US 2017/0290068 A1 · GROUP NETWORK ACQUISITION

Abstract

For group network acquisition, systems, apparatus, methods, and program products are disclosed. The apparatus may include a radio transceiver for communicating on a mobile communication network, a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. In one embodiment, the processor detects a connection status of the radio transceiver and forms a group with a communication device based on the network status. In a further embodiment, the processor attempts network acquisition for the group during an assigned connection period and ceases network acquisition attempts during an unassigned connection period.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

a radio transceiver for communicating on a mobile communication network;
a processor;
a memory that stores code executable by the processor to:
detect a connection status for a connection between the apparatus and the mobile communication network;
form a group with a communication device based on the connection status, the communication device being separate from the mobile communication network;
attempt network connection with the mobile communication network for the group during an assigned connection period;
and
cease network connection attempts with the mobile communication network during an unassigned connection period.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/087,336Filed 31 Mar 2016

Published

5 Oct 2017

Term ends

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Classification6 codes

H04W 72/52
Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources: based on load
H04W 76/40
Connection management: for selective distribution or broadcast
H04W 8/005
Network data management: discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
H04W 48/16
Access restriction ; Network selection; Access point selection: discovering, processing access restriction or access information

Group network acquisition

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Abstract

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