Patent ID: 11917672
Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method to operate a wireless user device to wirelessly communicate over a frequency channel, the method comprising:
UE circuitry executing a Fifth Generation New Radio (5GNR) Radio Resource Control (RRC), a 5GNR Media Access Control (MAC), and a 5GNR Physical Layer (PHY);
the 5GNR RRC receiving an instruction to measure a radio signal metric for a frequency range in the frequency channel that is selected for radio signal measurement and to avoid measuring the radio signal metric for an unselected frequency range in the frequency channel that is unselected for the radio signal measurement;
the 5GNR RRC directing the 5GNR PHY to measure the radio signal metric for the selected frequency range in the frequency channel and avoid measuring the radio signal metric for the unselected frequency range in the radio frequency channel;
in response to direction from the 5GNR RRC, the 5GNR PHY measuring the radio signal metric for the selected frequency range in the radio channel and not measuring the radio signal metric for the unselected frequency range in the radio channel;
the 5GNR RRC generating and transferring a measurement report that indicates the radio signal metric for the selected frequency range in the radio channel;
the 5GNR MAC receiving a schedule for the selected frequency range in the radio channel in response to the transfer of the radio signal metric for the selected frequency range in the radio channel and scheduling the UE to transmit and receive based on the schedule; and
a radio wirelessly receiving data over the selected frequency range in the radio channel based on the schedule.