A method of wireless communication, performed at a user equipment , in a wireless communications network, comprising: receiving , from a serving cell of the user equipment , signaling indicative of a coverage enhancement level for at least two cells ; determining that a reference signal density for a cell of the at least two cells is adjusted based at least in part on the coverage enhancement level for the cell; adjusting a measurement duration associated with the reference signal based at least in part on the reference signal density, wherein the reference signal density is increased as a function of the coverage enhancement level; determining that a S-criterion for the at least two cells is less than a threshold value for cell selection, wherein the S-criterion is based on at least one of a reference signal received power, RSRP, measurement and a reference signal received quality, RSRQ, measurement of the cell-specific reference signal; combining the coverage enhancement levels with cell-specific reference signal-based receive power information for each of the at least two cells, comprising determining an offset to apply to the S-criterion for the at least two cells based at least in part on a coverage enhancement level for the at least two cells and the offset is based at least in part on a measurement accuracy capability of the user equipment and the size of the offset is inversely proportional to the measurement accuracy capability of the user equipment, and wherein the receive power information comprises at least one of the RSRP measurement and the RSRQ measurement of the cell-specific reference signal using the adjusted duration; and selecting a cell for network access from the at least two cells based at least in part on an adjusted S-criterion comprising the combined coverage enhancement levels and receive power information, wherein the selecting comprises selecting the cell from the at least two cells having the highest RSRQ or RSRP value that meets the adjusted S-criterion. receiving , from a serving cell of the user equipment , signaling indicative of a coverage enhancement level for at least two cells ; determining that a reference signal density for a cell of the at least two cells is adjusted based at least in part on the coverage enhancement level for the cell; adjusting a measurement duration associated with the reference signal based at least in part on the reference signal density, wherein the reference signal density is increased as a function of the coverage enhancement level; determining that a S-criterion for the at least two cells is less than a threshold value for cell selection, wherein the S-criterion is based on at least one of a reference signal received power, RSRP, measurement and a reference signal received quality, RSRQ, measurement of the cell-specific reference signal; combining the coverage enhancement levels with cell-specific reference signal-based receive power information for each of the at least two cells, comprising determining an offset to apply to the S-criterion for the at least two cells based at least in part on a coverage enhancement level for the at least two cells and the offset is based at least in part on a measurement accuracy capability of the user equipment and the size of the offset is inversely proportional to the measurement accuracy capability of the user equipment, and wherein the receive power information comprises at least one of the RSRP measurement and the RSRQ measurement of the cell-specific reference signal using the adjusted duration; and selecting a cell for network access from the at least two cells based at least in part on an adjusted S-criterion comprising the combined coverage enhancement levels and receive power information, wherein the selecting comprises selecting the cell from the at least two cells having the highest RSRQ or RSRP value that meets the adjusted S-criterion. <EOS>