User equipment (UE) selection of candidate cells to be measured for l1 / l2 inter-cell mobility

Abstract

Embodiments include methods for a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with a radio access network (RAN) node via a serving cell. Such methods include obtaining a configuration that defines one or more conditions that trigger lower layer measurements on one or more candidate cells for L1 / L2 intercell mobility. Such methods include performing one or more of the following measurements: lower layer measurements of the serving cell, first L3 measurements of the serving cell, and second L3 measurements of at least one of the candidate cells. Such methods include, based on detecting that the performed measurements fulfil at least one of the conditions, initiating lower layer measurements of at least one candidate cell associated with the fulfilled at least one condition, and sending to the RAN node a lower layer measurement report that includes resultsof the lower layer measurements performed on the at least one candidate cell.