Cell selection/reselection to bring user equipment back to home network

Abstract

Various embodiments of apparatus, systems and/or methods are described for providing cell reselection from a visiting PLMN to home PLMN in scenarios where the UE is camped to a visiting cell with an Equivalent HPLMN identity. The method may include cell reselection from one radio frequency broadcasting the Equivalent HPLMN identity to another preferred radio frequency that broadcasts only the visiting PLMN identity by leveraging frequency selection priority, and subsequent cell reselection from the visiting PLMN identity with the visiting PLMN cell to the home PLMN identity with the home PLMN cell by using high priority home PLMN identity search. The method provides a means to allow the UE to quickly come back to home PLMN when entering home coverage, otherwise the UE would have to move out of the coverage of the Equivalent HPLMN identity from the border cells of the visiting PLMN by radio refrequency rescan and selection.