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Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 16, 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);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/18 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 52/0216 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (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 to store information regarding results of prior cellular scan operations for a cell and to perform a new cellular scan operation while camped in the first cell. The new cellular scan operation may be partially based on the stored information. The prior cellular scan operations may have been performed to identify frequencies of available cellular base stations. The UE may update the information regarding results of prior cellular scan operations with information regarding success or failure of the new cellular scan operation. The UE may maintain lists of cells for which a cellular scan has been successful or unsuccessful and adjust the new cellular scan operation based at least partially on contents of at least one of these lists.


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