Network-controlled small gap (ncsg) configurations

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a base station, the instructions to configure the base station for handover using pre-configured gaps in a Fifth Generation New Radio (5G NR) network, and to cause the base station to perform operations comprising:

• encoding first configuration signaling for transmission to a user equipment (UE) connected to a first cell of the base station, the first configuration signaling to configure a legacy measurement gap;
• encoding second configuration signaling for transmission to the UE, the second configuration signaling to configure a network-controlled small gap (NCSG) measurement gap;
• decoding cell measurements received from the UE, the cell measurements performed on a second cell during one of the legacy measurement gap or the NCSG measurement gap;
• and
• encoding a handover instruction for transmission to the UE, the handover instruction based on the cell measurements, and the handover instruction instructing a handover from the first cell to the second cell.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), the instructions to configure the UE for handover using pre-configured gaps in a Fifth Generation New Radio (5G NR) network, and to cause the UE to perform operations comprising:

• decoding first configuration signaling received from a first base station associated with a first cell, the first configuration signaling to configure a legacy measurement gap;
• decoding second configuration signaling received from the first base station, the second configuration signaling to configure a network-controlled small gap (NCSG) measurement gap;
• performing cell measurements of a second cell during one of the legacy measurement gap or the NCSG measurement gap, the second cell associated with a second base station;
• encoding the cell measurements for transmission to the first base station;
• and
• decoding a handover instruction from the first base station, the handover instruction based on the cell measurements.