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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2021
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Helka-Liina Määttänen, Espoo, FI;
Johan Rune, Lidingö, SE;
Emre Yavuz, Stockholm, SE;
Chao He, Sollentuna, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
User Equipment (UE) procedures are provided for controlling channel quality measurements in Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs). One proposed solution adds an expected duration of time the UE is to be served by a NTN serving cell, referred to as T, to the rules of channel quality measurements. Trepresents the remaining time until the UE's serving cell will be replaced by another cell (i.e., the time until another satellite will take over the responsibility to cover the UE's location). In some embodiments, Tis added to the rules of channel quality measurements such that the UE does not have to measure neighbor cells if the Tis high enough for the current cell and current channel quality in the cell is sufficient. Or, even if Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) of the current cell is sufficient, UE needs to measure if Tof the current cell is less than a threshold.