System and method for controlling neighbor cell monitoring activity based on conditions of serving cell in a mobile communication device

A mobile communication device, comprising:

• a memory;
• a radio comprising a transceiver;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory and the radio, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to cause the mobile communication device to:
• measure a channel condition of a cell serving an idle network subscription;
• determine whether the measured channel condition of the cell serving the idle network subscription satisfies a predefined threshold value;
• and
• in response to determining that the measured channel condition of the cell serving the idle network subscription satisfies the threshold value:
• reduce a frequency at which neighbor cells associated with the idle network subscription are monitored;
• and
• monitor the neighbor cells associated with the idle network subscription according to the reduced frequency.

A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor of a mobile communication device to perform operations, comprising:

• measure a channel condition of a cell serving an idle network subscription;
• determine whether the measured channel condition of the cell serving the idle network subscription satisfies a threshold value;
• in response to determining that the measured channel condition of the cell serving the idle network subscription satisfies the threshold value:
• reduce a frequency at which neighbor cells associated with the idle network subscription are monitored;
• and
• monitor the neighbor cells associated with the idle network subscription according to the reduced frequency.

A mobile communication device, comprising:

• means for measuring a channel condition of a cell serving an idle network subscription;
• means for determining whether the measured channel condition of the cell serving the idle network subscription satisfies a threshold value;
• means for reducing a frequency at which neighbor cells associated with the idle network subscription are monitored in response to determining that the channel condition of the cell serving the idle network subscription satisfies the threshold value;
• and
• means for monitoring the neighbor cells associated with the idle network subscription according to the reduced frequency.