The communication device 102 may be further configured to determine that a carrier measurement for NR is established at the FWA UE 104A (or the mobile UE 104B) by the first base station 106 (i.e. LTE-enabled base station) in the RRC connected state, based on the acquired control information over the LTE control plane link or over the established short-range wireless communication link 116. Such determination is executed either in an absence of the assignment of the first NR carrier to the FWA UE or when the received signal characteristic associated with the assigned first NR carrier is less than a signal quality threshold. The carrier measurement for NR may be for inter radio access technology (IRAT) when the FWA UE 104A (or the mobile UE 104B) is active in one radio access technology that corresponds to the LTE network 112. The carrier measurement for NR may be scheduled by the first base station 106 (i.e. LTE-enabled base station) when the FWA UE 104A (or the mobile UE 104B) is in the RRC connected state over the LTE network 112. The FWA UE 104A (or the mobile UE 104B) is configured to report the carrier measurement for NR to the first base station 106 (i.e. the LTE-enabled base station). In accordance with an embodiment, the carrier measurement for NR may be a B1 NR measurement. The B1 NR measurement indicates at least a reference signal received power (RSRP) at the FWA UE 104A (or the mobile UE 104B) in the RRC connected state over the LTE network 112. The B1 NR measurement may indicate whether the RSRP measured at the FWA UE 104A (or the mobile UE 104B) is greater than the signal quality threshold to potentially establish a 5G NR connection.