De-prioritizing lte anchor cell based on nr cell measurements

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the UE to:
• register on a first cell of a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) based on Radio Frequency (RF) conditions of the first cell;
• process a configuration message from a network prioritizing an anchor band of the first RAT;
• perform a first cell reselection from the first cell to a second cell of the first RAT that is in the anchor band in response to processing the configuration message;
• perform cell measurements on one or more cells of a second RAT;
• determine that none of the cell measurements for the one or more cells of the second RAT exceeds a threshold;
• de-prioritize, based on the determination that none of the cell measurements for the one or more cells of the second RAT exceeds the threshold, the second cell in ranked cell prioritization data in the memory;
• and
• perform a second cell reselection from the second cell of the first RAT to another cell of the first RAT, the second cell reselection based on the ranked cell prioritization data.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• register the UE on a first cell of a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) based on Radio Frequency (RF) conditions of the first cell;
• process a configuration message from a network prioritizing an anchor band of the first RAT;
• cause the UE to perform a first cell reselection from the first cell to a second cell of the first RAT that is in the anchor band in response to processing the configuration message;
• perform cell measurements on one or more cells of a second RAT;
• determine that none of the cell measurements for the one or more cells of the second RAT exceeds a threshold;
• de-prioritize, based on the determination that none of the cell measurements for the one or more cells of the second RAT exceeds the threshold, the second cell in ranked cell prioritization data;
• and
• cause the UE to perform a second cell reselection from the second cell of the first RAT to another cell of the first RAT, the second cell reselection based on the ranked cell prioritization data.