Methods and apparatus for service acquisition in a multi-frequency network
First Claim
1. A method for service acquisition in a multi-frequency network, the method comprising:
- detecting a service acquisition trigger event;
identifying a single selected RF channel from an acquisition RF list based on signal strength, wherein the acquisition RF list identifies RF channels in one or more local operations infrastructures (LOIs) of the multi-frequency network;
attempting to acquire a wide system on the single selected RF channel;
removing the single selected RF channel from the acquisition RF list if the wide system cannot be acquired on the single selected RF channel; and
repeating said operations of identifying, attempting, and removing until the wide system is acquired on the single selected RF channel or a system acquisition timeout occurs.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for service acquisition in a multi-frequency network. In an aspect, a method is provided for service acquisition in a multi-frequency network. The method includes detecting a service acquisition trigger event and identifying a selected RF channel from an acquisition RF list based on signal strength, wherein the acquisition RF list identifies RF channels in one or more local operations infrastructures (LOIs) of the multi-frequency network. The method also includes acquiring a wide system on the selected RF channel, removing the selected RF channel from the acquisition RF list if the wide system can not be acquired on the selected RF channel, and repeating said operations of identifying, acquiring and removing until the wide system is acquired on the selected RF channel or a system acquisition timeout occurs.
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1. A method for service acquisition in a multi-frequency network, the method comprising:
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detecting a service acquisition trigger event; identifying a single selected RF channel from an acquisition RF list based on signal strength, wherein the acquisition RF list identifies RF channels in one or more local operations infrastructures (LOIs) of the multi-frequency network; attempting to acquire a wide system on the single selected RF channel; removing the single selected RF channel from the acquisition RF list if the wide system cannot be acquired on the single selected RF channel; and repeating said operations of identifying, attempting, and removing until the wide system is acquired on the single selected RF channel or a system acquisition timeout occurs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus for service acquisition in a multi-frequency network, the apparatus comprising:
a processor configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising; detecting a service acquisition trigger event; identifying a single selected RF channel from an acquisition RF list based on signal strength, wherein the acquisition RF list identifies RF channels in one or more local operations infrastructures (LOIs) of the multi-frequency network; attempting to acquire a wide system on the single selected RF channel; removing the single selected RF channel from the acquisition RF list if the wide system can not be acquired on the single selected RF channel; and repeating said operations of identifying, attempting, acquiring and removing until the wide system is acquired on the single selected RF channel or a system acquisition timeout occurs. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An apparatus for service acquisition in a multi-frequency network, the apparatus comprising:
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means for detecting a service acquisition trigger event; means for identifying a single selected RF channel from an acquisition RF list based on signal strength, wherein the acquisition RF list identifies RF channels in one or more local operations infrastructures (LOIs) of the multi-frequency network; means for attempting to acquire a wide system on the single selected RF channel; means for removing the single selected RF channel from the acquisition RF list if the wide system can not be acquired on the single selected RF channel; and means for repeating said operations of identifying, attempting, and removing until the wide system is acquired on the single selected RF channel or a system acquisition timeout occurs. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor to perform operations comprising:
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detecting a service acquisition trigger event; identifying a single selected RF channel from an acquisition RF list based on signal strength, wherein the acquisition RF list identifies RF channels in one or more local operations infrastructures (LOIs) of a multi-frequency network; attempting to acquire a wide system on the single selected RF channel; removing the single selected RF channel from the acquisition RF list if the wide system can not be acquired on the single selected RF channel; and repeating said operations of identifying, attempting, and removing until the wide system is acquired on the single selected RF channel or a system acquisition timeout occurs. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. An integrated circuit configured for service acquisition in a multi-frequency network, the integrated circuit comprising:
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a first module configured to detect a service acquisition trigger event; a second module configured to identify a single selected RF channel from an acquisition RF list based on signal strength, wherein the acquisition RF list identifies RF channels in one or more local operations infrastructures (LOIs) of the multi-frequency network; a third module configured to attempt to acquire a wide system on the single selected RF channel; a fourth module configured to remove the single selected RF channel from the acquisition RF list if the wide system can not be acquired on the single selected RF channel; and a fifth module configured to repeat said operations of identifying, attempting, and removing until the wide system is acquired on the single selected RF channel or a system acquisition timeout occurs. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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