Abstract: A method and system are provided for a User Equipment (UE) to perform cell selection in a Cell Range Extension (CRE) region in a heterogeneous network. The method includes avoiding barring a primary frequency at a transition to an idle mode, after failing to acquire System Information (SI) from a pico cell in the heterogeneous network; and camping on a cell corresponding to one of the primary frequency and a secondary frequency.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for reducing power consumption in a user equipment (UE). The method includes establishing, by the UE, a connection with a network; receiving, by the UE, from the network, system information of at least one of a resident cell and a neighboring cell indicating if a network feature is supported by the at least one of the resident cell and the neighboring cell; determining, by the UE, if a selection criteria of a cell from among the at least one of the resident cell and the neighboring cell, which supports the network feature, is greater than a threshold; reselecting the cell having the selection criteria that is greater than the threshold; and initiating a connection establishment with the reselected cell, which supports the network feature.

Abstract: A method of and User Equipment (UE) for enhancing reporting information for a Radio Link Failure (RLF) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. The method includes receiving, by a User Equipment (UE), RLF threshold information transmitted from the LTE network, logging, by the UE, the RLF threshold information, and indicating, by the UE, a recovery from a near RLF condition. The UE includes at least one means adapted for receiving an RLF threshold information transmitted from the network; logging the RLF threshold information; and indicating to the LTE network a recovery from a near RLF condition based on the RLF threshold information.