Identifying coverage holes using inter-rat handover measurements

An evolved nodeB (eNB) associated with a first radio access technology (RAT), the eNB comprising:

• first transmitter circuitry to transmit, to a user equipment (UE) in a cell served by the eNB, a command to handover the UE to a second RAT that is different from the first RAT;
• receiver circuitry to receive, from the UE, one or more measurements taken by the UE in response to an event related to the handover;
• and
• second transmitter circuitry to transmit, to a management apparatus, a report including the one or more measurements for use in identifying coverage holes in the first RAT.

A user equipment (UE) comprising:

• receiver circuitry to receive a command from an evolved nodeB (eNB) serving the UE, the eNB associated with a first radio access technology (RAT), to handover the UE to a second RAT different from the first RAT;
• transmitter circuitry to transmit to the eNB, in response to an event related to the handover, one or more measurements taken by the UE;
• and
• handover circuitry to perform the handover to the second RAT.

One or more computer-readable media having instructions that, when executed, cause a user equipment (UE) to:

• receive a command from an evolved nodeB (eNB) serving the UE, the eNB associated with a first radio access technology (RAT), to handover the UE to a second RAT different from the first RAT;
• transmit to the eNB, in response to an event related to the handover, one or more measurements taken by the UE;
• and
• perform the handover to the second RAT.