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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
May. 11, 2007
Applicants:
Yoon-suk Choi, Daejeon, KR;
Sang-hyun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Yoon-Suk Choi, Daejeon, KR;
Sang-Hyun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provided are an apparatus and a method for scanning a Home Public Land Mobile Network (Home PLMN) in a mobile communication terminal that includes the operations of determining an operation mode of the mobile communication terminal, if a Home PLMN scanning timer expires, and setting a flag to indicate that the Home PLMN scanning timer expires, if the mobile communication terminal is determined to be in a non-idle mode. As a result, the Home PLMN can be searched as fast as possible.