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Techniques for searching neighbor cells within a fixed time duration are disclosed. In one embodiment, cells in a monitored list are ranked. A first subset of the ranked cells are searched during each cycle in a series of cycles, and a subset of the remainder of ranked cells is searched in each cycl

Techniques for searching neighbor cells within a fixed time duration are disclosed. In one embodiment, cells in a monitored list are ranked. A first subset of the ranked cells are searched during each cycle in a series of cycles, and a subset of the remainder of ranked cells is searched in each cycle, the subset varying from cycle to cycle. In another embodiment, the ranking and searching of a subset of the ranked list of cells is performed when the number of monitored cells is greater than a pre-determined search number. In yet another embodiment, the complete list of monitored cells is searched when the number of monitored cells is less than or equal to a pre-determined search number. In various embodiments, the searching comprises one or more of intra-frequency, inter-frequency, or inter-RAT searching. Various other embodiments are also presented. Benefits include allowing prescribed levels of intra-frequency, inter-frequency and/or inter-RAT search to be performed allowing for improved base station selection and therefore improved performance and system capacity.

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What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus, comprising:a searcher for:detecting a plurality of cells to form a ranked list of monitored cells;searching each cell from a first list of cells during each of a series of cycles; andsearching each cell from a subset of a second list of cells during each of the s

What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus, comprising:a searcher for:detecting a plurality of cells to form a ranked list of monitored cells;searching each cell from a first list of cells during each of a series of cycles; andsearching each cell from a subset of a second list of cells during each of the series of cycles; anda processor for:ranking the list of monitored cells to form a ranked list of monitored cells;selecting the first list of cells from the ranked list of monitored cells; andselecting the subset of the second list of cells, the second list of cells comprising the remaining cells from the ranked list of monitored cells not selected in the first list of cells, and the selected subset varying during each cycle; andwherein:the number of cells in the first and second lists for each cycle is determined from strength of a strongest cell from the ranked list of monitored cells.