RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL WIDE AREA CONFIGURATION OF A WIRELESS DEVICE

A method, core network node, cell node, and wireless device (WD) for radio resource control (RRC) wide area configuration of a WD are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method in a central network node includes configuring a set of cells to be included in a wide area configuration for a WD. The method also includes sending a wide area cell configuration signal to the WD, the wide area cell configuration signal including configurations for each cell in a predefined wide area, the predefined wide area being a collection of cells, the configurations including setup, resume and hand over configurations and resource allocations for an active wide area including a subset of cells of the collection of cells of the predefined wide area.