EFFICIENT SEARCH FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS WHILE MINIMIZING PAGE LOSS

摘要

The present invention is directed to a technique for efficient search for wireless networks while minimizing page loss. The available search time, excluding paging periods, is determined. The search for cells in wireless networks is performed for the available search time. Appropriate information is obtained for the cells obtained during the search. The appropriate information may depend on the type of search to be performed. In the case of manual discovery for discovering searchable wireless networks, the appropriate information for each obtained cell may be network identifier information. In the case of automatic discovery for discovering higher priority wireless networks, the appropriate information for each obtained cell in the higher priority wireless network may be the system information used to select the cell. The search may be stopped prior to the paging period. State information for the search may be stored prior to stopping the search. The search may be resumed using stored state information at the end of the paging period.