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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Mobile Communications Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02);
Abstract
A method performed in an electronic device for establishing, in an energy-efficient way, a wireless connection to a cellular network, where the electronic device is configured to support wireless connection to a plurality of cellular networks. The method includes obtaining a current position of the electronic device; determining, as a function of the current position, a set of available cellular networks, said set being a subset of the plurality of cellular networks that are supported by the electronic device; and scanning the set of available cellular networks.