Synchronization signal block less carrier measurements

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

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
• establish inter-band carrier aggregation with a synchronization signal block (SSB) anchor carrier and an SSB-less carrier;
• and
• measure a synchronization signal (SS) signal-to-interference-plus-noise (SINR) of the SSB-less carrier based on a linear average of a power contribution of resource elements carrying secondary SSs (SSSS) on the anchor carrier divided by a linear average of a noise-plus-interference power contribution over the resource elements.

A network entity for wireless communication, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
• select time resources for measuring a New Radio (NR) received signal strength indicator (RSSI) in different carriers, wherein the different carriers include a synchronization signal block (SSB) anchor carrier and an SSB-less carrier;
• and
• transmit an indication of the time resources.