Methods and apparatus to limit reporting of neighbor cell measurements

A tangible machine readable storage medium comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

• process, at a wireless device, configuration information for periodic downlink pilot measurements, wherein the configuration information is associated with a number of neighbor cells for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be stored and reported, wherein the number of neighbor cells includes a first number of neighbor cells for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported, and wherein the configuration information is further associated with:
• a second number of neighbor cells for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported;
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• a third number of neighbor cells for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported;
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• store, at the wireless device, the periodic downlink pilot measurements in accordance with the configuration information.

A wireless device comprising:

• a processor to process configuration information for periodic downlink pilot measurements, wherein the configuration information is associated with a number of neighbor cells for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be stored and reported, wherein the number of neighbor cells includes a first number of neighbor cells for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported, and wherein the configuration information is further associated with:
• a second number of neighbor cells for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported;
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• a third number of neighbor cells for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported;
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• a memory to store the periodic downlink pilot measurements.