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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2022
T-mobile Innovations Llc, Overland Park, KS (US);
Narayanan Haran, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Narothum Saxena, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Michael S. Irizarry, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A system and method are described for supporting permanent roaming for a user equipment (UE) device, which is carried out by a permanent roaming coordinator component, in a mobile wireless network environment including a plurality of public land mobile network (PLMN) carriers within a mobile wireless geographic region. The method includes accessing a current permanent roaming policy applicable to the mobile wireless geographic region within which the UE device resides. The method further includes applying the current permanent roaming policy to establish a current preferred PLMN for supporting a roaming mobile wireless network connection by the UE device, and resetting a usage counter parameter for the UE device in accordance with designating the current preferred PLMN for the UE device. Thereafter, the permanent roaming coordinator component monitors, while the current preferred PLMN supports roaming mobile wireless communications for the UE device, a current status of the usage counter parameter for the UE device.