Apparatuses and methods for selectively scanning resources of a communication network and system

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

• performing a first measurement to determine a first signal strength of a first signal having a first frequency included in a first frequency band;
• based on the performing of the first measurement, comparing the first signal strength to a first threshold, resulting in a first comparison;
• determining, based on the first comparison, that the first signal strength is less than the first threshold, resulting in a first determination;
• based on the first determination, incrementing a first counter a first time;
• based on the incrementing of the first counter the first time, determining that a value of the first counter is less than a second threshold, resulting in a second determination;
• and
• based on the second determination, performing a second measurement to determine a second signal strength of a second signal having a second frequency included in the first frequency band.

A method, comprising:

• obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, a first part of a communication service via a first plurality of signals, wherein each signal of the first plurality of signals has a respective frequency that is included in a first range of frequencies;
• subsequent to the obtaining of the first part of the communication service, obtaining, by the processing system, a first signal that has a first frequency that is included in a second range of frequencies, the second range of frequencies being different from the first range of frequencies;
• determining, by the processing system, that the first signal has a first power level that is less than a threshold, resulting in a first determination;
• and
• based on the first determination, initiating a counting of a timer, wherein during the counting of the timer the processing system ceases scanning for signals having frequencies in the second range of frequencies.