Patent ID: 9198124
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for performing, in a circuit-switched fallback procedure from a packet switched domain to a circuit switched domain, a selection of a public land mobile network identity in a shared network environment by a network element, in which environment at least two public land mobile network identities are available for providing circuit switched based service to a user equipment, the method comprising: receiving, from the user equipment, information representing a capability of the user equipment; determining, based on received information representing the capability of the user equipment, when the user equipment is capable of utilizing information relating to network sharing within system broadcast information; and selecting the public land mobile network identity at least partly based on the capability of the user equipment among the at least two public land mobile network identities, wherein at least the selecting the public land mobile network identity occurs in the circuit-switched fallback procedure from the packet switched domain to the circuit switched domain.