US 11,943,706 B2
Selecting a non-terrestrial network based public land mobile network
Jonas Sedin, Sollentuna (SE); Olof Liberg, Enskede (SE); and Helka-Liina Määttanen, Helsinki (FI)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolagget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/435,062
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Apr. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/053246
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 31, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/202121, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/829,973, filed on Apr. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0256445 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/18 (2013.01) [H04W 64/006 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a wireless device (UE) in a communication network, the method comprising:
receiving satellite positioning information;
receiving a list of a plurality of different types of measurements to perform to find a public land mobile network (PLMN) to select;
performing the plurality of different types of measurements on a frequency associated with a found PLMN to generate a plurality of measurement results;
determining based on the plurality of measurements results whether a high-quality indication should be provided to a non-access stratum (NAS); and
responsive to determining that the high-quality indication should be provided, the high quality indication and an identification of the found PLMN to the NAS.