BILATERAL SEARCH ALGORITHM FOR LTE SYSTEM

Methods, systems, and devices are described for acquiring a network by a user equipment (UE) by concurrently scanning for a network signal on supported frequencies by two or more antennas. In one aspect, a method may include searching by a first antenna for a first signal on a first group of supported frequencies while concurrently searching by a second antenna for the first signal on a second group of supported frequencies. The method may further include acquiring the first signal from the first antenna on a first frequency, and tuning the second antenna to the first frequency to acquire the wireless network. In one aspect, the first and second groups of supported frequencies may represent frequencies within a single frequency band or frequencies in multiple frequency bands. In one aspect, supported frequencies may be divided into multiple groups and each group may be searched by a corresponding antenna.