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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 13, 2017
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Tomas Hedberg, Nacka, SE;

Patrik Teppo, Bobäck, FI;

Jari Vikberg, Järna, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to methods and devices for enabling access to a plurality of communication networks (-). A wireless communication device () acquires (S) information regarding network access capabilities of any modems with which the wireless communication device is equipped, as well as information identifying operator profiles available to each of said any modems, and establishes (S) a connection with a network connectivity selection node () that can determine which network access is available for each of said any modems. The wireless communication device further reports (S) the acquired network access capabilities and operator profiles of each of said any modems to the network connectivity selection node, and receives (S), in reply to the reporting, a recommendation on which one or more of said any modems to use for connecting to one or more of the plurality of communication networks.


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