Patent ID: 9503997
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of a wireless device attempting to register with a public land mobile network (PLMN), the method comprising: receiving an input at a wireless device that is in a closed subscriber group (CSG) which was selected manually, the input being to initiate automatic PLMN selection in order to attempt to register with a PLMN; and using, by the wireless device, one of a plurality of predetermined PLMNs during the automatic PLMN selection initiated by the user, the plurality of predetermined PLMNs being at a same priority level, wherein the plurality of PLMNs include a currently registered PLMN and a home or equivalent PLMN, each being selected to have a same priority for the automatic PLMN selection, and the method further includes selecting, by the wireless device and from the predetermined PLMNs, one of (i) a currently registered PLMN of the wireless device and (ii) a home or equivalent home PLMN of the wireless device for the automatic PLMN selection.