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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
May. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Hao Xue, Ottawa, CA;
Jean-Philippe Paul Cormier, London, GB;
James Randolph Winter Lepp, Ottawa, CA;
Göran Hageltorn, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 48/08 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04M 2250/10 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of selecting a cellular network entails detecting a Wi-Fi signal, obtaining a country code from the Wi-Fi signal, prioritizing cellular network frequency bands based on the country code to define a band priority, and selecting a cellular network based on the band priority. The country code may be an IEEE 802.11d Country Code Information Element.