Forced cell or radio access technology reselection responsive to network access barring

A wireless communication device comprising:

• a transceiver configured to transmit signals to and receive signals from a base station in a currently serving cell;
• and
• a baseband unit coupled to the transceiver, wherein responsive to determining that access to a first network is barred through the currently serving cell, the baseband unit is configured to force reselection to a neighbor cell through which the first network is accessible and further configured to cause the transceiver to attempt to establish a link with the first network through the neighbor cell;
• wherein the wireless communication device includes processing circuitry configured to generate a random number, wherein the baseband unit is configured to determine that access to the first network is barred through the currently serving cell based on a comparison of the random number to a barring factor number set by the first network at a base station of the currently serving cell.