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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:
May. 06, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

David Boettger, San Jose, CA (US);

Jose A Castelo Vega, San Jose, CA (US);

Ozgur Ekici, Ottawa, CA;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/02 (2008.12); G01S 5/00 (2005.12); H04W 64/00 (2008.12); H04W 84/04 (2008.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/0054 (2012.12); H04W 8/02 (2012.12); H04W 64/00 (2012.12); H04W 84/042 (2012.12);
Abstract

The techniques described herein include superior home-on-home roaming procedures by enabling user equipment (UE) to modify a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) search periodicity based on a likelihood of detecting an HPLMN cell (e.g., base station). A UE may be configured to determine a current geographic location of the UE, access a database that includes information about the HPLMN for the location (e.g., prior HPLMN searches), determine an appropriate HPLMN search periodicity based on the information, and perform HPLMN searches based on the appropriate HPLMN search periodicity. In some implementations, the UE may determine the HPLMN search periodicity based on a number (N) of HPLMN cells, and/or times an HPLMN cell sample, associated with the geographic area, has been detected previously.


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