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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2015
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Andrew E. Youtz, Princeton, NJ (US);
Lily Zhu, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Joseph Peter Kuhn, III, Hamilton, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method includes attempting, by a computing device capable of connecting to a long term evolution (LTE) cellular network, to perform a first non-access stratum (NAS) procedure via a serving eNodeB associated with a serving cell included in the LTE cellular network. The first NAS procedure includes a radio access network (RAN) layer portion and a NAS layer portion. The method further includes determining that the first NAS procedure was unsuccessful due to a first NAS procedure failure. In response to the first NAS procedure being unsuccessful due to the first NAS procedure failure, a first alternate cell included in the LTE cellular network is selected, and there is an attempt to perform a second NAS procedure via a first eNodeB associated with the first alternate cell. The selection of the first alternate cell is initiated by the computing device.