Patent ID: 8825049

Claim:
A method of wireless communications by a wireless device configured to communicate via a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) including a first RAT and a second different RAT, comprising: translating system determination features of a first set of networks utilizing the first RAT to system determination features of a second set of networks utilizing the second RAT, wherein the system determination features of the second set of networks include a geographic feature based on a geographic location, wherein the geographic feature lacks standardized support in the first set of networks; deriving a filtered list of the translated system determination features of the first set of networks based on a value of the geographic feature of the second set of networks, wherein the geographic feature of the second set of networks is a geographic area (GEO) feature or a Mobile Country Code (MCC) feature; selecting a network of the first set of networks based at least in part on the translated system determination features; and initiating a connection process with the selected network.