Home network searching when roaming in wireless communications networks
US7920869B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 19, 2003 |
| Grant date | Apr 5, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W24/00
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method in a wireless communications device including determining whether the device is operating in a network other than a home network, determining whether to search for the home network when not operating in the home network by comparing network record information associated with the network in which the device is operating to reference information. In some embodiments, the device indicates that it is operating in a network other than the network in which it is operating.
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