Patent ID: 9326124
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for performing an initial direct transfer (IDT) by a user equipment (UE) in a communication system, the method comprising: initiating, by the UE, an IDT procedure when an upper layer requests to establish a signaling connection to a network; determining, by the UE on a current radio resource control (RRC) connection, if a multiple Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) list was broadcasted in a cell where the current RRC connection was established; if the multiple PLMN list was broadcasted in the cell where the current RRC connection was established, setting, by the UE, a PLMN identifier (ID) in an IDT message to a PLMN chosen among the PLMNs in the multiple PLMN list; and transmitting, by the UE, the IDT message including the PLMN ID.