Mobility enhancements for conditional handovers

1. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory communicatively coupled with the at least one processor and storing processor-readable code that, when executed by the at least one processor, is configured to cause the UE to:

receive, from a source base station, configuration information for a conditional handover, wherein the configuration information indicates an execution condition and one or more secondary cell group (SCG) configurations associated with one or more candidate base stations;

transmit, to the source base station, a measurement report indicating one or more measurements associated with at least one of the source base station or the one or more candidate base stations; and

perform the conditional handover with a candidate base station, of the one or more candidate base stations, using an updated SCG configuration associated with the candidate base station, wherein the updated SCG configuration is based at least in part on an SCG configuration, of the one or more SCG configurations, and the one or more measurements.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more measurements include at least one of:

a Layer 1 beam-based measurement,

a Layer 3 beam-based measurement, or

a Layer 3 cell-based measurement.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory further stores processor-readable code configured to cause the UE to receive, from the source base station, an indication of the updated SCG configuration based at least in part on transmitting the measurement report, wherein the SCG configuration is updated to the updated SCG configuration by the source base station or the candidate base station.

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory further stores processor-readable code configured to cause the UE to:

select one or more cells, from a set of candidate cells associated with the SCG configuration, to be included in the updated SCG configuration based at least in part on the one or more measurements; and

transmit, to at least one of the source base station or the candidate base station, an indication of the updated SCG configuration.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the measurement report is forwarded to the candidate base station by the source base station, and wherein the at least one memory further stores processor-readable code configured to cause the UE to receive, from the source base station, an indication of the updated SCG configuration via a radio resource control (RRC) message, wherein the SCG configuration is updated to the updated SCG configuration by the candidate base station based at least in part on the one or more measurements.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory further stores processor-readable code configured to cause the UE to receive, from the source base station, an indication of the updated SCG configuration via a radio resource control (RRC) message, wherein the SCG configuration is updated to the updated SCG configuration by the source base station based at least in part on the one or more measurements.

7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the execution condition includes at least one of:

a Layer 1 beam-based measurement execution condition,

a Layer 3 beam-based measurement execution condition,

a Layer 3 cell-based measurement execution condition, or

a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) based execution condition.

8. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the execution condition includes at least one of:

one or more execution conditions associated with primary cells (PCells) of the one or more candidate base stations, or

one or more execution conditions associated with primary secondary cells (PSCells) of the one or more candidate base stations.

9. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory communicatively coupled with the at least one processor and storing processor-readable code that, when executed by the at least one processor, is configured to cause the UE to:

receive, from a source base station, configuration information for a conditional handover, the configuration information indicating:

an execution condition that is associated with primary cells (PCells) of one or more candidate base stations and at least one of secondary cell groups (SCGs) of the one or more candidate base stations or primary secondary cells (PSCells) of the one or more candidate base stations, and

a set of candidate PCell and PSCell pairs for a candidate base station of the one or more candidate base stations; and

transmit, to the candidate base station, a message to initiate the conditional handover based at least in part on the execution condition having been satisfied, the message to initiate the conditional handover indicating a candidate PCell and PSCell pair, from the set of candidate PCell and PSCell pairs, that is based at least in part on a measurement of at least one of a PCell included in the PCell and PSCell pair or a PSCell included in the PCell and PSCell pair.

10. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the execution condition includes at least one of:

a first execution condition associated with PCells of the one or more candidate base stations,

a second execution condition associated with SCGs of the one or more candidate base stations, or

a third execution condition associated with PSCells of the one or more candidate base stations.

11. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the execution condition includes a first execution condition associated with PCells of the one or more candidate base stations and a second execution condition associated with SCGs or PSCells of the one or more candidate base stations, and wherein, to cause the UE to transmit the message to initiate the conditional handover, the processor-readable code, when executed by the at least one processor, is configured to cause the UE to:

transmit the message to initiate the conditional handover based at least in part on detecting that a measurement of a PCell associated with the candidate base station satisfies the first execution condition, wherein the message indicates that an SCG associated with the candidate base station is to be added as part of the conditional handover based at least in part on a measurement of an SCG or a PSCell associated with the candidate base station satisfies the second execution condition.

12. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the execution condition includes a first execution condition associated with PCells of the one or more candidate base stations and a second execution condition associated with SCGs or PSCells of the one or more candidate base stations, and wherein, to cause the UE to transmit the message to initiate the conditional handover, the processor-readable code, when executed by the at least one processor, is configured to cause the UE to:

transmit the message to initiate the conditional handover based at least in part on detecting that a measurement of a PCell associated with the candidate base station satisfies the first execution condition and based at least in part on detecting that a measurement of an SCG or a PSCell associated with the candidate base station satisfies the second execution condition.

13. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the at least one memory further stores processor-readable code configured to cause the UE to:

select one or more secondary cells associated with the candidate base station to be associated with the conditional handover based at least in part on one or more execution conditions; and

transmit an indication of the one or more secondary cells.

14. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the at least one memory further stores processor-readable code configured to cause the UE to:

perform the conditional handover with the candidate base station; and

communicate, with the candidate base station, using an initial beam based at least in part on performing the conditional handover, wherein the initial beam is based at least in part on one or more beam-based measurements of at least one of a PCell or a PSCell associated with the candidate base station.

15. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, from a source base station, configuration information for a conditional handover, wherein the configuration information indicates an execution condition and one or more secondary cell group (SCG) configurations associated with one or more candidate base stations;

transmitting, to the source base station, a measurement report indicating one or more measurements associated with at least one of the source base station or the one or more candidate base stations; and

performing the conditional handover with a candidate base station, of the one or more candidate base stations, using an updated SCG configuration associated with the candidate base station, wherein the updated SCG configuration is based at least in part on an SCG configuration, of the one or more SCG configurations, and the one or more measurements.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the one or more measurements include at least one of:

a Layer 1 beam-based measurement,

a Layer 3 beam-based measurement, or

a Layer 3 cell-based measurement.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising receiving, from the source base station, an indication of the updated SCG configuration based at least in part on transmitting the measurement report, wherein the SCG configuration is updated to the updated SCG configuration by the source base station or the candidate base station.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

selecting one or more cells, from a set of candidate cells associated with the SCG configuration, to be included in the updated SCG configuration based at least in part on the one or more measurements; and

transmitting, to at least one of the source base station or the candidate base station, an indication of the updated SCG configuration.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the measurement report is forwarded to the candidate base station by the source base station, the method further comprising receiving, from the source base station, an indication of the updated SCG configuration via a radio resource control (RRC) message, wherein the SCG configuration is updated to the updated SCG configuration by the candidate base station based at least in part on the one or more measurements.

20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising receiving, from the source base station, an indication of the updated SCG configuration via a radio resource control (RRC) message, wherein the SCG configuration is updated to the updated SCG configuration by the source base station based at least in part on the one or more measurements.

21. The method of claim 15 , wherein the execution condition includes at least one of:

a Layer 1 beam-based measurement execution condition,

a Layer 3 beam-based measurement execution condition,

a Layer 3 cell-based measurement execution condition, or

a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) based execution condition.

22. The method of claim 15 , wherein the execution condition includes at least one of:

one or more execution conditions associated with primary cells (PCells) of the one or more candidate base stations, or

one or more execution conditions associated with primary secondary cells (PSCells) of the one or more candidate base stations.

23. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, from a source base station, configuration information for a conditional handover, the configuration information indicating:

an execution condition that is associated with primary cells (PCells) of one or more candidate base stations and at least one of secondary cell groups (SCGs) of the one or more candidate base stations or primary secondary cell (PSCells) of the one or more candidate base stations, and

a set of candidate PCell and PSCell pairs for a candidate base station of the one or more candidate base stations; and

transmitting, to the candidate base station, a message to initiate the conditional handover based at least in part on detecting that the execution condition has been satisfied, the message to initiate the conditional handover indicating a candidate PCell and PSCell pair, from the set of candidate PCell and PSCell pairs, that is based at least in part on a measurement of at least one of a PCell included in the PCell and PSCell pair or a PSCell included in the PCell and PSCell pair.

24. The method of claim 23 , wherein the execution condition includes at least one of:

a first execution condition associated with PCells of the one or more candidate base stations,

a second execution condition associated with SCGs of the one or more candidate base stations, or

a third execution condition associated with PSCells of the one or more candidate base stations.

25. The method of claim 23 , wherein the execution condition includes a first execution condition associated with PCells of the one or more candidate base stations and a second execution condition associated with SCGs or PSCells of the one or more candidate base stations, wherein transmitting the message to initiate the conditional handover comprises:

transmitting the message to initiate the conditional handover based at least in part on detecting that a measurement of a PCell associated with the candidate base station satisfies the first execution condition, wherein the message indicates that an SCG associated with the candidate base station is to be added as part of the conditional handover based at least in part on a measurement of an SCG or a PSCell associated with the candidate base station satisfies the second execution condition.

26. The method of claim 23 , wherein the execution condition includes a first execution condition associated with PCells of the one or more candidate base stations and a second execution condition associated with SCGs or PSCells of the one or more candidate base stations, wherein transmitting the message to initiate the conditional handover comprises:

transmitting the message to initiate the conditional handover based at least in part on detecting that a measurement of a PCell associated with the candidate base station satisfies the first execution condition and based at least in part on detecting that a measurement of an SCG or a PSCell associated with the candidate base station satisfies the second execution condition.

27. The method of claim 23 , further comprising:

selecting one or more secondary cells associated with the candidate base station to be associated with the conditional handover based at least in part on one or more execution conditions; and

transmitting an indication of the one or more secondary cells.

28. The method of claim 23 , further comprising:

performing the conditional handover with the candidate base station; and

communicating, with the candidate base station, using an initial beam based at least in part on performing the conditional handover, wherein the initial beam is based at least in part on one or more beam-based measurements of at least one of a PCell or a PSCell associated with the candidate base station.