Device, system, and method for secondary cell measurement optimization

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a transceiver configured to enable the user equipment to establish a first connection with a first network component and a second connection with a second network component, the transceiver configured for a carrier aggregation functionality, the first network component serving as a primary serving cell (PCell) and the second network component serving as a secondary serving cell (SCell);
• and
• a processor configured to control an operation of the transceiver by:
• determining a cycle comprising a first time when a SCell measurement is performed and a remainder second time, wherein a sum of the first time and the remainder second time is less than a threshold cycle time;
• identifying an interruption opportunity that occurs during the remainder second time based on activity between the UE and the PCell;
• and
• deactivating a radio frequency (RF) chain associated with the SCell during the remainder second time based on identifying the interruption opportunity.