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Assisted initial network acquisition and system determination

  • US 8,861,502 B2
  • Filed: 03/03/2008
  • Issued: 10/14/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method operational on an access terminal for initial network acquisition, comprising:

  • sending a request for wireless communication network acquisition information to a different access terminal over a secondary communication interface;

    receiving the wireless communication network acquisition information from the different access terminal over the secondary communication interface; and

    acquiring a communication service from a wireless communication network over a primary communication interface, the communication service being acquired using the wireless network acquisition information received from the different access terminal over the secondary communication interface,wherein the communication network acquisition information comprises information related to an access node of the wireless communication network.

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