	US 11,706,701 B2
	Method and apparatus for PLMN selection and cell (re)selection
Mei-Ju Shih, Taipei (TW); Yung-Lan Tseng, Taipei (TW); and Hung-Chen Chen, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to FG Innovation Company Limited, Tuen Mun (HK)
Filed by FG Innovation Company Limited, Tuen Mun (HK)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/467,648.
Application 17/467,648 is a continuation of application No. 16/728,961, filed on Dec. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,166,227.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/788,223, filed on Jan. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0400570 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 76/25 (2018.01); H04W 48/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)

CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 48/02 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 76/25 (2018.02); H04W 76/27 (2018.02); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A User Equipment (UE) for wireless communications, the UE comprising:

one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing one or more computer-executable instructions; and

at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, and configured to execute the one or more computer-executable instructions to:

read system information of a plurality of cells on a first carrier frequency to obtain identification information of a plurality of Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs);

report, by an Access Stratum (AS) entity of the UE, the identification information of the plurality of PLMNs to a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) entity of the UE;

select, by the NAS entity of the UE, one of the plurality of PLMNs as a selected PLMN;

search for the plurality of cells on the first carrier frequency during a cell selection procedure; and

select a suitable cell belonging to the selected PLMN from the plurality of cells on the first carrier frequency based on the cell selection procedure.