Research in Motion Corporation

Blackberry Corporation

Mark Pletsch

Brian Alexander Oliver

Vytautas Robertas Kezys

Richard John George

Paul Marcus Carpenter

Nicholas Alfano

Balaji Gopalan

Yiu Ming Lam

Brian Oliver

Richard George

Paul Carpenter

Yiu Lam

Vytautas Kezys

A method for modulating scanning behavior of a wireless user equipment (UE) device includes determining a geographic area location where the wireless UE device is located and responsive to determining that a radio access technology (RAT) previously available in the geographic area location is not currently available, modifying the frequency of searches for the radio access technology. A corresponding wireless user device is also shown.

Cross-technology coverage mapping system and method for modulating scanning behaviour of a wireless user equipment (UE) device

A network node provides coverage information to wireless UE devices from a database that correlates coverage information for a radio access network with geographic area locations. The network node accepts updates to the coverage information for the radio access network via a first interface and downloads coverage information from the database to a wireless user equipment (UE) device via a second interface.

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

Cross-technology coverage mapping system and method for modulating scanning behavior of a wireless user equipment (UE) device

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Mark Pletsch