UPLINK PACKET DELAY MEASUREMENT FOR NETWORK ENERGY SAVINGS

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described herein. To support network energy savings, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network entity, control signaling that indicates a configuration for measuring uplink packet delay for transmission of a packet. The UE may generate a measurement of the uplink packet delay for transmission of the packet. The measurement may correspond to a duration between a packet arrival time at a packet data convergence protocol layer of the UE and a transmission or a retransmission of the packet. The UE may transmit control signaling that indicates the generated measurement. The network entity may obtain the measurement and evaluate whether to switch a cell to an off state based on the obtained measurement.