PLMN SCANNING

摘要

A wireless communication device is connected to a current public land mobile network, PLMN, and determines whether or not the current PLMN is a home public land mobile network, HPLMN. If the current PLMN is not the HPLMN a scan timer value is set that specifies a time period between attempts by the wireless communication device to connect to a PLMN having a priority that is higher than a priority of the current PLMN. The scan timer value is an increasing function of a geographical distance between a current position of the wireless communication device and a position of the PLMN having a priority that is higher than the priority of the current PLMN.