Service continuity on preferred cell during connected mode mobility

An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a processor;
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• perform a cell measurement for each of a set of cells while operating in a connected mode;
• determine a subset of cells of the set of cells based at least in part on one or more of the cell measurement, cell-specific information, or UE-preferred cell information, the cell-specific information comprising one or more respective cell parameters associated with each cell of the subset of cells, the UE-preferred cell information comprising one or more respective preferred cell parameters;
• and
• transmit a cell measurement report including an indication of one or more cells of the subset of cells based at least in part on each of the one or more cells of the subset of cells satisfying one or more cell measurement report criteria.