Wireless communication network selection
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorJoakim Nelson
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Abstract
The invention relates to setting up of a communication link from a mobile device to a wireless network. In a scenario where a number of different networks are accessible, the network once selected for connection is stored as a preferred selection, and is thereafter automatically selected for a subsequent scenario in which the same combination of networks is detected as being accessible. A connection link to the preferred network may then be automatically setup upon detection of the previously detected combination of networks, or actual setup of the connection may be activated upon a simple connection command from a user.
Claims22
A wireless communications device, comprising:
- a memory for storing identity information for combinations of wireless networks and, for at least one of the combinations, information of a preferred network of that combination;
- a signal transceiver unit configured to receive network communication signals including network identity information;
- a control unit, including a processor system and a client software, configured to
- compare identity information stored in the memory with received identity information for a number of simultaneously accessible networks,
- select the preferred network of a stored combination comprising the number of simultaneously accessible networks, and set up a connection to the selected network.
Computer program product for use in a processor system of a wireless communications device, comprising computer program code executable to:
- detect network identity information in communication signals received from a number of simultaneously accessible networks,
- access a memory storing identity information for combinations of wireless networks and, for at least one of the combinations,
- information of a preferred network of that combination,
- compare identity information stored in the memory with the received identity information,
- select the preferred network of a stored combination comprising the number of simultaneously accessible networks, and
- set up a connection between the communications device and the selected network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.