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AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsNicola M. Funnell, Gideon Roberts, Andrew John Farnsworth, Richard John George, Gjalt de Jong
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Mobile user equipment for use in a cellular communications environment performs an improved cell selection on transitions out of a connected mode state. The transitions might be from one connected mode state to another or from a connected mode state to idle mode. The improvement in cell selection lies in assembling the list of candidate cells prior to cell selection. In the prior art, the list of candidate cells would usually be restricted to the serving cell or active cells supporting communication between the equipment and the network prior to transition. In embodiments of the invention, the list might comprise cells which are not the serving cell or which are outside the active set, for example a network-preferred cell or cells neighboring the serving cell or cells of the active set.
A mobile device for use in a wireless network, the device comprising cell selection apparatus for use to select a cell from a candidate set of cells to support subsequent communication between a wireless network and the device, said cell selection apparatus being triggerable, by a transition of the device out of an existing connected mode state in which communication is supported by a serving cell or an active set of one or more cells, to select said cell,
A method of a mobile device selecting a cell of a network to support subsequent communications between the network and the mobile device on transition of the mobile device out of an existing connected mode state in which communication is supported by a serving cell or an active set of one or more cells, which method comprises the mobile device:
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