| CPC H04W 72/1215 (2013.01) [H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |

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1. A method comprising:
registering to both a first network and a second network;
establishing a connection with the first network;
transmitting, to the first network, a first user equipment (UE) assistance information message,
wherein the first UE assistance information message includes gap information related to one or more gaps requested by a UE and priority information related to the one or more gaps,
wherein the UE pauses the connection with the first network for performing operations in the second network in the one or more gaps;
receiving, from the first network, a configuration of at least one gap;
performing operations in the second network during the at least one gap; and
based on current priority information related to the one or more gaps being different from the priority information included in the first UE assistance information message, transmitting a second UE assistance information message including the current priority information to the first network,
wherein the gap information comprises a list of gap information related to each gap, and
wherein the gap information related to each gap comprises a gap length for a corresponding gap, and a gap time offset for the corresponding gap.
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