Efficient network acquisition scans

An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
• detect, while connected to a first network, that a UE configuration associated with the UE satisfies one or more operating criteria;
• and
• increase a time duration associated with a periodic network acquisition scan associated with a second network based at least in part on detecting that the UE configuration satisfies the one or more operating criteria.

A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• detecting, while operating in an out-of-service (OOS) mode associated with a first network, that a second network satisfies one or more switching criteria;
• increasing a time duration associated with a periodic network acquisition scan associated with the first network based at least in part on detecting that the second network satisfies the one or more switching criteria;
• and
• switching, while operating in the OOS mode, from using the first network for connectivity to using the second network for connectivity based at least in part on detecting that the second network satisfies the one or more switching criteria.