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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2013
Applicants:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2013.01); H04W 36/0083 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for establishing a network connection includes determining a list of access networks detectable by a user equipment, and reducing the list of access networks to a list of preferred networks in accordance with supplemental information associated with the user equipment. The method also includes selecting a first candidate network from the list of preferred networks, and attempting to connect to the first candidate network.