Scheme for providing regulatory compliance in performing network selection in a foreign country
First Claim
1. A network selection method, comprising:
- receiving, by a user equipment (UE) device in a location area, a network identity code from a network node;
determining if a network identified by said network identity code is an equivalent home network with respect to a subscriber identity associated with said UE device;
responsive to said determining, performing network scanning by said UE device in accordance with scanning procedures specified for a home country associated with said subscriber identity if a geographic code portion associated with said equivalent home network identifies a geographic area in said home country associated with said subscriber identity; and
otherwise, performing network scanning by said UE device in accordance with scanning procedures specified for a foreign geographic region identified in said network identity code.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a scheme is disclosed for providing regulatory compliance in network selection by a user equipment (UE) device that is operable to discover an equivalent home network in a foreign country. Upon receiving a network identity code from a network node, a determination is made if the network identified by the network identity code is an equivalent home network with respect to a subscriber identity associated with the UE device. If so, network scanning is performed by the UE device in accordance with scanning procedures specified for a home country associated with the subscriber identity provided that the geographic code portion of the network country code identifies a geographic area in the home country of the subscriber identity. Otherwise, network scanning is performed by the UE device in accordance with scanning procedures specified for a foreign geographic region identified in the network identity code.
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27 Claims
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1. A network selection method, comprising:
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receiving, by a user equipment (UE) device in a location area, a network identity code from a network node;
determining if a network identified by said network identity code is an equivalent home network with respect to a subscriber identity associated with said UE device;
responsive to said determining, performing network scanning by said UE device in accordance with scanning procedures specified for a home country associated with said subscriber identity if a geographic code portion associated with said equivalent home network identifies a geographic area in said home country associated with said subscriber identity; and
otherwise, performing network scanning by said UE device in accordance with scanning procedures specified for a foreign geographic region identified in said network identity code. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A network selection system, comprising:
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means for receiving, by a user equipment (UE) device in a location area, a network identity code from a network node;
means for determining if a network identified by said network identity code is an equivalent home network with respect to a subscriber identity associated with said UE device;
means, operable responsive to said determining, for performing network scanning by said UE device in accordance with scanning procedures specified for a home country associated with said subscriber identity, provided that a geographic code portion associated with said equivalent home network identifies a geographic area in said home country associated with said subscriber identity; and
means for performing network scanning by said UE device in accordance with scanning procedures specified for a foreign geographic region identified in said network identity code, if said geographic code portion associated with said equivalent home network does not identify a geographic area in said home country. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A user equipment (UE) device, comprising:
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a communication subsystem including a transceiver module operable for receiving a network identity code from a network node of a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) in a location area;
a logic module operable to determine if a network identified by a network identity code is an equivalent home network with respect to a subscriber identity associated with said UE device;
a module, operable responsive to said determining, for performing network scanning in accordance with scanning procedures specified for a home country associated with said subscriber identity if a geographic code portion associated with said equivalent home network identifies a geographic area in said home country associated with said subscriber identity; and
a module for performing network scanning in accordance with scanning procedures specified for a foreign geographic region identified in said network identity code, if said geographic code portion associated with said equivalent home network does not identify a geographic area in said home country. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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