Patent ID: 10454649

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A communication method of a user equipment (UE) in a dual connectivity (DC)-based mobile communication system in which a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG), the MCG is associated with a master eNB (MeNB) and the SCG is associated with a second eNB (SeNB) is provided. The method includes receiving measurement gap configuration information including a gap offset, determining a first sub-frame of a measurement gap at a system frame number (SFN) of at least one serving cell of the MCG and a sub-frame of the at least one serving cell of the MCG, wherein the SFN and the sub-frame are determined based on the gap offset, and performing a measurement on at least one serving cell at the first sub-frame.