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US 2017/0013542 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for determining a network search parameter in a mobile communications network
AssigneeBritish Telecommunications public limited company
InventorRichard Mackenzie
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method for more efficiently managing a mobile communications network by varying the frequency with which a mobile terminal searches for a home network.
Claims7
A method of operating a mobile communications network, the method comprising:
- a) in response to a mobile terminal losing a first connection with a femtocell associated with a home mobile network and then making a second connection with a macrocell associated with a visited mobile network, determining a network search parameter value for the mobile terminal;
- b) transmitting the network search parameter value to the mobile terminal;
- c) periodically re-determining of the network search parameter value if the mobile terminal is still connected with the macrocell associated with the visited mobile network;
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- d) transmitting the network search parameter value determined in c) to the mobile terminal.
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An apparatus for use in a mobile communications network, the apparatus, in use, being configured to:
- i) determine a network search parameter value for a mobile terminal, in response to the mobile terminal losing a first connection with a femtocell associated with a home mobile network and making a second connection with a macrocell associated with a visited mobile network;
- ii) transmit the network search parameter value to the mobile terminal;
- iii) periodically re-determine the network search parameter value if the mobile terminal is still connected with the macrocell associated with the visited mobile the network;
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- iv) transmit the network search parameter value determined in iii) to the mobile terminal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.