- Patent Title: Utilizing Wi-Fi country code to assist cellular network selection
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Application No.: US15154447Application Date: 2016-05-13
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Publication No.: US09668094B2Publication Date: 2017-05-30
- Inventor: Hao Xue , Jean-Philippe Paul Cormier , James Randolph Winter Lepp , Göran Hageltorn
- Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
- Applicant Address: CA Waterloo
- Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee Address: CA Waterloo
- Agency: Moffat & Co.
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W48/18 ; H04W48/08 ; H04W88/06 ; H04W48/16 ; H04W64/00
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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160255467A1 UTILIZING WI-FI COUNTRY CODE TO ASSIST CELLULAR NETWORK SELECTION Public/Granted day:2016-09-01
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