Method and apparatus for scanning for a wireless communication network
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsWilliam E. Welnick, Daniel J. Declerck, Michelle L. Koenig
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing the method are provided. The method includes operating a mobile device in a first network while a timer of the mobile device is running to prevent the mobile device from scanning for a second network. The method also includes determining a distance that the mobile device is from a reference location, where the reference location is associated with where the mobile device is prevented from scanning for the second network. The method further includes adjusting the timer when the determined distance from the reference signal exceeds a threshold. When the determined distance exceeds the determined distance, the mobile device can scan for the second network.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- operating in a first network while a mobile device is prevented from scanning for a second network;
- determining a distance that the mobile device is from a reference location, and
- scanning for the second network and overriding a running timer when the determined distance from the reference location exceeds a threshold, wherein the running timer prevents the mobile device from scanning the second network.
A method comprising:
- operating in a first network while a timer of a mobile device is running to prevent the mobile device from scanning for a second network;
- determining a distance that the mobile device is from a reference location;
- adjusting the timer when the determined distance from the reference location exceeds a threshold, and
- scanning for the second network.
An apparatus comprising:
- an antenna;
- a transceiver coupled to the antenna for transmitting and receiving control information, voice and data;
- a scanner, and
- a processor coupled to the transceiver and the scanner wherein the processor for determining a distance that a mobile device is from a reference location when the mobile device is operating in a first network while the scanner is prevented from scanning for a second network and operating the scanner to scan for the second network when the determined distance from the reference location exceeds a threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.