Patent ID: 8903390
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for provisioning mobile equipment or smart card for system selection of air-interface/access technologies, comprising: selecting a multimode system selection scheme from a plurality of multimode system selection schemes each for selecting a radio access technology from a plurality of radio access technologies; determining a capability constraint of a mobile device for using the plurality of radio access technologies, comprising performing handshaking between a computing platform of the mobile device and an integrated circuit card containing a subscriber identifier to a mobile network to indicate each respective supported multimode system selection scheme; communicating with a radio access network using a selected radio access technology according to the multimode system selection scheme and the capability constraint; and extending an interval between scans for service when the mobile device is determined to be in an out-of-service area, comprising modifying a portion of information saved for each of the plurality of multimode system selection schemes on the mobile device for disabling scanning at least one air interface type in an out-of-service condition of the mobile device.