US 12,328,784 B2
System and method for reducing network collision
Taussif Khan, Martinsville, NJ (US); Alexandre De Melo, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); and Mary Williams, Miltona, MN (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/813,492.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032125 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 76/18 (2018.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/18 (2018.02) [H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. A method comprising:
obtaining a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) identifier (ID) from a signal broadcast by a network;
determining whether the obtained PLMN ID is an original preferred PLMN ID, from a list of PLMN IDs, of a device; and
when the obtained PLMN ID is determined to be the original preferred PLMN ID,
attempting to attach to the network over a wireless link, and
when the attempt to attach to the network fails,
rewriting, in the list of PLMN IDs, a non-preferred PLMN ID as a new preferred PLMN ID.