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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Singapore, SG;
Vijay Venkataraman, San Jose, CA (US);
Yifan Zhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Alistair M. McFarlane, London, GB;
Ruben Caballero, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A device is configured to establish a first roaming network connection to a first roaming network and a second roaming network connection to a second roaming network. The first roaming network has a higher priority than the second roaming network, the second roaming network configured to support a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT, the first RAT having a higher priority than the second RAT. When a current network connection is the second roaming network connection, determining a current RAT used for the second roaming network connection. When the current RAT is the first RAT, determining between an active use state and a non-active use state. When the device is in the active use state, deactivating a capability to reselect to the first roaming network.