Patent ID: 9344959
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for enhanced Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) selection in a cellular mobile network, wherein a User Equipment comprises information related to a PLMN selection mode indicating a manner of selecting between PLMNs for the User Equipment, the method comprising: transmitting the information related to the PLMN selection mode to a Registered Public Land Mobile Network (RPLMN) of the User Equipment; and performing an attachment of the User Equipment to an other PLMN based on the information related to the PLMN selection mode under conditions where the RPLMN and the other PLMN are both available to the User Equipment for attachment, wherein the information related to the PLMN selection mode indicates the manner of selecting between PLMNs for the User Equipment is a manual PLMN selection mode, and wherein the information related to the PLMN selection mode further comprises a Mobile Country Code (MCC) and a Mobile Network Code (MNC) corresponding to the other PLMN; wherein the information related to the PLMN selection mode is transmitted to a radio access network of the RPLMN by: