User equipment power optimization in millimeter wave access networks

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• listen for a device-to-device communication of a first wireless network using a first radio access technology (RAT), the apparatus in an idle state for a second RAT;
• receive the device-to-device communication using the first RAT, the device-to-device communication comprising location information for a base station of a second wireless network;
• activate radio components of the apparatus into an active state based at least in part on the location information for the base station of the second wireless network, the radio components configured to support communications using the second RAT;
• and
• initiate a cell search procedure using the activated radio components.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• identify, by a first wireless device configured to communicate in a first wireless network using a first radio access technology (RAT), location information for a base station of a second wireless network using a second RAT;
• and
• transmit, using the first RAT, a device-to-device communication from the first wireless device to a user equipment (UE), the device-to-device communication comprising the location information for the base station of the second wireless network.