Patent ID: 9020505
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing a network with a multi-mode mobile station (MS) capable of communicating via first and second radio access technologies (RATs), comprising: establishing a connection with a first base station to access the network via the first RAT; accessing a record of a concurrent service acquisition database, based on information about the first base station, to obtain information about a second base station that provides access to the network via the second RAT, wherein the record indicates concurrent service provided by the first base station and the second base station; attempting to establish a connection with the second base station using the obtained information, while maintaining the connection with the first base station; and concurrently accessing the network via the first RAT and the second RAT, wherein the information about the second base station in the concurrent service acquisition database was obtained based at least in part on a scan for an unknown base station providing network service via the second RAT, and added to the concurrent service acquisition database with the information about the first base station.