Method and apparatus for enhanced automatic neighbor reporting

A method, comprising:

• transmitting, by a processing system including a processor, a measurement configuration message to a mobile communication device that identifies a first subset of frequencies of a group of frequencies in a shared spectrum for wireless communications, wherein the transmitting the measurement configuration message causes the mobile communication device to perform scanning of the first subset of frequencies without scanning a remainder of frequencies of the group of frequencies;
• receiving, by the processing system, measurement information from the mobile communication device based on the scanning;
• and
• updating, by the processing system, a neighbor relation table based on the measurement information.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor of a mobile communication device, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving, from a base station, a measurement configuration message that identifies a subset of frequencies of a group of frequencies in a shared spectrum for wireless communications;
• scanning the subset of frequencies to obtain measurement information;
• transmitting, to the base station, a measurement report including the measurement information based on the scanning;
• and
• receiving, from the base station, a handover instruction to a target base station operating at a frequency of the group of frequencies in the shared spectrum.