Patent ID: 9408139
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A mobile communication device supporting a plurality of Radio Access Technologies (RATs) and a plurality of radio frequencies, comprising: a Baseband processor configured to schedule the plurality of RATs and the plurality of radio frequencies in pairs in an order for a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) selection procedure, and determine one of the pairs and repeat the determined pair in the order of the pairs during the PLMN selection procedure, wherein the determined pair is determined according to one of the following features of each of the pairs: whether a RAT and a radio frequency of a pair is a serving RAT and a serving frequency; whether a RAT and a radio frequency of a pair appears in neighbor information from a System Information Broadcast (SIB) or measurement configuration; whether a RAT and a radio frequency of a pair appears in a frequency list from a subscriber identity card coupled in or to the mobile communication device; and a priority level of a PLMN to which a RAT and a radio frequency of a pair belong.