Multi-operator handover in new radio shared spectrum

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• measuring, by a user equipment (UE) during an idle state, one or more second operator neighboring cells, wherein the one or more second operator neighboring cells are each operated by at least one other network operator other than a first network operator associated with a last connection of the UE;
• storing, by the UE, network information associated with the one or more second operator neighboring cells, wherein the network information includes signal quality information generated during the measuring;
• establishing, by the UE, a connection with a serving base station associated with the first network operator;
• and
• transmitting, by the UE, a neighbor cell report to the serving base station, wherein the neighbor cell report includes at least a portion of the network information.

An apparatus configured for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the at least one processor,
• wherein the at least one processor is configured:
• to transmit, by a user equipment (UE), a measurement report to a serving base station, wherein the measurement report identifies a quality and a cell identifier (ID) of one or more neighboring cells;
• to receive, by the UE, instructions from the serving base station to report an operator identifier (ID) of one or more second operator neighboring cells, wherein the one or more second operator neighboring cells are each operated by at least one other network operator other than the first network operator;
• to search, by the UE, for the operator ID of each of the one or more second operator neighboring cells according to the instructions;
• and
• to report, by the UE, one or more operator IDs discovered during execution of the configuration of the at least one processor to search.

An apparatus configured for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the at least one processor,
• wherein the at least one processor is configured:
• to measure, by a user equipment (UE) during an idle state, one or more second operator neighboring cells, wherein the one or more second operator neighboring cells are each operated by at least one other network operator other than a first network operator associated with a last connection of the UE;
• to store, by the UE, network information associated with the one or more second operator neighboring cells, wherein the network information includes signal quality information generated during execution of the configuration of the at least one processor to measure;
• to establish, by the UE, a connection with a serving base station associated with the first network operator;
• and
• to transmit, by the UE, a neighbor cell report to the serving base station, wherein the neighbor cell report includes at least a portion of the network information.