Adapting operations in flexible allocation slots partially overlapping with measurement gaps

A wireless device for performing scheduled communications operations for a serving cell, the wireless device comprising:

• a radio interface;
• and
• processing circuitry associated with the radio interface, the processing circuitry configured to cause the wireless device to perform:
• determining a communication slot that is partially overlapped by a measurement gap, the communication slot being associated with a serving cell of the wireless device;
• identifying a scheduled operational task which can be carried out in a non-overlapped portion of the communication slot, wherein the identifying is based on the size of the non-overlapped portion of the communication slot and the non-overlapped portion of the communication slot is a portion of the communication slot not overlapped by the measurement gap;
• and
• performing the scheduled operational task in the non-overlapped portion of the communication slot.

A method performed by a base station for scheduling communications operations for a serving cell, the method comprising:

• determining that a wireless device associated with a serving cell is to be configured with a measurement gap;
• determining a communication slot that is partially overlapped by the measurement gap;
• and
• facilitating scheduling of an operational task in a portion of the communication slot that is not overlapped by the measurement gap.

A network node for scheduling communications operations for a serving cell, the network node comprising:

• a radio interface;
• and
• processing circuitry associated with the radio interface, the processing circuitry configured to cause the network node to perform:
• determining that a wireless device associated with a serving cell is to be configured with a measurement gap;
• determining a communication slot that is partially overlapped by the measurement gap;
• and
• facilitating scheduling of an operational task in a portion of the communication slot that is not overlapped by the measurement gap.