Patent ID: 9668183
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for providing service recovery at a user equipment (UE) of a mobile communication network, the method comprising: establishing, by the UE, a call in a first public land mobile network (PLMN); entering a handover zone of the first PLMN and a second PLMN, wherein the second PLMN is in a forbidden PLMN list of the UE; receiving a command for handover to the second PLMN from the first PLMN; performing the handover to the second PLMN from the first PLMN, and receiving, at the UE, a dedicated message with an indication of the second PLMN, in response to the received command; removing the second PLMN from the forbidden PLMN list, in response to receiving the dedicated message; ending the established call, in response to the second PLMN being removed from the forbidden PLMN list; and performing, by the UE, registration with the second PLMN, if the established call ends, so that services of the second PLMN are available to the UE.