A user equipment, UE , comprising: a transceiver configured to enable wireless communication with a serving base station and one or more neighbor base stations; and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to: receive, using the transceiver, a first system information from the serving base station, wherein the first system information includes a UE capability condition associated with a neighbor base station of the one or more neighbor base stations, wherein the UE capability condition includes a parameter describing a number of receive antenna ports or transmit antenna ports of the UE; determine whether a UE capability meets the UE capability condition associated with the neighbor base station; perform a first measurement of a first reference signal received from the serving base station; perform a second measurement of a second reference signal received from the neighbor base station responsive to the UE capability meeting the UE capability condition associated with the neighbor base station; and obtain a second system information from the neighbor base station responsive to the first measurement and the second measurement meeting a threshold condition. a transceiver configured to enable wireless communication with a serving base station and one or more neighbor base stations; and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to: receive, using the transceiver, a first system information from the serving base station, wherein the first system information includes a UE capability condition associated with a neighbor base station of the one or more neighbor base stations, wherein the UE capability condition includes a parameter describing a number of receive antenna ports or transmit antenna ports of the UE; determine whether a UE capability meets the UE capability condition associated with the neighbor base station; perform a first measurement of a first reference signal received from the serving base station; perform a second measurement of a second reference signal received from the neighbor base station responsive to the UE capability meeting the UE capability condition associated with the neighbor base station; and obtain a second system information from the neighbor base station responsive to the first measurement and the second measurement meeting a threshold condition. receive, using the transceiver, a first system information from the serving base station, wherein the first system information includes a UE capability condition associated with a neighbor base station of the one or more neighbor base stations, wherein the UE capability condition includes a parameter describing a number of receive antenna ports or transmit antenna ports of the UE; determine whether a UE capability meets the UE capability condition associated with the neighbor base station; perform a first measurement of a first reference signal received from the serving base station; perform a second measurement of a second reference signal received from the neighbor base station responsive to the UE capability meeting the UE capability condition associated with the neighbor base station; and obtain a second system information from the neighbor base station responsive to the first measurement and the second measurement meeting a threshold condition. <EOS>