Patent ID: 8611280

Claim:
A method for network selection procedures for simultaneous network connectivity through multiple accesses, comprising steps of: obtaining, on a user equipment having a CPU, stored public land mobile networks (PLMNs) and registered PLMNs; determining whether one or more PLMNs are both a stored PLMN for access technology type Ai and a registered PLMN; when no PLMNs are both, performing PLMN selection for Ai using a standard procedure; when only one PLMN is both, perfoiining steps of: determining whether the one PLMN satisfies a condition; when the one PLMN satisfies the condition, attempting to connect to the one PLMN; and when more than one PLMN is both, performing steps of: creating a set of the more than one PLMN; selecting one PLMN of the set of PLMNs, said selected one PLMN satisfying the condition; attempting to connect to the selected one PLMN; and when attempting to connect fails, removing the selected one PLMN from the set, and selecting another PLMN from the set; wherein the step of selecting further comprises selecting the PLMN that minimizes changes wherein the stored PLMNs are stored on one of a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) and a USIM.