SIGNALING REDUCTION USING LONG TIME-TO-TRIGGER DURATION

摘要

Described herein are techniques for the triggering of measurement reports transmitted by a UE to its serving cell where such measurement reports are to be used by the serving cell to detect a handover condition. Such measurement reports may be triggered periodically and/or in response to an event that lasts for a duration at least equal to the value of a specified time-to-trigger (TTT) parameter. The described techniques reduce the number of measurement reports in certain situations in order to reduce signaling overhead and UE power consumption and to help avoid unnecessary handovers.