US 12,120,569 B2
Efficient network acquisition scans
Xinning Shen, San Diego, CA (US); Qin Xue Frantti, San Diego, CA (US); Osama Lotfallah, San Diego, CA (US); Yong Xie, San Diego, CA (US); Sony Akkarakaran, Poway, CA (US); Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, San Diego, CA (US); and Reza Shahidi, La Jolla, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/661,138.
Prior Publication US 2023/0354133 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/14 (2013.01) [H04W 48/16 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
detect, while operating in an out-of-service (OOS) mode associated with a first network, that a second network satisfies one or more switching criteria;
increase a time duration associated with a periodic network acquisition scan associated with the first network based at least in part on detecting that the second network satisfies the one or more switching criteria; and
switch, while operating in the OOS mode, from using the first network for connectivity to using the second network for connectivity based at least in part on detecting that the second network satisfies the one or more switching criteria.