respective service layer of the set of service layers.
The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is further configured to cause the network entity to:

forward the UAI to the set of service layers;

receive, from the set of service layers, a respective activation or a respective deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration; and

forward the respective activation or the respective deactivation associated with the at least one measurement resource and MG configuration to the UE.
The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor, individually or in any combination, is further configured to cause the network entity to:

receive each respective measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations from the respective service layer of the set of service layers.
A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) , comprising:

receiving, from a network entity, a set of measurement resource and measurement gap (MG) configurations, each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations being associated with a respective service layer of a set of service layers; and

transmitting, to the network entity upon receiving the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, a response message.
A method for wireless communication performed by a network entity, comprising:

transmitting, for a user equipment (UE) , a set of measurement resource and measurement gap (MG) configurations, each measurement resource and MG configuration of the set of measurement resource and MG configurations being associated with a respective service layer of a set of service layers; and

receiving, from the UE in response to the set of measurement resource and MG configurations, a response message.