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Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vaibhav Singhal, San Diego, CA (US);

Praveen N. Kona, San Diego, CA (US);

Srinivasan Rajagopalan, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/04 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); G08C 17/00 (2006.01); H04J 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0209 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 76/048 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are methods and apparatus for performing a better PLMN (BPLMN) search during connected mode DRX. In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) detects a trigger to begin a BPLMN search while in connected mode discontinuous reception (CDRX); determines whether it is configured for a manual BPLMN search; determine whether the CDRX duration is greater than or equal to the minimum amount of time required to perform the manual BPLMN search; and when determined that the CDRX duration is greater than or equal to the minimum amount of time required for the BPLMN search, performs the manual BPLMN search while in the CDRX.


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