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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Tae Hyeon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Lae Young Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jae Hyun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyun Sook Kim, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
There is provided a method for selecting an access point (AP), the method performed by a user equipment. The method may comprise: receiving a prioritized list with respect to APs, the prioritized list includes at least one of roaming consortium information, a network address identifier (NAI), a public land mobile network (PLMN) identifier; scanning at least one or more APs in the vicinity thereby generating an available list which includes at least one or more service set identifiers (SSIDs) and roaming consortium information; acquiring at least one or more NAIs from the roaming consortium information in the available list using pre-stored mapping information; comparing the acquired NAI with the NAI in the prioritized list to select a proper AP.