Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-01
2011-10-25
Nguyen, David Q (Department: 2617)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Zoned or cellular telephone system
C455S441000, C455S465000, C455S552100, C370S328000, C370S400000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08045980
ABSTRACT:
In one embodiment, a scheme is provided for network discovery and selection by a user equipment (UE) device that is operable in wide area cellular network (WACN) bands as well as in wireless access network bands. In particular, the UE device is operable to select a WACN that is accessible via a wireless generic access network (GAN) in addition to being able to access the WACN via the cellular network band.
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Buckley Adrian
Bumiller George Baldwin
Nguyen David Q
Research In Motion Limited
The Danamraj Law Group, P.C.
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