Scheme for providing regulatory compliance in performing network selection in a foreign country
First Claim
1. A network selection method in a user equipment(UE) device in a location area, comprising:
- receiving a network identity code;
determining that 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, further determining whether a geographic code associated with said equivalent home network is associated with a home geographic region associated with said subscriber identity;
responsive to determining that said geographic code is associated with said home geographic region, performing network scanning in accordance with scanning procedures specified for said home geographic region associated with said subscriber identity; and
responsive to determining that said geographic code is not associated with said home geographic region, performing network scanning 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 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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1. A network selection method in a user equipment(UE) device in a location area, comprising:
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receiving a network identity code; determining that 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, further determining whether a geographic code associated with said equivalent home network is associated with a home geographic region associated with said subscriber identity; responsive to determining that said geographic code is associated with said home geographic region, performing network scanning in accordance with scanning procedures specified for said home geographic region associated with said subscriber identity; and responsive to determining that said geographic code is not associated with said home geographic region, performing network scanning 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)
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9. A user equipment (UE) device, comprising:
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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 logic module, operable responsive to determining that said network is an equivalent home network, for further determining whether a geographic code associated with said equivalent home network is associated with a home geographic region associated with said subscriber identity; means for performing network scanning in accordance with scanning procedures specified for home geographic region associated with said subscriber identity, said means operating responsive to determining that said geographic code associated with said equivalent home network identifies a home geographic region associated with said subscriber identity; and means for performing network scanning in accordance with scanning procedures specified for a foreign geographic region identified in said network identity code responsive to determining that said geographic code associated with said equivalent home network does not identify a home geographic region associated with said subscriber identity. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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