Generation Node-B (GNB), User Equipment (UE) and Methods for Handover in New Radio (NR) Systems

An apparatus, comprising:

• memory;
• and
• processing circuitry in communication with the memory and configured to:
• encode, for transmission, one or more report configuration information elements in one or more messages that indicate one or more event triggers for transmission of one or more measurement reports by a user equipment (UE), wherein the one or more event triggers are associated with at least one of events A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, or A6, and wherein an event trigger is configured to be based on a measurement type set to either new radio synchronization signals (NR-SS) or New Radio reference signals (NR-RS);
• and
• receive a measurement report according to the one or more messages.

An apparatus, comprising:

• memory;
• and
• processing circuitry in communication with the memory and configured to:
• receive, from a base station, one or more report configuration information elements in one or more messages that indicate one or more event triggers for transmission of one or more measurement reports, wherein the one or more event triggers are associated with at least one of events A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, or A6, and wherein an event trigger is configured to be based on a measurement type set to either new radio synchronization signals (NR-SS) or New Radio reference signals (NR-RS);
• and
• encode, for transmission, a measurement report according to the one or more messages.

A method for communication, comprising:

• a base station,
• encoding, for transmission, one or more report configuration information elements in one or more messages that indicate one or more event triggers for transmission of one or more measurement reports by a user equipment (UE), wherein the one or more event triggers are associated with at least one of events A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, or A6, and wherein an event trigger is configured to be based on a measurement type set to either new radio synchronization signals (NR-SS) or New Radio reference signals (NR-RS);
• and
• receiving a measurement report according to the one or more messages.