Apparatus and method for wireless device

A method of switching radio access technology used by a wireless device, the method comprising:

• causing the wireless device to disconnect from using a first radio access technology and to at least attempt to connect to use a second radio access technology, wherein one of the first and second radio access technologies is LTE network technology;
• causing the wireless device to determine that the wireless device should revert to using the first radio access technology;
• and,
• at expiry of a predetermined period of time after the determining, causing the wireless device to cease using or attempting to use the second radio access technology and to revert to using the first radio access technology by reselecting a cell that uses the first radio access technology at expiry of the predetermined period of time;
• wherein the wireless device is initially connected to a first network that provides the first radio access technology and stores information concerning the first network before the wireless device disconnects from using the first radio access technology,
• wherein the wireless device uses the stored information concerning the first network to reconnect back to the first network at expiry of the predetermined period of time, and
• wherein the second radio access technology is provided by the same first network or by a network that is recorded in the wireless device as being equivalent to the first network.

Apparatus for a wireless device, the apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and at least one memory including computer program code;
• the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
• cause the wireless device to disconnect from using a first radio access technology and to at least attempt to connect to use a second radio access technology provided by a second network that is not the same as a first network and is not recorded in the wireless device as being equivalent to the first network;
• cause the wireless device to determine that the wireless device should revert to using the first radio access technology;
• and,
• at expiry of a predetermined period of time after the determining, cause the wireless device to cease using or attempting to use the second radio access technology and to revert to using the first radio access technology by carrying out a higher priority search of networks at expiry of the predetermined period of time;
• wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, such that the wireless device is initially connected to the first network that provides the first radio access technology and the wireless device stores in a memory information concerning the first network before the wireless device disconnects from using the first radio access technology, and uses the stored information concerning the first network to reconnect back to the first network at expiry of the predetermined period of time.

Apparatus for a wireless device, the apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and at least one memory including computer program code;
• the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
• cause the wireless device to disconnect from using a first radio access technology and to at least attempt to connect to use a second radio access technology, wherein one of the first and second radio access technologies is LTE network technology;
• determine by the wireless device that the wireless device should revert to using the first radio access technology;
• and,
• at expiry of a predetermined period of time after the determining, cause the wireless device to cease using or attempting to use the second radio access technology and to revert to using the first radio access technology;
• wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, such that the wireless device is initially connected to a first network that provides the first radio access technology and the wireless device stores information concerning the first network before the wireless device disconnects from using the first radio access technology,
• wherein the wireless device uses the stored information concerning the first network to reconnect back to the first network at expiry of the predetermined period of time, and
• wherein the second radio access technology is provided by the same first network or by a network that is recorded in the wireless device as being equivalent to the first network and such that the wireless device reverts back to using the first radio access technology by reselecting a cell that uses the first radio access technology at expiry of the predetermined period of time.