Method and system for controlling cell reselections on a computing device

A mobile device comprising:

• one or more processors configured to:
• detect a mobile device operation as operating under a potential over-shuttling reselection condition in which the mobile device is triggered to switch from a serving cell to a target cell based, at least in part, on quality and/or strength conditions of the serving cell in use by the mobile device;
• respond to detecting the mobile device operation as operating under the potential over-shuttling reselection condition by making a determination as to whether the mobile device operation is classified to be operating under an over-shuttling reselection condition based on a pre-determined criteria that considers information about one or more cell reselections made by the mobile device in a given time period, wherein making the determination is further performed by (i) deriving a first value based on a number of cell reselections made by the mobile device that relate to the serving cell or the target cell and a total number of cell reselections made by the mobile device in the given time period, and (ii) comparing the first value to a pre-determined value;
• and
• prevent or delay the mobile device from switching from the serving cell to the target cell in response to the determination that the mobile device operation is operating under the over-shuttling reselection condition.

A cellular radio module for a computing device, the cellular radio module including:

• one or more processors configured to:
• detect a computing device operation as operating under a potential over-shuttling reselection condition in which the computing device is triggered to switch from a serving cell to a target cell based, at least in part, on quality and/or strength conditions of the serving cell in use by the computing device;
• respond to detecting the computing device operation as operating under the potential over-shuttling reselection condition by making a determination as to whether the computing device operation is classified to be operating under an over-shuttling reselection condition based on a pre-determined criteria that considers information about one or more cell reselections made by the computing device in a given time period, wherein making the determination is further performed by (i) deriving a first value based on a number of cell reselections made by the computing device that relate to the serving cell or the target cell and a total number of cell reselections made by the computing device in the given time period, and (ii) comparing the first value to a pre-determined value;
• and
• prevent or delay the computing device from switching from the serving cell to the target cell in response to the determination that the computing device operation is operating under the over-shuttling reselection condition.