EFFICIENT PLMN SEARCH ORDER

摘要

By employing an intelligent search order, a user equipment in a mobile communication system can shorten the time needed to find a cell/public land mobile network. After a first cell has been found, the equipment can determine which frequencies it will be worthwhile to search when another search is needed for a second cell. The equipment can thus avoid wasting time searching for cells in frequencies of a radio access technology that may not be valid when cells can be found in a most recently used group of frequencies of another radio access technology.