An apparatus comprising: means for transitioning to an out-of-service, OOS, state upon detection of OOS conditions for a radio access technology, the transition to the OOS state including a transition to a sleep cycle comprising an awake period and a sleep period; means for performing system search during the awake period of each sleep cycle while in the OOS state, wherein the awake period for each sleep cycle is a fixed percentage of the sleep cycle or the awake period has a fixed time duration; wherein the system search comprises first and second sequential searches, and wherein the means for performing system search during the awake period of each sleep cycle comprises: means for performing the first search for a first set of at least one entry, the first search being started and completed in the awake period, and means for performing the second search for a second set of at least one entry, the second search being started or resumed in the awake period; means for resuming the second search based on state information saved in a prior awake period if the second search is not completed in the prior awake period; and means for saving state information for the second search if not completed in the current awake period; wherein the first and second searches are initiated in sequential manner. means for transitioning to an out-of-service, OOS, state upon detection of OOS conditions for a radio access technology, the transition to the OOS state including a transition to a sleep cycle comprising an awake period and a sleep period; means for performing system search during the awake period of each sleep cycle while in the OOS state, wherein the awake period for each sleep cycle is a fixed percentage of the sleep cycle or the awake period has a fixed time duration; wherein the system search comprises first and second sequential searches, and wherein the means for performing system search during the awake period of each sleep cycle comprises: means for performing the first search for a first set of at least one entry, the first search being started and completed in the awake period, and means for performing the second search for a second set of at least one entry, the second search being started or resumed in the awake period; means for resuming the second search based on state information saved in a prior awake period if the second search is not completed in the prior awake period; and means for performing system search during the awake period of each sleep cycle while in the OOS state, wherein the awake period for each sleep cycle is a fixed percentage of the sleep cycle or the awake period has a fixed time duration; wherein the system search comprises first and second sequential searches, and wherein the means for performing system search during the awake period of each sleep cycle comprises: means for performing the first search for a first set of at least one entry, the first search being started and completed in the awake period, and means for performing the second search for a second set of at least one entry, the second search being started or resumed in the awake period; means for resuming the second search based on state information saved in a prior awake period if the second search is not completed in the prior awake period; and means for performing the first search for a first set of at least one entry, the first search being started and completed in the awake period, and means for performing the second search for a second set of at least one entry, the second search being started or resumed in the awake period; means for resuming the second search based on state information saved in a prior awake period if the second search is not completed in the prior awake period; and means for saving state information for the second search if not completed in the current awake period; wherein the first and second searches are initiated in sequential manner.