Reducing power consumption through reduced measurement frequency

A wireless communication device comprising processing circuitry configured to cause the wireless communication device to at least:

• perform a first measurement of an alternative cell during a first measurement gap;
• send a first measurement report generated based at least in part on the first measurement to a serving cell of a serving network;
• determine a mobility state of the wireless communication device;
• compare the mobility state to a mobility threshold criterion;
• in an instance in which the mobility state satisfies the mobility threshold criterion and the first measurement report has not been resent for a maximum threshold number of consecutive measurement gaps, resend the first measurement report to the serving cell as a measurement report for a second measurement gap;
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• in an instance in which (i) the mobility state does not satisfy the mobility threshold criterion or (ii) the first measurement report has been resent for the maximum threshold number of consecutive measurement gaps, perform a second measurement of the alternative cell during the second measurement gap and send a second measurement report generated based at least in part on the second measurement to the serving cell.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer program code stored thereon, the computer program code comprising program code, which, when executed by one or more processors implemented on a wireless communication device, is configured to cause the wireless communication device to perform a method comprising:

• performing a first measurement of an alternative cell during a first measurement gap;
• sending a first measurement report generated based at least in part on the first measurement to a serving cell of a serving network;
• determining a mobility state of the wireless communication device;
• comparing the mobility state to a mobility threshold criterion;
• in an instance in which the mobility state satisfies the mobility threshold criterion and the first measurement report has not been resent for a maximum threshold number of consecutive measurement gaps, resending the first measurement report to the serving cell as a measurement report for a second measurement gap;
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• in an instance in which (i) the mobility state does not satisfy the mobility threshold criterion or (ii) the first measurement report has been resent for the maximum threshold number of consecutive measurement gaps, performing a second measurement of the alternative cell during the second measurement gap and sending a second measurement report generated based at least in part on the second measurement to the serving cell.