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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2000
Marcia J. Otting, Mundelein, IL (US);
Stephen A. Howell, Gloucester, GB;
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for a radiotelephone to scan for service in a radiotelephone system having a plurality of carriers within a corresponding geographic area includes establishing ( ) a list of a predetermined number of carriers having the strongest signal strengths from cells proximate to the cell where the radiotelephone is camped. A next step includes determining ( ) those proximate carriers from the list that are unsuitable for reselection by the radiotelephone. A next step includes scanning ( ) for other suitable carriers within the area to substitute for those unsuitable carriers found in the determining step. A next step includes modifying ( ) the list to include those suitable carriers found in the scanning step.