Network selection in an environment of multiple systems in a public land mobile network (PLMN) visited.

摘要

A method of selecting a wireless network device (102) user equipment (UE) in a location area, comprising: receiving (402) an identity code network; determining (404) whether identified by said network identity code is a network equivalent home network with respect to a subscriber identity associated with said UE (102) device; in response to said determination (404), determining (406) whether a geographic code associated with said equivalent home network is associated with the same geographic region as a home network associated with said subscriber identity; in response to determining (406) that said equivalent home network is associated with the geographical area as the originating network, performed after (408) network scanning in accordance with scanning procedures specified for a geographical area of ​​origin associated with said subscriber identity; and otherwise, performing (414) network scanning in accordance with scanning procedures specified for a foreign geographic region identified in said network identity code.