Expedited recovery from preferred radio access technology (rat) coverage hole aided by on-board vehicle sensors

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

• at least one processor coupled to at least one memory, the at least one processor configured to:
• evaluate preferred radio access technology (RAT) coverage criteria;
• identify a vehicle mobility state associated with vehicle specific information;
• calculate a time to trigger a preferred RAT coverage recovery associated with the vehicle mobility state and the preferred RAT coverage criteria;
• and
• perform a first mode frequency scan in accordance with the time to trigger the preferred RAT coverage recovery, prior to the vehicular UE departing an area comprising a coverage hole.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code executed by a processor and comprising:

• program code to evaluate preferred radio access technology (RAT) coverage criteria;
• program code to identify a vehicle mobility state associated with vehicle specific information;
• program code to calculate a time to trigger a preferred RAT coverage recovery associated with the vehicle mobility state and the preferred RAT coverage criteria;
• and
• program code to perform a first mode frequency scan in accordance with the time to trigger the preferred RAT coverage recovery, prior to the vehicular UE departing an area having a level of preferred RAT coverage below a signal threshold, the area comprising a coverage hole.