Handover associated with reduced capability cells

A method of wireless communication performed by a reduced capability (RedCap) user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving, from a network node, configuration information associated with a measurement-based handover procedure;
• obtaining, based on the configuration information, a measurement associated with a target cell;
• and
• transmitting, to the network node, a handover measurement report that omits the measurement associated with the target cell based on the measurement satisfying a measurement condition and based on whether a cell identifier (ID) associated with the target cell is indicated in a second database, of a first database and the second database stored in a memory of the RedCap UE, the first database comprising RedCap-supporting cell information that includes at least one RedCap support indication associated with at least one cell that indicates that the at least one cell supports RedCap communications, and the second database comprising non-RedCap-supporting cell information that includes at least one non-RedCap support indication associated with at least one additional cell that indicates that the at least one additional cell does not support RedCap communications.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a reduced capability (RedCap) user equipment (UE), cause the RedCap UE to:
• receive, from a network node, configuration information associated with a measurement-based handover procedure;
• obtain, based on the configuration information, a measurement associated with a target cell;
• and
• transmit, to the network node, a handover measurement report that omits the measurement associated with the target cell based on the measurement satisfying a measurement condition and based on whether a cell identifier (ID) associated with the target cell is indicated in a second database, of a first database and the second database stored in a memory of the RedCap UE, the first database comprising RedCap-supporting cell information that includes at least one RedCap support indication associated with at least one cell that indicates that the at least one cell supports RedCap communications, and the second database comprising non-RedCap-supporting cell information that includes at least one non-RedCap support indication associated with at least one additional cell that indicates that the at least one additional cell does not support RedCap communications.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for receiving, from a network node, configuration information associated with a measurement-based handover procedure;
• means for obtaining, based on the configuration information, a measurement associated with a target cell;
• and
• means for transmitting, to the network node, a handover measurement report that omits the measurement associated with the target cell based on the measurement satisfying a measurement condition and based on whether a cell identifier (ID) associated with the target cell is indicated in a second database, of a first database and the second database stored in a memory of the apparatus, the first database comprising reduced capability (RedCap) supporting cell information that includes at least one RedCap support indication associated with at least one cell that indicates that the at least one cell supports RedCap communications, and the second database comprising non-RedCap-supporting cell information that includes at least one non-RedCap support indication associated with at least one additional cell that indicates that the at least one additional cell does not support RedCap communications.