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Method and apparatus for system selection

US7139587B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6Claims
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Filing dateMay 23, 2003
Grant dateNov 21, 2006
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Expiry dateJan 22, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/06
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a wireless communication device which is transportable between plural geographic region, wherein each geographic region has preferred and non-preferred communication systems for the wireless communication device, a method of selecting an appropriate communication system, including providing the wireless communication device with a non-PRL system table for storing acquisition parameters, including a communication system identification, a band class designation for a band class, a channel designation for a channel in the band class, and geographic region identification; making entries in the non-PRL system table when the wireless communication device acquire an appropriate channel in a geographic region; searching the non-PRL system table when the wireless communication device next changes geographic regions; and selecting a communication system based on the acquisition parameters in the non-PRL system table as a result of the searching.

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