Method and apparatus for PLMN selection and cell (re)selection

A User Equipment (UE) for wireless communications, the UE comprising:

• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing one or more computer-executable instructions;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, and configured to execute the one or more computer-executable instructions to:
• read system information of a plurality of cells on a first carrier frequency to obtain identification information of a plurality of Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs);
• report, by an Access Stratum (AS) entity of the UE, the identification information of the plurality of PLMNs to a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) entity of the UE;
• select, by the NAS entity of the UE, one of the plurality of PLMNs as a selected PLMN;
• search for the plurality of cells on the first carrier frequency during a cell selection procedure;
• and
• select a suitable cell belonging to the selected PLMN from the plurality of cells on the first carrier frequency based on the cell selection procedure.