Patent ID: 8774817

Claim:
A method, in a wireless communications device, the method comprising: receiving from a first radio access technology (RAT) a reject message, the reject message indicating a period of time; camping on a cell of a second RAT; disallowing camping on a cell of the first RAT until the period of time has elapsed, and in response to the period of time elapsing: allowing camping on the cell of the first RAT; unless in the period of time the wireless communications device receives a further message indicating that the first RAT has confirmed it will accept a connection from the wireless communication device, when in response to receipt of the message: allowing camping on the cell of the first RAT; wherein the method further comprising determining whether the further message is valid; and wherein the reject message includes a pointer to the value of the period of time, the value of the period of time previously stored in the wireless communications device.