Mobility enhancements for high speed scenarios

A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• identifying a first time interval for performing one or more signal characteristic measurements;
• determining a first reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement at a first time and a second RSRP measurement at a second time, wherein the second time is later than the first time;
• determining a difference between the first RSRP measurement and the second RSRP measurement;
• determining that a mobility parameter associated with the UE is outside of a mobility parameter threshold, wherein the mobility parameter threshold is based at least in part on the difference between the second RSRP measurement and the first RSRP measurement satisfying a threshold;
• and
• changing, responsive to the determining, to a second time interval for performing the one or more signal characteristic measurements, wherein the second time interval is shorter than the first time interval.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:
• identify a first time interval for performing one or more signal characteristic measurements;
• determine a first reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement at a first time and a second RSRP measurement at a second time, wherein the second time is later than the first time;
• determine a difference between the first RSRP measurement and the second RSRP measurement;
• determine that a mobility parameter is outside of a mobility parameter threshold, wherein the mobility parameter threshold is based at least in part on the difference between the second RSRP measurement and the first RSRP measurement satisfying a threshold;
• and
• change, responsive to the determining, to a second time interval for performing the one or more signal characteristic measurements, wherein the second time interval is shorter than the first time interval.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:
• identify a first time interval for performing one or more signal characteristic measurements;
• identify a second time interval for performing the one or more signal characteristic measurements, wherein the second time interval is shorter than the first time interval;
• identify a first reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement at a first time and a second RSRP measurement at a second time, wherein the second time is later than the first time;
• identify a difference between the first RSRP measurement and the second RSRP measurement;
• set a mobility parameter threshold for changing from the first time interval to the second time interval based at least in part on the difference between the second RSRP measurement and the first RSRP measurement satisfying a threshold;
• and
• signal a user equipment (UE) to indicate the mobility parameter threshold for use by the UE in changing from the first time interval to the second time interval for performing the one or more signal characteristic measurements.