System and Method Providing Parallel Multicast Measurements

A method by a wireless device for performing parallel multicast measurements, the method comprising:

• identifying, by the wireless device, a parallel multicast measurement capability of the wireless device, the parallel multicast measurement capability comprising a threshold value identifying a maximum number of parallel multicast measurements that may be performed in parallel by the wireless device;
• determining, by the wireless device, that the wireless device is configured to perform more parallel multicast measurements than the threshold value;
• transmitting to a network node a message indicative of a need for a configuration;
• receiving, from the network node, the configuration for performing parallel multicast measurements of a plurality of Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) transmissions;
• based on the configuration received from the network node, adapting a procedure for performing the parallel multicast measurements of the plurality of MBMS transmissions, wherein the adapted procedure reduces a number of parallel multicast measurements performed or reduces a number of measurement results logged;
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• performing the plurality of parallel multicast measurements of the plurality of MBMS transmissions in accordance with the adapted procedure.