Abstract:
Access terminals are adapted to facilitate hand down procedures between a preferred radio access network and a secondary radio access network. According to various examples, an access terminal may attempt to sequentially access one or more other carriers and/or one or more other sectors associated with the preferred radio access network before handing down to a secondary radio access network. According to additional examples, an access terminal that is instructed to hand down from a preferred radio access network to a secondary radio access network may attempt to sequentially access one or more carriers and/or one or more sectors associated with the secondary radio access network. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included.