Method and Apparatus for Controlling Cellular Reselection Attempts on a Computing Device

A computing device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a radio module;
• wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
• perform an automated process in which the radio module is programmed to automatically and repeatedly check an adequacy of a serving cell that is currently assigned to the computing device for purpose of determining whether neighbor search and cell reselection is to be performed by the computing device;
• determine presence of a condition in which neighbor search and cell reselection is to be performed by default performance of the automated process;
• identify a result of one or more past instances in which the computing device, by default performance of the automated process, attempts to perform neighbor search and cell reselection as a result of the presence of the condition;
• determine criteria for attempting neighbor search and cell reselection based at least in part on the result of the one or more past instances;
• based on the criteria, make a determination as to whether default performance of the automated process is to be modified;
• skip an attempt at performing neighbor search and cell reselection, as would otherwise be required by default performance of the automated process, when performing the automated process.

A radio module for a computing device, the radio module comprising:

• one or more processors that are configured to:
• perform an automated process in which the radio module is programmed to automatically and repeatedly check an adequacy of a serving cell that is currently assigned to the computing device for purpose of determining whether neighbor search and cell reselection is to be performed by the computing device;
• determine presence of a condition in which neighbor search and cell reselection is to be performed by default performance of the automated process;
• identify a result of one or more past instances in which the computing device, by default performance of the automated process, attempts to perform neighbor search and cell reselection as a result of the presence of the condition;
• determine criteria for attempting neighbor search and cell reselection based at least in part on the result of the one or more past instances;
• based on the criteria, make a determination as to whether default performance of the automated process is to be modified;
• skip an attempt at performing neighbor search and cell reselection, as would otherwise be required by default performance of the automated process, when performing the automated process.