1. A method, comprising: obtaining one or more messages from a designated network cell over a common channel; attempting to decode the one or more messages; tracking respective errors encountered during the attempted decoding of the one or more messages, the tracking including tracking elapsed time between respective erroneous messages encountered during the attempted decoding of the one or more messages; and initiating an avoidance procedure with respect to the designated network cell based on respective tracked errors associated with the attempted decoding of the one or more messages, the avoidance procedure including barring the designated network cell, and the initiating being performed with respect to the designated network cell upon determining that the elapsed time between respective erroneous messages encountered during the attempted decoding of the one or more messages is less than a predetermined threshold.