System and method for supporting measurements and mobility in a wireless communications system

1. A method for mobility management implemented by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

measuring, by the UE, a reference signal to obtain mobility measurements for a mobility procedure, the reference signal associated with a cell or a bandwidth part (BWP); and

scaling, by the UE, the mobility measurements in accordance with at least one BWP parameter; and

reporting, by the UE, at least one of the mobility measurements or the scaled mobility measurements.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

measuring, by the UE, a BWP-specific reference signal associated with the BWP to obtain BWP-specific mobility measurements in response to determining that the BWP-specific reference signal associated with the BWP is available;

scaling, by the UE, the BWP-specific mobility measurements to obtain scaled BWP-specific mobility measurements; and

reporting, by the UE, the BWP-specific mobility measurements.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobility measurements comprise cell-specific mobility measurements and BWP-specific mobility measurements.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scaled mobility measurements comprise cell-specific mobility measurements and BWP-specific mobility measurements.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

combining, by the UE, scaled cell-level mobility measurements and BWP-level mobility measurements to obtain a combined measurement; and

determining, by the UE, a harmonized mobility decision in accordance with the combined measurement.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the UE, a cell-level mobility decision in accordance with the mobility measurements;

refining, by the UE, the cell-level mobility decision in accordance with the scaled mobility measurements in response to determining that a BWP-specific reference signal associated with the BWP is available; and

reporting, by the UE, the refined cell-level mobility decision.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

measuring, by the UE, a BWP-specific reference signal to obtain BWP-level mobility measurements in response to determining that the BWP-specific reference signal is available; and

determining, by the UE, a BWP-level mobility decision in accordance with the BWP-level mobility measurements.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

scaling, by the UE, the BWP-level mobility measurements in accordance with parameters of a BWP configuration of the BWP in response to determining that the BWP configuration of the BWP is available;

determining, by the UE, a refined BWP-level mobility decision based on the scaled BWP-level mobility measurements; and

reporting, by the UE, at least one of the scaled BWP-level mobility measurements or the refined BWP-level mobility decision.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

determining, by the UE, a refined cell-level mobility decision in accordance with at least one of a scaled cell-specific mobility measurement in response to determining that a BWP configuration of the BWP is available, the BWP-level mobility decision, or the BWP-level mobility measurements, and

performing, by the UE, a cell-level mobility process based on the refined cell-level mobility decision.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one BWP parameter includes a bandwidth (BW) of the BWP.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one BWP parameter includes a subcarrier spacing (SCS) of the BWP.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one BWP parameter includes a cyclic prefix (CP) of the BWP.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one BWP parameter includes a BW of the cell.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one BWP parameter includes a bandwidth of a carrier.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one BWP parameter includes a central frequency of the BWP, the cell, or a carrier.

16. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to:

measure a reference signal to obtain mobility measurements for a mobility procedure, the reference signal associated with a cell or a bandwidth part (BWP); and

scale the mobility measurements in accordance with at least one BWP parameter; and

report at least one of the mobility measurements or the scaled mobility measurements.

17. The UE of claim 16 , the programming further including instructions to:

measure a BWP-specific reference signal associated with the BWP to obtain BWP-specific mobility measurements in response to determining that the BWP-specific reference signal associated with the BWP is available;

scale the BWP-specific mobility measurements to obtain scaled BWP-specific mobility measurements; and

report the BWP-specific mobility measurements.

18. The UE of claim 16 , wherein the mobility measurements comprise cell-specific mobility measurements and BWP-specific mobility measurements.

19. The UE of claim 16 , wherein the scaled mobility measurements comprise cell-specific mobility measurements and BWP-specific mobility measurements.

20. The UE of claim 19 , the programming further including instructions to:

combine scaled cell-level mobility measurements and MVP-level mobility measurements to obtain a combined measurement; and

determine a harmonized mobility decision in accordance with the combined measurement.