Cellular enhancements for application mobility

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor in communication with the memory;
• wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
• camp on a cell operating according to a higher performing radio access technology (RAT), wherein the higher performing RAT comprises one of Long Term Evolution (LTE) or Fifth Generation New Radio (5G NR), and wherein the cell is associated with a first physical cell identifier (PCI);
• generate instructions to initiate one or more data sessions;
• monitor the one or more data sessions for a data stall hint and/or data stall condition;
• and
• responsive to determining a neighbor cell meets at least one handover condition and detection of a data stall hint and/or data stall condition, initiate a handover to the neighbor cell, and wherein, when a cause of the data stall condition includes non-radio errors or failures, the at least one processor is further configured to initiate a service recovery procedure.

A non-transitory computer readable memory medium storing program instructions executable by processing circuitry to cause a user equipment device (UE) to:

• establish a data connection with a network via one of a Wi-Fi interface or a cellular interface;
• monitor the data connection for a data stall condition and/or data stall hint;
• and
• perform, responsive to detection of a data stall condition and/or data stall hint, at least one remedial action, wherein a first remedial action of the at least one remedial action includes initiating a handover procedure to a neighbor cell, and wherein, when a cause of the data stall condition includes non-radio errors or failures, the first remedial action further includes initiating a service recovery procedure.