US 11,902,885 B2
Adjusted PLMN search in MICO mode
Marko Niemi, Oulu (FI); and Puneet, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/475,540.
Claims priority of application No. 202021040839 (IN), filed on Sep. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0095209 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
activating, by a processor of a user equipment (UE), a Mobile Initiated Connection Only (MICO) mode;
postponing, by the processor, a periodic public land mobile network (PLMN) search responsive to the UE being in the MICO mode until deactivating, by the processor, the MICO mode; and
performing, by the processor, the periodic PLMN search responsive to the MICO mode being deactivated considering the periodic PLMN search is controlled by a timer.