Method for controlling channel re-selection
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1. A mobile station, comprising:
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a memory having stored thereon program instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;
determining whether any candidate control channels, of a list of candidate control channels, are ineligible for selection by belonging to a private network to which the mobile station is not permitted access;
analyzing candidate control channels not determined to be ineligible for selection to identify a primary candidate control channel;
attempting to select the primary candidate control channel;
responsive to a failure in an attempt to select the primary candidate control channel, determining whether the failure to select is attributable to an incompatibility; and
responsive to determining that the failure to select is attributable to an incompatibility, marking the primary candidate control channel as ineligible.
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Abstract
A mobile station including a processor and a memory storing program instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine if any candidate control channels of a list of candidate control channels are ineligible for selection by belonging to a private network to which the mobile station is not permitted access, analyze those candidate control channels not determined to be ineligible for selection to identify a primary candidate control channel, and attempt to select the primary candidate control channel.
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1. A mobile station, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory having stored thereon program instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising; determining whether any candidate control channels, of a list of candidate control channels, are ineligible for selection by belonging to a private network to which the mobile station is not permitted access; analyzing candidate control channels not determined to be ineligible for selection to identify a primary candidate control channel; attempting to select the primary candidate control channel; responsive to a failure in an attempt to select the primary candidate control channel, determining whether the failure to select is attributable to an incompatibility; and responsive to determining that the failure to select is attributable to an incompatibility, marking the primary candidate control channel as ineligible. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A mobile station, comprising:
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a processor; a memory having stored thereon program instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising; determining whether any candidate control channels, of a list of candidate control channels, are incompatible with the mobile station by belonging to a private network to which the mobile station is not permitted access; determining whether any of the candidate control channels that do not belong to the private network to which the mobile station is not permitted access are incompatible; and responsive to determining that a candidate control channel is incompatible, marking the candidate control channel determined to be incompatible as ineligible, wherein once the candidate control channel is marked ineligible, the marked candidate control channel is not considered for selection in a selection process. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A mobile station, comprising:
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a processor; a memory configured to store data identifying a plurality of candidate control channels and a parameter associated with each of the plurality of candidate control channels, the memory further having stored thereon program instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising; determining whether the parameter associated with of a candidate control channel is incompatible with a corresponding parameter of the mobile station; and responsive to determining that the parameter associated with a candidate control channel is incompatible with the corresponding parameter of the mobile station, marking, as ineligible, the candidate control channel for which the parameter is determined to be incompatible with the corresponding parameter of the mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method associated with a mobile station storing data identifying a plurality of candidate control channels, the mobile station and each of the plurality of candidate control channels having a service type and a system type associated therewith, the data further identifying the service type and/or the system type of each of the plurality of candidate control channels, the method comprising:
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determining, by a processor, whether the service type or the system type of each of the plurality of candidate control channels is incompatible with the respective service type or system type associated with the mobile station; and responsive to determining that the service type or the system type of a candidate control channel is incompatible with the respective service type or system type associated with the mobile station, marking, as ineligible, the candidate control channel for which the service type or the system type associated therewith is determined to be incompatible with the service type or the system type associated with the mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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