System and method for determining air interface information for radio resource management in wireless communications

A radio resource control (RRC) unit configured to determine values for use by radio resource management functions, the RRC unit comprising:

• a measurement reception and storing unit, configured to:
• obtain air interface actual values and predictive values;
• store the actual values and the predictive values;
• and
• generate and store a timestamp indicating a time when each actual value or predictive value is obtained;
• and
• a measurement processing unit, configured to:
• process the actual values and the predictive values to provide an output value, wherein the output value includes any one of:
• an actual value, a predictive value, a combination of the actual value and the predictive value, a default value, or the actual value plus a margin;
• determine an occurrence of a transient period, wherein the transient period is a period of time when a radio link is unstable;
• and
• determine whether the actual value is valid by comparing the timestamp of the actual value to the occurrence of the transient period, and on a condition that the timestamp is within the transient period, then the actual value is determined to be not valid.