Initial network access for downlink unlicensed deployment

An apparatus comprising:

• a transceiver configured to:
• communicate, with a wireless communication device in a downlink unlicensed band, a first broadcast communication signal during a discovery time period configured based on a network discovery configuration, the first broadcast communication signal includes a configuration for requesting a second broadcast communication signal when there is no second broadcast communication signal detected within the discovery time period;
• communicate, with the wireless communication device, a request for the second broadcast communication signal based on the configuration;
• and
• communicate, with the wireless communication device in the downlink unlicensed band, the second broadcast communication signal outside of the discovery time period in response to the request.

A computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:

• code for causing a wireless communication device to communicate, with a second wireless communication device in a downlink unlicensed band, a first broadcast communication signal during a discovery time period configured based on a network discovery configuration, the first broadcast communication signal includes a configuration for requesting a second broadcast communication signal when there is no second broadcast communication signal detected within the discovery time period;
• code for causing the wireless communication device to communicate, with the second wireless communication device, a request for the second broadcast communication signal based on the configuration;
• and
• code for causing the wireless communication device to communicate, with the second wireless communication device in the downlink unlicensed band, the second broadcast communication signal outside of the discovery time period in response to the request.