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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2014
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Vikas Gulati, Hyderabad, IN;
Girish Valluru, Hyderabad, IN;
Yongsheng Shi, San Diego, CA (US);
Liangchi Hsu, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for wireless communications are provided. A first cell on which a user equipment (UE) is camped may be identified as a visited Public Land Mobile Network (VPLMN) of the UE. Information of a second cell among neighboring cells of the first cell may be received via a broadcast message from the first cell. The second cell may be part of a home PLMN (HPLMN) and the HPLMN may not be an equivalent PLMN (EPLMN) to the VPLMN associated with the first cell. Alternatively, the second cell may belong to an Equivalent HPLMN (EPLMN). When the second cell is determined to be a best cell according to absolute priority reselection rules or a highest ranked cell among the neighboring cells of the first cell, the second cell may not be barred for a period of time from being considered or identified as a candidate for reselection.