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Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 05, 2015
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Arvind Swaminathan, San Jose, CA (US);

Umesh K. Shukla, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Srinivas Pasupuleti, San Jose, CA (US);

Viswanath Nagarajan, San Jose, CA (US);

Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Madhusudan Chaudhary, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/16 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2015.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 84/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 84/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for user equipment (UE) devices to more efficiently scan frequency bands for potential base stations may include a UE configured maintain a first list of cells for which a cellular scan has been successful and a second list of cells for which a cellular scan has not been successful. The UE may be configured perform a first cellular while camped on a first cell at an expiration of a scan timer and, if the cellular scan is not successful, the increment a first failure count variable associated with the first cell and add the first cell to the second list if the first cell is not present on the first or second list. Additionally, if the first cellular scan is successful, the UE may be configured to add the first cell to the first list if the first cell is not present on the first list.


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