Method of enhanced connection recovery and cell selection

A method, comprising:

• establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection by a user equipment (UE) with a base station in a mobile communication network;
• initiating a first timer when detecting a radio link problem;
• selecting a target cell based on cell prioritization information only when the UE is in a high mobility state, wherein the cell prioritization information comprises information for cell selection as well as for cell reselection;
• initiating an RRC reestablishment procedure;
• and
• performing the RRC connection setup procedure with the selected target cell.

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a radio resource control (RRC) management module that establishes an RRC connection with a base station in a mobile communication network;
• a radio link management (RLM) module that detects a radio link problem of the RRC connection and thereby starting a first timer, wherein the RLF module also starts a second timer upon detecting a triggering condition while the first timer is still running, wherein the UE initiates an RRC reestablishment procedure with a target cell when the second timer expires but before the first timer expires;
• and
• a cell selection module that selects a target cell, wherein the UE performs the RRC connection reestablishment with the target cell.