Frequency pruning enhancement for wireless measurements

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• initiate pruning of one or more candidate frequencies relating to a possible cell reconfiguration, comprising selecting at least one wireless serving cell, and selecting, based on a data source, at least one wireless non-serving cell, the data source comprising broadcasted system information, and historical information for at least one prior serving cell;
• identify a plurality of measurement objects corresponding to the selected at least one wireless serving and non-serving cells;
• and
• perform wireless measurements based on the selected at least one wireless serving and non-serving cells and the identified measurement objects to produce at least one measured value.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for initiating, in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected mode, pruning of one or more candidate frequencies relating to a possible cell reconfiguration, comprising selecting at least one wireless serving cell, and selecting, based on a data source, at least one wireless non-serving cell, the data source comprising historical information for at least one prior serving cell and broadcasted system information;
• means for identifying a plurality of measurement objects corresponding to the selected at least one wireless serving and non-serving cells;
• and
• means for performing wireless measurements based on the selected at least one wireless serving and non-serving cells and the identified measurement objects to produce at least one measured value.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code for wireless communication, comprising code for:

• initiating pruning of one or more candidate frequencies relating to a possible cell reconfiguration, comprising selecting at least one wireless serving cell, and selecting, based on a data source, at least one wireless non-serving cell, the data source comprising broadcasted system information, and historical information for at least one prior serving cell;
• identifying a plurality of measurement objects corresponding to the selected at least one wireless serving and non-serving cells;
• and
• performing wireless measurements based on the selected at least one wireless serving and non-serving cells and the identified measurement objects to produce at least one measured value.

A user equipment, comprising:

• a processing system configured to:
• identify a plurality of LTE measurement objects corresponding to at least one LTE non-serving cell based on a review of broadcasted system information and local historical information;
• perform measurements corresponding to the identified measurement objects;
• and
• transmit measurement results corresponding to the identified measurement objects to a network element.