So when will UE start measuring the neighbor cells?

1. UE will always measure all the high priority cells (Inter & Intra RAT).
2. UE will start measuring Intra Freq low priority cells if serving cell satisfies the below condition
SrxlevServing < sIntraSearch(SIB3)
3. UE will start measuring Inter Freq and Inter RAT low priority cells if serving cell satisfies the
below condition
SrxlevServing < sNonIntraSearch(SIB3)

Where
Srxlev= Qrxlevmeas–(Qrxlevmin+ Qrxlevminoffset) –Pcompensation
Squal= Qqualmeas–(Qqualmin+ Qqualminoffset)

Srxlev Cell selection RX level value (dB)

Squal Cell selection quality value (dB)
Qrxlevmeas Measured cell RX level value (RSRP)
Qqualmeas Measured cell quality value (RSRQ)
Qrxlevmin Minimum required RX level in the cell (dBm), obtained in SIB1
Qqualmin Minimum required quality level in the cell (dB), obtained in SIB1
Qrxlevminoffset Offset to the signalled Qrxlevmintaken into account in the
Srxlevevaluation as a result of a periodic search for a higher priority
PLMN while camped normally in a VPLMN,obtained in SIB1
Qqualminoffset Offset to the signalled Qqualmintaken into account in the
Squalevaluation as a result of a periodic search for a higher priority
PLMN while camped normally in a VPLMN,obtained in SIB1
Pcompensation max(PEMAX_H–PPowerClass, 0) (dB)
PEMAX_H Maximum TX power level an UE may use when transmitting on the
uplink in the cell (dBm) defined as PEMAX_H in [TS 36.101],obtained
in SIB1
PPowerClass Maximum RF output power of the UE (dBm) according to the UE
power class as defined in [TS 36.101]

Connected Mode Procedure

(Redirection & Handover)
Connected mode procedures are driven by eNB. eNB uses the measurement reports sent from UE to decide if
redirection/handover is required.

When does UE get chance to measure neighbor cells?

eNB configures UE with specific measurement gap. During this time, UE can stop monitoring PDCCH channel and
start measuring neighbor cells. Measurement Gap duration is fixed to 6msec. Measurement gap config has a
periodicity of either 40ms (gp0) or 80ms (gp1) and gapoffset value. Measurement gap will start from the SFN and
sub-frame which satisfies the below condition

SFN mod T = FLOOR(gapOffset/10);

subframe = gapOffset mod 10;
with T = MGRP/10; MGRP = 40 for gp0 and 80 for gp1
Measurement gap configuration is received through RRC reconfiguration message. UE can also use the DRX cycles
if configured for measurements.

Which Neighbor cells to measure?

Through RRC reconfiguration messages, UE will receive a measurement object, which contains the neighbor cells
information and event condition to report.
Below are the lists of events reported by UE to eNB
A1 Serving becomes better than threshold
A2 Serving becomes worse than threshold
A3 Neighbor becomes offset better than serving cell + extra margin
A4 Neighbor becomes better than threshold
A5 Serving becomes worse than threshold1 AND neighbor becomes better
than threshold2
A6 Neighbour becomes offset better than SCell
B1 Inter RAT neighbor becomes better than threshold
B2 Serving becomes worse than threshold1 AND inter RAT neighbor
becomes better than threshold2