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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ju-Yeop Kim, Seoul, KR;
In-Yup Kang, San Diego, CA (US);
Ki-Hyun Do, Yongin-si, KR;
Jeong-Gyun Yu, Seoul, KR;
Tae-Hee Lee, Seoul, KR;
Dong-Hyun Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for switching a Radio Access Technology (RAT) by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes detecting an event indicating that the UE should perform a switching operation from a first RAT to a second RAT different from the first RAT occurs while the UE uses the first RAT determining whether a RAT switching operation criterion is satisfied after detecting that the event occurs and if the RAT switching operation criterion is satisfied, performing the switching operation.