Patent ID: 8761776

Claim:
A cell reselection method, by which a terminal, which is currently associated with a serving cell on a serving frequency with a first priority, performs reselection among cells on multiple frequencies, other than the serving frequency, with a second priority, the method including: setting the cells on multiple frequencies with the second priority as same-priority cells; selecting cells on multiple frequencies with the second priority according to a priority-based reselection principle when a terminal performs cell reselection; and selecting a cell as a reselected cell by the terminal from among the same-priority cells based on a best-cell reselection principle, wherein the same-priority cells include one of the following: cells on multiple frequencies with the second priority that is higher than the first priority; cells on multiple frequencies with the second priority that is lower than the first priority; and a serving cell, and cells on the serving frequency and on one or more frequencies having the same priority with the serving frequency, wherein the priority of the same-priority cells is equal to the absolute priority of corresponding frequencies, and wherein the best-cell reselection principle is an offset-based cell reselection principle.