Patent ID: 8838097
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for better service reselection (BSR) in a communication network, the method comprising: detecting entry into slotted mode operation on a Less Preferred system; waiting for page monitoring to complete at selected slot cycle wakeup times; performing a service reselection scan at the selected slot cycle wakeup times to find More Preferred systems, wherein the service reselection scan is performed after the page monitoring has completed; and limiting a time duration of the service reselection scan so as to avoid interference with the page monitoring to be performed at slot cycle wakeup times that follow the selected slot cycle wakeup times, wherein said performing a service reselection scan comprises performing the service reselection scans in phases that are determined from a phase count parameter, and wherein said performing a service reselection scan comprises performing the service reselection scan in a default phase if the phase count parameter is one or greater than one.