Method and apparatus for conditional reestablishment and consecutive reestablishment

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• at least one memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the apparatus to:
• transmit, to a user equipment (UE), conditional reestablishment configuration information indicating a set of execution conditions for a set of candidate cells, wherein each candidate cell of the set of candidate cells is associated with at least one execution condition, and
• wherein the conditional reestablishment configuration information is associated with triggering, by the UE, a conditional reestablishment procedure before an occurrence of a radio link failure (RLF) at the UE using a target cell selected, before the occurrence of the RLF, from the set of candidate cells and without starting a timer associated with reestablishment initiation.

A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

• receiving conditional reestablishment configuration information indicating a set of execution conditions for a set of candidate cells, wherein each candidate cell of the set of candidate cells is associated with at least one execution condition;
• and
• triggering a conditional reestablishment procedure before an occurrence of a radio link failure (RLF), by:
• evaluating the set of execution conditions based on the conditional reestablishment configuration information in response to the reception of conditional reestablishment configuration information;
• selecting a target cell from the set of candidate cells for conditional reestablishment based on the evaluation, and
• initiating the conditional reestablishment procedure with the target cell without starting a timer associated with reestablishment initiation.