Extension of an evaluation period of integrated access backhaul mobile termination due to communication of the co-located integrated access backhaul distributed unit

A method of wireless communication at an integrated access backhaul (IAB) node, comprising:

• receiving a configuration for a first set of reference signals associated with an IAB mobile termination (MT) (IAB-MT) function of the IAB node, wherein the first set of reference signals overlaps in time with a second set of time periods associated with an IAB distributed unit (DU) (IAB-DU) function of the IAB node;
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• extending an IAB-MT reference-signal measurement period of the IAB node by scaling a baseline reference-signal measurement period with a scaling factor provided by a network or selected from a plurality of candidate values for the scaling factor based on the overlap between the first set of reference signals for measurement with the IAB-MT function of the IAB node and the second set of time periods associated with the IAB-DU function of the IAB node.

A method of wireless communication at a network node, comprising:

• outputting, to an integrated access backhaul (IAB) node, a reference signal configuration for measurement of a first set of reference signals with an IAB mobile termination (IAB-MT) function of the IAB node;
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• outputting, to the IAB node, a scaling factor configuration comprising a scaling factor, or a plurality of candidate values for the scaling factor, for extending an IAB-MT reference-signal measurement period based on an overlap between the first set of reference signals for measurement with the IAB-MT function of the IAB node and a second set of time periods associated with an IAB distributed unit (DU) (IAB-DU) function of the IAB node.