CHANNEL SELECTION IN A MULTIPLE CARRIER MULTIPLE RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY NETWORK

摘要

Methods and apparatuses to adaptively select radio frequency channels with which to connect a mobile wireless device to a wireless network are described. In response to a trigger event, the mobile wireless device selects a radio frequency channel from a list of radio frequency channels that use a first radio access technology and transmits a series of connection requests on the selected radio frequency channel. When no acknowledgement is received, the mobile wireless device excludes the selected radio frequency channel from the list of radio frequency channels and repeats the selecting, transmitting and excluding steps up to a maximum number of repetitions before attempting to connect to the wireless network using a second radio access technology.