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Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2013
Applicant:

Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Muhammad Khaledul Islam, Ottawa, CA;

Asif Hossain, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for use in selecting a base station transceiver system for communication with a mobile station are described. The mobile station is connected to a first base station transceiver system, and scans to identify a second base station transceiver system for communication. The mobile station further identifies that the second base station transceiver system provides a predetermined communication service, and that the first base station transceiver system fails to provide the predetermined communication service. In response to identifying, the mobile station causes the second base station transceiver system to be selected for communication over the first base station transceiver system even if the signal quality of the second base station transceiver system is worse than that of the first base station transceiver system. Identifying whether the first and second base station transceiver system provide the predetermined communication service is based on parameters transmitted from the first and second base station transceiver systems.


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