Patent ID: 11950152
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 27:
28. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:
means for designating a first 5G New Radio (NR) neighbor base station (BS) as a handoff candidate for the UE in accordance with a first signal strength measurement, the means for the UE designating the first 5G NR neighbor BS as the handoff candidate in accordance with NR acquisition database information, NR handoff history database information, a system information block (SIB) message, or any combination thereof;
means for configuring a measurement time interval to perform one or more additional signal strength measurements prior to expiration of a time to trigger (TTT) time period, the TTT time period being configured by a serving BS, the measurement time interval in accordance with a quantity of the one or more additional signal strength measurements, the quantity of the one or more additional signal strength measurements in accordance with a mobility of the UE; and
means for outputting a measurement report for transmission to the serving BS prior to expiration of the TTT time period.