Pruning a candidate cell list for an idle mode ue and a connected mode ue

An apparatus for determining candidate radio access technology (RAT) layers, the apparatus comprising:

• a memory unit;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory unit, the at least one processor being configured:
• to select at least one initial candidate RAT layer, for each configured RAT type of a user equipment (UE), for a target RAT candidate list, each initial candidate RAT layer being selected regardless of network indicated RAT priorities and measurement object identifiers (IDs);
• and
• to select additional candidate RAT layers, for the list, based at least in part on the network indicated RAT priorities or the measurement object IDs.

A computer program product for wireless communications, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code being executed by a processor and comprising:
• program code to select at least one initial candidate RAT layer, for each configured RAT type of a user equipment (UE), for a target RAT candidate list, each initial candidate RAT layer being selected regardless of network indicated RAT priorities and measurement object identifiers (IDs);
• and
• program code to select additional candidate RAT layers, for the list, based at least in part on the network indicated RAT priorities or the measurement object IDs.