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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
David S. Seekins, Sunrise, FL (US);
Saumil Parikh, Sunrise, FL (US);
Charles R. Barker, Jr., Plantation, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/26 ;
Abstract
A communication device (,) has a serving and neighbor list (,) and a bandmap (,). Upon losing communication service (,) the device begins alternately scanning the serving and neighbor list (SNL) and subsections (,) of the bandmap. If an appropriate carrier is found while scanning the SNL, the device reconnects to the serving system. While scanning the subsections of the bandmap, the device creates and maintains a list (,) of suitable carriers. If no carriers are found corresponding to the SNL, a serving cell is selected from the list (,).