User equipment and methods for handover using measurement reporting based on multiple events

A method of inter-frequency handover at a User Equipment (UE) operating in a 3GPP LTE network, comprising:

• receiving a measurement report configuration message that includes multiple measurement events to be determined at the UE;
• and
• monitoring for a combined measurement event related to a joint occurrence of the measurement events, the measurement events based at least partly on signal measurements at the UE for a serving cell or for a candidate handover cell;
• transmitting a measurement report when the combined measurement event occurs;
• and
• exchanging one or more handover setup messages with the candidate handover cell when the combined measurement event occurs.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors to perform operations for inter-frequency handover, the operations to configure the one or more processors to:

• receive, from an Evolved Node-B (eNB), a measurement report configuration message that includes multiple measurement events to be determined at the UE;
• and
• transmit a measurement report when a combined measurement event occurs,
• wherein the combined measurement event is triggered when all of the multiple measurement events occur, and
• wherein the measurement events are related to signal measurements performed on one or more signals received at the UE from one or more cells configured for operation in the network.