Patent ID: 9445337
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for use by a wireless cellular telecommunications device camped on a first cell, the method comprising, at the device: selecting a parameter applicable to a priority-based re-selection algorithm and also applicable to another cell; measuring an attribute of a signal received from a second cell; evaluating the second cell for re-selection according to a ranking algorithm based at least on the selected parameter and the measured attribute; if the device fails to determine a parameter applicable to a priority-based re-selection algorithm and also applicable to another cell, evaluating the second cell based at least on the measured attribute and a first stored suitability parameter obtained from a system information block of a cell; and if the first stored suitability parameter is not available, evaluating the second cell based at least on the measured attribute and a second stored suitability parameter which is obtained from a system information block of a cell, the second stored suitability parameter being associated with a frequency on which the second cell does not operate.