CELL SELECTION USING A BLACKLIST OR A WHITE LIST

摘要

Methods and apparatus enabling connection and/or re-connection to an access point of a network based on both reception characteristics and also the access point's likelihood to successfully connect (or re-connect). In one such embodiment, an exemplary Long Term Evolution (LTE) user equipment (UE) stores a “blacklist” of LTE enhanced NodeBs (eNBs) that have previously unexpectedly disconnected the UE. The UE will avoid the blacklisted eNBs and will attempt to connect to other eNBs. By avoiding eNBs which have previously been unable to service the UE and instead focusing on other eNBs that may have lower reception quality but likely better suited to service the UE, the UE can avoid prolonged out-of-service (OOS) periods.