Intelligent adaptive measurement gaps for low mobility user equipment (UEs)

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable medium storing instructions that are operative upon execution by the processor to:
• determine, by a wireless network, that a first user equipment (UE) is associated with a stationary use;
• determine, by the wireless network, that a second UE is not associated with the stationary use;
• based on at least determining that the first UE is associated with the stationary use, transmit, to the first UE, a first radio resource control (RRC) message specifying a measurement gap repetition period (MGRP) and an indication to skip at least one measurement gap, wherein the indication to skip at least one measurement gap comprises an integer value and wherein, with the integer value identified as N, the first UE either:
• skips all measurement gaps except one in a set of N or (N+1) consecutive MGRPs;
• or
• skips all measurement gaps except one in a set of 2N consecutive MGRPs;
• and
• based on at least determining that the second UE is not associated with the stationary use, transmit, to the second UE, a second RRC message specifying the MGRP and not including an indication to skip a measurement gap.

One or more computer storage devices having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, which, upon execution by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

• determining, by a wireless network, that a first user equipment (UE) is associated with a stationary use;
• determining, by the wireless network, that a second UE is not associated with the stationary use;
• based on at least determining that the first UE is associated with the stationary use, transmitting, to the first UE, a first radio resource control (RRC) message specifying a measurement gap repetition period (MGRP) and an indication to skip at least one measurement gap, wherein the first RRC message comprises a first RRCReconfiguration message, wherein the MGRP is within a MeasGapConfig information element of the first RRCReconfiguration message, wherein the indication to skip at least one measurement gap is within the MeasGapConfig information element of the first RRC message, wherein the indication to skip at least one measurement gap comprises an integer value, wherein, with the integer value identified as N, the first UE either:
• skips all measurement gaps except one in a set of N or (N+1) consecutive MGRPs;
• or
• skips all measurement gaps except one in a set of 2{circumflex over ( )}N consecutive MGRPs, and wherein the MGRP is indicated as having a value selected from the list consisting of:
• 20 milliseconds (ms), 40 ms, 80 ms, and 160 ms;
• and
• based on at least determining that the second UE is not associated with the stationary use, transmitting, to the second UE, a second RRCReconfiguration message specifying the MGRP and not including an indication to skip a measurement gap.