Electronic device for vehicle and operating method thereof

1. An operating method of an electronic device for a vehicle, the operating method comprising:

monitoring whether a network access device of the electronic device enters a preset operation mode in which the network access device remains activated while a processor of the electronic device is in a sleep mode;

based on detecting that the network access device enters the preset operation mode, identifying a network state of the network access device;

based on the network state of the network access device, changing a search cycle of a network search as executed by the network access device; and

executing the network search based on the changed search cycle.

2. The operating method of claim 1 , wherein the network access device enters the preset operation mode as an engine of the vehicle is deactivated.

3. The operating method of claim 1 , wherein changing the search cycle is further based on detecting an existing connection of the network access device to a visited public land mobile network (VPLMN), and

wherein the network search includes searching for a higher priority public land mobile network (HPPLMN) associated with a preset priority tier that is higher than a preset priority tier of the VPLMN.

4. The operating method of claim 3 , wherein searching for the HPPLMN is periodically re-executed according to a preset search cycle time, and

wherein the preset search cycle time is changed when the HPPLMN is not detected.

5. The operating method of claim 4 , wherein changing the preset search cycle time includes increasing a time between each periodic re-execution of the search for the HPPLMN.

6. The operating method of claim 4 , further comprising:

detecting lapse of a preset time starting from a time at which the preset search cycle time is changed; and

based on detecting the lapse, disabling periodic re-execution of the search for the HPPLMN.

7. The operating method of claim 1 , wherein the identified network state includes a constrained-service state, in which at least function communication services to the network access device are constrained.

8. The operating method of claim 7 , wherein changing the search cycle is based on detecting that the identified network state including the constrained-service state,

wherein executing the network search is based on a preset search cycle time, and

wherein when a public land mobile network (PLMN) is not found by the executed network search, the preset search cycle time is changed.

9. The operating method of claim 8 , further comprising:

after detecting lapse of a preset time starting from a time at which the preset search cycle time is changed, outputting, via a display, a user interface interactable to disable the network search for the PLMN.

10. The operating method of claim 1 , further comprising:

redetermining the network state of the network access device;

based on detecting, from the redetermination, that the network access device is in a constrained-service state, requesting an identification code of a public land mobile network (PLMN) detectable by the network access device;

after receiving the identification code of the PLMN, determining whether roaming is available, based on the received identification code of the PLMN and an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) of the electronic device; and

when roaming is unavailable, disabling the network search.

11. An electronic device for a vehicle, the electronic device comprising:

a memory storing one or more instructions;

a network access device; and

a processor,

wherein the one or more instructions are executable by the processor to cause the electronic device to:

monitor whether the network access device enters a preset operation mode, in which the network access device remains activated while the processor is in a sleep mode,

based on detecting that the network access device enters the preset operation mode, identify a network state of the network access device,

based at least on the network state of the network access device, change a search cycle of a network search as executed by the network access device, and

execute the network search based on the changed search cycle.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the network access device enters the preset operation mode as an engine of the vehicle is deactivated.

13. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein changing the search cycle is further based on detecting an existing connection of the network access device to a visited public land mobile network (VPLMN), and

wherein the network search includes searching for a higher priority public land mobile network (HPPLMN) associated with a preset priority tier that is higher than a preset priority tier of the VPLMN.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein searching for the HPPLMN is periodically re-executed according to a preset search cycle time, and

wherein the preset search cycle time is changed when the HPPLMN is not detected.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the one or more instructions are further executable by the processor to:

detect lapse of a preset time starting from a time at which the preset search cycle time is changed; and

based on detecting the lapse, disable periodic re-execution of the search for the HPPLMN.

16. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the identified network state includes a constrained-service state, in which at least function communication services to the network access device are constrained.

17. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein changing the search cycle is based on detecting that the identified network state including the constrained-service state,

wherein executing the network search is based on a preset search cycle time, and

wherein when a public land mobile network (PLMN) is not found by the executed network search, the preset search cycle time is changed.

18. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the one or more instructions are executable by the processor to:

after detecting lapse of a preset time starting from a time at which the preset search cycle time is changed, output, via a display, a user interface interactable to disable the network search for the PLMN.

19. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the one or more instructions are executable by the processor to:

redetermine the network state of the network access device;

based on detecting from the redetermination that the network access device is in a constrained-service state, request an identification code of a public land mobile network (PLMN) detectable by the network access device;

after receiving the identification code of the PLMN, determine whether roaming is available, based on the received identification code of the PLMN and an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) of the electronic device; and

when roaming is unavailable, disable the network search.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing, on an electronic device for a vehicle, operations of:

monitoring, via at least one processor, whether a network access device of the electronic device enters a preset operation mode in which the network access device remains activated while a processor of the electronic device is in a sleep mode;

based on detecting that the network access device enters the preset operation mode, identifying a network state of the network access device;

based at least on the network state of the network access device, changing a search cycle of a network search as executed by the network access device; and

executing the network search based on the changed search cycle.