| US 9,813,977 B2 | ||
| Network access selection between access networks | ||
| Kaiyuan Huang, Kanata (CA); Gary Tam, Hong Kong (HK); and Stephen Rayment, Ottawa (CA) | ||
| Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE) | ||
| Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 14, 2016, as Appl. No. 15/181,645. | ||
| Application 15/181,645 is a division of application No. 14/042,493, filed on Sep. 30, 2013, granted, now 9,414,301. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 61/816,301, filed on Apr. 26, 2013. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2016/0286473 A1, Sep. 29, 2016 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 48/02 (2009.01) | ||
| CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 36/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/02 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01)] | 28 Claims |
| 1. A cell correlation method for correlating cells in first and second access networks, the method comprising:
sending a cell identification request from the first access network to the second access network, the cell identification
request including a user terminal identification of a user terminal attempting to connect to a cell in the first access network;
receiving, responsive to the cell identification request, a cell identification of a last known cell in the second access
network in which the user terminal was present; and
correlating the received cell identification with the cell in the first access network.
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