User equipment based fast return to LTE

A user equipment, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
• initiating a reselection from a first communication network protocol to a second communication network protocol;
• receiving, during the reselection, an incoming data packet;
• generating, during the reselection, an outgoing data packet in response to the incoming data packet;
• determining, during the reselection, a priority of the outgoing data packet;
• and
• processing, during the reselection, the outgoing data packet, comprising:
• in response to determining that the priority exceeds a threshold priority:
• halting the reselection,
• transmitting the outgoing data packet from the user equipment using the first communication network protocol, and
• reinitiating the reselection.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• initiating a reselection from a first communication protocol to a second communication protocol;
• receiving, during the reselection, an incoming communication;
• generating, during the reselection, an outgoing communication in response to the incoming communication;
• determining, during the reselection, priority data representative of a priority of the outgoing communication;
• and
• processing, during the reselection, the outgoing communication, comprising:
• in response to determining, based on the priority data, that the priority exceeds a threshold priority:
• stopping the reselection,
• transmitting the outgoing communication from the mobile device using the first communication protocol, and
• reinitiating the reselection.