Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Restoring connectivity of a user device to an LTE network
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Application No.: US14715243Application Date: 2015-05-18
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Publication No.: US09609558B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Jignesh S. Panchal , Sanyogita Shamsunder , Lily Zhu , Andrew E. Youtz
- Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Main IPC: H04W36/00
- IPC: H04W36/00 ; H04W36/02 ; H04B7/26 ; H04W88/06 ; H04W36/14

Abstract:
User devices may search for cellular networks that provide the best available service, such as Long-Term Evolution (“LTE”) networks. If such a network is unavailable, the user device may connect to a different network, such as a Code Division Multiple Access 2000 1X network. When connected to the 1X network, the user device may not attempt to search for the LTE network unless the user device enters an idle mode, even if the LTE network becomes available while connected to the 1X network. Systems and/or methods, described herein, may “force” the user device into idle mode, while the user device is actively communicating via the 1X network, so that the user device may search for the LTE network. Forcing the user device into idle mode may include interrupting communications, which may include causing traffic, output by network applications of the user device, to not be transmitted from the user device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160345218A1 RESTORING CONNECTIVITY OF A USER DEVICE TO AN LTE NETWORK Public/Granted day:2016-11-24
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