Arbitration of measurement gap coincidence with random access

1. A user agent (UA) configured to perform a random access procedure and to perform radio measurements, wherein the random access procedure comprises:

deciding when to send a random access preamble based on a possible occurrence of a measurement gap;

transmitting a random access preamble on an uplink; and

monitoring a physical downlink control channel for a random access response, and

wherein, the user agent is configured to resolve a coincidence of a random access procedure message exchange and the radio measurements if the radio measurements are in progress at the time that the random access procedure is initiated then canceling the radio measurements and performing the random access procedure and if the random access procedure is in progress at the time a radio measurement process triggering event occurs the postponing the radio measurements.

2. The user agent of claim 1 , wherein the user agent performs the radio measurements periodically.

3. The user agent of claim 1 , wherein the radio measurements comprise at least one of a plurality of inter-radio access technology (inter-RAT) measurements and a plurality of inter-frequency measurements.

4. The user agent of claim 3 , wherein the inter-radio access technology measurements comprise measurements of at least one of code division multiple access (CDMA) technology conditions, global system for mobile communications (GSM) technology conditions, universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) technology conditions, and long term evolution (LTE) technology conditions.

5. The user agent of claim 3 , wherein the radio measurements comprise measurements of a plurality of pilot signals transmitted by a plurality of access devices.

6. The user agent of claim 1 , wherein the random access procedure comprises the user agent transmitting the random access preamble on an uplink, monitoring a physical downlink control channel for a random access response, transmitting a first contention resolution message on the uplink, and receiving a second contention resolution message on the downlink.

7. The user agent of claim 6 , wherein the user agent is configured to resolve a coincidence of a random access procedure message exchange and the radio measurements by giving precedence to both the transmitting the random access preamble on the uplink and monitoring the physical downlink control channel for the random access response over performing the radio measurements and by giving precedence to performing the radio measurements over both transmitting the first contention resolution message on the uplink and receiving the second contention resolution message on the downlink.

8. A method of wireless communication, comprising:

a user agent (UA) performing radio measurements; and

the user agent performing a random access procedure, wherein the random access procedure comprises deciding when to send a random access preamble based on a possible occurrence of a measurement gap, transmitting a random access preamble on an uplink, and monitoring a physical downlink control channel for a random access response, and

wherein, the user agent is configured to resolve a coincidence of a random access procedure message exchange and the radio measurements if the radio measurements are in progress at the time that the random access procedure is initiated then canceling the radio measurements and performing the random access procedure and if the random access procedure is in progress at the time a radio measurement process triggering event then postponing the radio measurements.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the user agent performs the radio measurements periodically.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the radio measurements comprise at least one of a plurality of inter-radio access technology (inter-RAT) measurements and a plurality of inter-frequency measurements.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the inter-radio access technology measurements comprise measurements of at least one of code division multiple access (COMA) technology conditions, global system for mobile communications (GSM) technology conditions, universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) technology conditions, and long term evolution (LTE) technology conditions.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the radio measurements comprise measurements of a plurality of pilot signals transmitted by a plurality of access devices.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the random access procedure comprises the user agent transmitting the random access preamble on an uplink, monitoring a physical downlink control channel for a random access response, transmitting a first contention resolution message on the uplink, and receiving a second contention resolution message on the downlink.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the user agent is configured to resolve a coincidence of a random access procedure message exchange and the radio measurements by giving precedence to both the transmitting the random access preamble on the uplink and monitoring the physical downlink control channel for the random access response over performing the radio measurements and by giving precedence to performing the radio measurements over both transmitting the first contention resolution message on the uplink and receiving the second contention resolution message on the downlink.