System and method for accelerating network selection by a wireless user equipment (UE) device
First Claim
1. A method, operable at a wireless user equipment device, the method comprising:
- discovering a visited network different from a home network served by a home network node of the user equipment device;
authenticating with the home network node;
sending location information of the wireless user equipment device to the home network node;
receiving network list information and associated frequency data from said home network node based on the location information;
locating a service using the network list information and associated frequency data;
performing a background scan of one or more frequency bands; and
transmitting scanned frequency information to the home network node to continuously update the network list information and associated frequency data in real time.
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Abstract
A user equipment device, removable storage module and method for accelerating network selection by a wireless user equipment (UE) device without having to perform a full band scan (FBS). In one exemplary embodiment, the UE device sends location information of the wireless user equipment device to a home network node. The UE device receives appropriate network list information and associated frequency data from the home network node, the network list information comprising network identities comprising a combination of a core network with at least one of an access network and a service network, and locates a network using at least one of the appropriate network list information and associated frequency data without having to do a full band scan.
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17 Claims
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1. A method, operable at a wireless user equipment device, the method comprising:
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discovering a visited network different from a home network served by a home network node of the user equipment device; authenticating with the home network node; sending location information of the wireless user equipment device to the home network node; receiving network list information and associated frequency data from said home network node based on the location information; locating a service using the network list information and associated frequency data; performing a background scan of one or more frequency bands; and transmitting scanned frequency information to the home network node to continuously update the network list information and associated frequency data in real time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A wireless user equipment (UE) device comprising:
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a microprocessor operatively coupled to a transceiver and a memory; instructions for discovering a visited network different from a home network served by a home network node of the user equipment device; instructions for authenticating with the home network node; instructions for sending location information of the wireless user equipment device to the home network node; instructions for receiving network list information and associated frequency data from said home network node based on the location information; instructions for locating a service using the network list information and associated frequency data; instructions for performing a background scan of one or more frequency bands; and instructions for transmitting scanned frequency information to the home network node to continuously update the network list information and associated frequency data in real time. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a sequence of instructions that when executed by a processor in a wireless user equipment device perform a method, the method comprising:
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discovering a visited network different from a home network served by a home network node of the user equipment device; authenticating with the home network node; sending location information of the wireless user equipment device to the home network node; receiving network list information and associated frequency data from said home network node based on the location information; locating a service using the network list information and associated frequency data; performing a background scan of one or more frequency bands; and transmitting scanned frequency information to the home network node to continuously update the network list information and associated frequency data in real time. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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