System and method for performing a global navigation satellite system (gnss) measurement in non-terrestrial network (ntn)

A network device, comprising:

• at least one antenna;
• at least one radio, configured to perform wireless communication using at least one radio access technology;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the at least one radio, wherein the at least one radio and the one or more processors are configured to cause the network device to:
• detect an event to trigger a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) measurement for a User Equipment (UE);
• schedule a configuration for an event-triggered GNSS measurement gap for the UE to perform an event-triggered GNSS measurement in a connected state during the event-triggered GNSS measurement gap, in response to detection of the event;
• and
• transmit the configuration for the event-triggered GNSS measurement gap to the UE.

A non-transitory computer readable memory medium storing program instructions executable by one or more processors to cause a User Equipment (UE) to:

• detect an event to trigger a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) measurement;
• transmit, to a network device, a request to perform an event-triggered GNSS measurement, in response to detection of the event;
• receive, from the network device, a configuration for an event-triggered GNSS measurement gap during which the UE performs the event-triggered GNSS measurement in a connected state;
• and
• perform the event-triggered GNSS measurement in the connected state during the event-triggered GNSS measurement gap.