Radio link failure based measurement reporting in narrowband internet of things

An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE) operating in a narrowband communications system, comprising:

• a processor,
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• identify a radio link failure (RLF) for communications with a base station in the narrowband communications system;
• initiate a radio resource control (RRC) connection reestablishment procedure based at least in part on the identified RLF;
• determine the RRC connection reestablishment procedure is successful;
• and
• transmit, to the base station, an RRC connection reestablishment complete message based at least in part on the successful RRC connection reestablishment procedure, the RRC connection reestablishment complete message comprising a measurement report comprising a narrowband reference signal received power (NRSRP) measurement and a narrowband reference signal received quality (NRSRQ) measurement related to downlink signals received from the base station.