System and method to facilitate acquisition of access point base stations
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsManoj M. Deshpande, Srinivasan Balasubramanian, Sanjiv Nanda
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Abstract
Devices and methods are provided for facilitating selection and acquisition of an access point (AP) base station via implementation of a system selection file that may include a preferred roaming list (PRL), a public land mobile network (PLMN) database, or the like. The selection attempts may be limited to specific preferred systems, such as, for example, the AP base station. The system selection file includes identification parameters of the preferred systems. In one embodiment, the identification parameters include at least one of a system identifier (SID) and a network identifier (NID) for a given one of the systems.
Claims53
A method of performing system selection and acquisition in a communication device, comprising:
- receiving a system selection file from a network entity, the file comprising preference parameters and acquisition parameters for a plurality of communication systems, the systems further comprising at least one femto base station, wherein each of the preference parameters comprises a local flag for a given one or a subset of the plurality of communication systems, wherein the local flag is set to indicate that the communication device operates only on the subset of the plurality of communication systems which are specified in the system selection file as being systems on which the communication device is allowed to operate;
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- in response to a given one of the preference parameters being set to identify a femto base station as a preferred system, utilizing a corresponding acquisition parameter to attempt acquisition of the femto base station.
A communication device, comprising:
- a receiver adapted to receive a system selection file from a network entity, the file comprising preference parameters and acquisition parameters for a plurality of communication systems, the systems further comprising at least one femto base station, wherein each of the preference parameters comprises a local flag for a given one or a subset of the plurality of communication systems, wherein the local flag is set to indicate that the communication device operates only on the subset of the plurality of communication systems which are specified in the system selection file as being systems on which the communication device is allowed to operate;
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- at least one processor adapted to, in response to a given one of the preference parameters being set to identify a femto base station as a preferred system, utilize a corresponding acquisition parameter to attempt acquisition of the femto base station.
An apparatus, comprising:
- means for receiving a file from a network entity, the file comprising preference parameters and acquisition parameters for a plurality of communication systems, the systems further comprising at least one femto base station, wherein each of the preference parameters comprises a local flag for a given one or a subset of the plurality of communication systems, wherein the local flag is set to indicate that a communication device operates only on the subset of the plurality of communication systems which are specified in the file as being systems on which the communication device is allowed to operate;
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- means for utilizing, in response to a given one of the preference parameters being set to identify a femto base station as a preferred system, a corresponding acquisition parameter to attempt acquisition of the femto base station.
A computer program product, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
- code for causing a computer to receive a system selection file from a network entity, the file comprising preference parameters and acquisition parameters for a plurality of communication systems, the systems further comprising at least one femto base station, wherein each of the preference parameters comprises a local flag for a given one or a subset of the plurality of communication systems, wherein the local flag is set to indicate that a communication device operates only on the subset of the plurality of communication systems which are specified in the system selection file as being systems on which the communication device is allowed to operate;
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- code for causing the computer to, in response to a given one of the preference parameters being set to identify a femto base station as a preferred system, utilizing a corresponding acquisition parameter to attempt acquisition of the femto base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.