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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2019
T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Adnan Rahat, Renton, WA (US);
Nayla Hamade, Kirkland, WA (US);
Gunjan Nimbavikar, Bellevue, WA (US);
Hsin-Fu Henry Chiang, Bellevue, WA (US);
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for a user equipment operating in a cellular-preferred mode are disclosed. A user equipment operating in a cellular-preferred mode includes a connection priority order that prefers to connect to a licensed cellular network, if available, before connecting to an unlicensed wireless network. Signal quality thresholds for a connection by a user device to licensed cellular networks and unlicensed wireless networks are selected allowing the user equipment to transfer its connection between a licensed cellular network and an unlicensed wireless network without dropping calls. A user interface provides information to alert a user from inadvertently roaming into a licensed cellular network and incurring additional unnecessary changes. By identifying available licensed cellular networks and unlicensed wireless networks, the user interface allows a user to update the priority order connection preference or to override the selected priority order for connection to a licensed cellular network or an unlicensed wireless network.