Electronic device with frequency band scanning order
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
- a radio circuit that establishes wireless communications over a connection with a network, the radio circuit supports communications over plural supported radio frequency bands; and
a control circuit that controls the electronic device to carry out a full band scan by scanning the supported radio frequency bands in a prioritized scan order, the control circuit determines the prioritized scan order for the full band scan by executing logic to;
ascertain a locally-stored location value; and
prioritize the order of the supported radio frequency bands by identifying bands associated with the locally-stored location value from a data structure stored by the electronic device, the associated bands placed at the beginning of the prioritized scan order and other supported radio frequency bands following the associated bands in the prioritized scan order.
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Abstract
Locally available location data is analyzed to identify a country or region of the world in which an electronic device (10) is most likely being used. From the identified country or region, the electronic device configures a band scan order for a prioritized full band scan of channels supported by the electronic device. As part of the configuration, the electronic device places the frequencies most likely to be used for radio access technology in the identified country or region at the beginning of the band scan order.
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16 Claims
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
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a radio circuit that establishes wireless communications over a connection with a network, the radio circuit supports communications over plural supported radio frequency bands; and a control circuit that controls the electronic device to carry out a full band scan by scanning the supported radio frequency bands in a prioritized scan order, the control circuit determines the prioritized scan order for the full band scan by executing logic to; ascertain a locally-stored location value; and prioritize the order of the supported radio frequency bands by identifying bands associated with the locally-stored location value from a data structure stored by the electronic device, the associated bands placed at the beginning of the prioritized scan order and other supported radio frequency bands following the associated bands in the prioritized scan order. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of establishing wireless communications over a connection with a network in an electronic device, the electronic device including a radio circuit that supports communications over plural supported radio frequency bands, comprising:
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creating a prioritized scan order for a full band scan, including; ascertaining a locally-stored location value; and prioritizing the order of the supported radio frequency bands by identifying bands associated with the locally-stored location value in a data structure stored by the electronic device, the associated bands placed at the beginning of the prioritized scan order and other supported radio frequency bands following the associated bands in the prioritized scan order; and carrying out the full band scan by scanning the supported radio frequency bands in the prioritized scan order. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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