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US 10,945,201 · App. 16/816,580 · Granted Mar 9, 2021

Method for selecting PLMN of terminal in wireless communication system and apparatus for same

Inventors: Taehun Kim (Seoul, KR); Jaehyun Kim (Seoul, KR); Jinsook Ryu (Seoul, KR); Hyunsook Kim (Seoul, KR); Laeyoung Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W48/18H04W48/02H04W60/00H04W60/005H04W76/23H04W88/06
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Patent No.
US 10,945,201
App. No.
16/816,580
Granted
Mar 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for a user equipment (UE) to perform public land mobile network (PLMN) selection in a wireless communication system, and which includes selecting, by the UE, a first PLMN; in response to the first PLMN not providing direct communication resources, selecting, by the UE, a second PLMN providing direct communication resources; performing, by the UE, a registration on the second PLMN; receiving, by the UE, a failed registration code of “PLMN not allowed” due to a failing of the registration on the second PLMN; and performing, by the UE, the direct communication on the second PLMN in a limited service state. Further, the UE remains on the first PLMN based on a normal service state and the UE does not perform an additional PLMN selection during a duration of the direct communication in the second PLMN based on the limited service state.

Claims (22)

1. A method for a user equipment (UE) to perform public land mobile network (PLMN) selection in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

selecting, by the UE, a first PLMN;

in response to the first PLMN not providing direct communication resources, selecting, by the UE, a second PLMN providing direct communication resources;

performing, by the UE, a registration on the second PLMN;

receiving, by the UE, a failed registration code of “PLMN not allowed” due to a failing of the registration on the second PLMN; and

performing, by the UE, the direct communication on the second PLMN in a limited service state,

wherein the UE remains on the first PLMN based on a normal service state and the UE does not perform an additional PLMN selection during a duration of the direct communication in the second PLMN based on the limited service state.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a cause of the failing of the registration on the second PLMN is received as a response to a location registration request sent to a cell to which the second PLMN belongs.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a cause of the failing of the registration on the second PLMN is that the UE has not discovered a suitable cell in the second PLMN.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second PLMN is not included in a list of “forbidden PLMNs”.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the second PLMN is not included in a list of “PLMNs with E-UTRAN not allowed”.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the second PLMN is included in a list of “authorized PLMNs for direct communication”.

7. A user equipment (UE) for performing public land mobile network (PLMN) selection in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory,

wherein the processor is configured to:

select a first PLMN,

select a second PLMN providing direct communication resources in response to the first PLMN not providing direct communication resources,

perform a registration on the second PLMN,

receive a failed registration code of “PLMN not allowed” due to a failing of the registration on the second PLMN, and

perform the direct communication on the second PLMN in a limited service state, and

wherein the UE remains on the first PLMN based on a normal service state and the UE does not perform an additional PLMN selection during a duration of the direct communication in the second PLMN based on the limited service state.

Continuity (6)
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