Mobile terminal and network access method for mobile terminal roaming service
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsAby Kanneath ABRAHAM, Rohit GUPTA
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Abstract
A mobile terminal and a network access method for a mobile terminal roaming service are disclosed. The mobile terminal according to the present invention comprises a control unit for: identifying a roaming area/country corresponding to a current location of a terminal body, on the basis of information included in PLMNs searched for in the terminal body, in response to the detection of a total failure in searching of the terminal body, a wireless communication unit, a lastly registered PLMN, a home PLMN, and PLMNs stored in a SIM; and controlling the wireless communication unit so as to connect to one of PLMNs having been successfully camped in the identified roaming area/country.
Claims14
A network access method for a mobile terminal roaming service, comprising:
- detecting all failed searches for a last registered Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), a home PLMN, and PLMNs stored on a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM);
- identifying a roaming area/country corresponding to a current location of a mobile terminal based on information included in PLMNs searched for in a terminal body;
- and
- performing roaming by accessing to one of successfully camped on PLMNs of the identified roaming area/country.
A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a terminal body;
- a wireless communication unit;
- and
- a controller configured to control the wireless communication unit to
- identify a roaming area/country corresponding to a current location of the terminal body based on information included in PLMNs retrieved in the terminal body in response to all failed searches for a last Registered Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), a home PLMN, and PLMNs stored on a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) so as to access to one of successfully camped on PLMNs in the identified roaming area/country.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.