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Method for controlling channel reselection

  • US 6,501,951 B2
  • Filed: 05/07/1999
  • Issued: 12/31/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/24/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a system in which a mobile station operating on a first control channel can re-select another control channel, a method for controlling a re-selection process comprising:

  • (b) receiving a list of candidate control channels;

    (b) determining from the list if any of said candidate control channels are ineligible for re-selection by belonging to a private network to which the mobile station is not permitted access;

    (c) analyzing candidate control channels in said list to identify a primary candidate control channel where analyzing is performed only with respect to those candidate control channels not determined to be ineligible for re-selection by belonging to the private network to which the mobile station is not permitted access;

    (d) re-selecting said primary candidate control channel.

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