CROSS-TECHNOLOGY COVERAGE MAPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODULATING SCANNING BEHAVIOR OF A WIRELESS USER EQUIPMENT (UE) DEVICE

摘要

A cross-technology coverage mapping system and method for modulating scanning
behavior of a wireless user equipment (UE) device (600) in a radio network
environment
(100). In one exemplary embodiment, the wireless UE device (600) is operable
to
determine its geographic area location. A logic module (648) of the wireless
UE device
(600) is adapted for interrogating a database (200, 300A, 300B, 412) to
determine which
radio access technologies (RATs) have coverage in the geographic area
location.
Responsive to the interrogation, scanning by the wireless UE device (600) is
restricted to
only those RATs that have coverage in the particular geographic area.