A method , comprising: performing , by a processor of a user equipment, UE, , radio link monitoring, RLM, with respect to a radio link with a cell of a wireless network , the performing of the RLM comprising: determining whether an RLM reference signal, RLM-RS, is overlapped with either or both of a measurement gap and a synchronization signal, SS,/physical broadcast channel, PBCH, block configuration, SMTC; and extending an evaluation period for the RLM based on a periodicity of the RLM-RS or an RLM sharing factor responsive to a result of the determining indicating that the RLM-RS is at least partially overlapped with either or both of a measurement gap and the SMTC, wherein the RLM sharing factor is a predetermined value and is a sharing ratio between RLM and intra-frequency measurement without gap, wherein the extending of the evaluation period for the RLM comprises extending the evaluation period for the RLM by a relaxing factor P responsive to the RLM-RS being partially overlapped with each of the SMTC and the measurement gap while the SMTC and the measurement gap are not overlapped in the FR2, and wherein: extended evaluation period = P * T evaluation_period , P = RSF * 1 / 1 − T_RLM_RS / T_MGRP , T_SMTC = T_MGRP , T_RLM_RS = 0.5 * T_SMTC , T evaluation_period denotes the evaluation period, P denotes the relaxing factor, RSF denotes the RLM sharing factor, T_RLM_RS denotes a periodicity of the RLM-RS, T_MGRP denotes a periodicity of a measurement gap repetition period, and T_SMTC denotes a periodicity of the SMTC. determining whether an RLM reference signal, RLM-RS, is overlapped with either or both of a measurement gap and a synchronization signal, SS,/physical broadcast channel, PBCH, block configuration, SMTC; and extending an evaluation period for the RLM based on a periodicity of the RLM-RS or an RLM sharing factor responsive to a result of the determining indicating that the RLM-RS is at least partially overlapped with either or both of a measurement gap and the SMTC, wherein the RLM sharing factor is a predetermined value and is a sharing ratio between RLM and intra-frequency measurement without gap, wherein the extending of the evaluation period for the RLM comprises extending the evaluation period for the RLM by a relaxing factor P responsive to the RLM-RS being partially overlapped with each of the SMTC and the measurement gap while the SMTC and the measurement gap are not overlapped in the FR2, and wherein: extended evaluation period = P * T evaluation_period , P = RSF * 1 / 1 − T_RLM_RS / T_MGRP , T_SMTC = T_MGRP , T_RLM_RS = 0.5 * T_SMTC , T evaluation_period denotes the evaluation period, P denotes the relaxing factor, RSF denotes the RLM sharing factor, T_RLM_RS denotes a periodicity of the RLM-RS, T_MGRP denotes a periodicity of a measurement gap repetition period, and T_SMTC denotes a periodicity of the SMTC. extended evaluation period = P * T evaluation_period , P = RSF * 1 / 1 − T_RLM_RS / T_MGRP , T_SMTC = T_MGRP , T_RLM_RS = 0.5 * T_SMTC , T evaluation_period denotes the evaluation period, P denotes the relaxing factor, RSF denotes the RLM sharing factor, T_RLM_RS denotes a periodicity of the RLM-RS, T_MGRP denotes a periodicity of a measurement gap repetition period, and T_SMTC denotes a periodicity of the SMTC. <EOS>