US 12,004,072 B2
Network search method and terminal device
Zhenrong Wei, Shenzhen (CN); Li Shen, Shenzhen (CN); and Yong Li, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Appl. No. 17/432,834
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
PCT Filed Feb. 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/075985
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/168578, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0159551 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 48/04 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/04 (2013.01) [H04W 36/0011 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving a user operation in a user interface of a terminal device requesting communication with a network device by using a 5th Generation (5G) access technology; and
searching, in response to the user operation in the user interface of the terminal device, for a second cell comprising an allowed area when a first cell with which the terminal device is currently registered comprises a non-allowed area.