Pre-emptive overhead message reading

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

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory;
• wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:
• establish a connection to a serving cell;
• determine to read system information of a non-serving neighbor cell based at least in part on a channel condition or a performance metric;
• and
• read the system information of the non-serving neighbor cell while connected to the serving cell.

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

• means for establishing a connection to a serving cell;
• means for determining to read system information of a non-serving neighbor cell based at least in part on a channel condition or a performance metric;
• and
• means for reading the system information of the non-serving neighbor cell while connected to the serving cell.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), the code comprising instructions executable to:

• establish a connection to a serving cell;
• determine to read system information of a non-serving neighbor cell based at least in part on a channel condition or a performance metric;
• and
• read the system information of the non-serving neighbor cell while connected to the serving cell.