US 12,273,810 B2
Methods and apparatus for steering a wireless/transmit receive unit between multiple wireless networks
Guanzhou Wang, Brossard (CA); Tezcan Cogalan, London (GB); Alain Mourad, Ascot (GB); Atle Monrad, Froland (NO); Saad Ahmad, Montreal (CA); Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Saint-Lazare (CA); and Anuj Sethi, Ottawa (CA)
Assigned to InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/782,780.
Application 18/782,780 is a continuation of application No. 18/288,088, previously published as PCT/US2022/026026, filed on Apr. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/275,004, filed on Nov. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/181,016, filed on Apr. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0381239 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/18 (2013.01) [H04W 48/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising circuitry configured to:
receive, via non-access stratum signaling, steering of roaming (SoR) information for one or more networks providing localized services, wherein the SoR information comprises an indication of a prioritized list of one or more networks providing localized services, wherein each network providing localized services in the prioritized list of one or more networks is associated with a network identifier, a time period, and a geographic area;
select a network providing localized services based on the prioritized list of one or more networks providing localized services, on a condition that a current time is within the time period associated with the selected network providing localized services;
search for the selected network providing localized services; and
on a condition that the selected network providing localized services is found, register with the selected network providing localized services.