SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCELERATING NETWORK SELECTION BY A WIRELESS USER EQUIPMENT (UE) DEVICE

1 - 20 . (canceled)

21 . A method performed by a wireless user equipment (UE) device, comprising:

determining if said wireless UE device's location is within a particular area defined by a plurality of corners, each corner being defined as a longitude coordinate and a latitude coordinate, wherein said wireless UE's location is determined by using a satellite-based positioning system; and

receiving a particular frequency data item from a network node to said wireless UE device;

based on determining that said wireless UE device's location is within the particular area, applying said particular frequency data item for selective scanning by said wireless UE device, thereby avoiding a full band scan for locating a network.

22 . The method of claim 21 , wherein said selective scanning is performed as one of an initial scan procedure and a background scan procedure.

23 . The method of claim 21 , wherein said selective scanning is performed upon power-up of said wireless UE device or upon losing coverage of a network with which said wireless UE device was previously registered.

24 . The method of claim 21 further comprising: if multiple networks are located by said wireless UE device via selective scanning, applying a prioritization scheme for choosing a particular network for service.

25 . The method of claim 21 further comprising: if multiple networks are located by said wireless UE device via selective scanning, manually choosing a particular network for service.

26 . A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable instructions adaptable to cause a device to perform a method in a wireless user equipment (UE), comprising, comprising:

determining if said wireless UE device's location is within a particular area defined by a plurality of corners, each corner being defined as a longitude coordinate and a latitude coordinate, wherein said wireless UE's location is determined by using a satellite-based positioning system; and

receiving a particular frequency data item from a network node to said wireless UE device;

based on determining that said wireless UE device's location is within the particular area, applying said particular frequency data item for selective scanning by said wireless UE device, thereby avoiding a full band scan for locating a network.

27 . The computer readable medium of claim 26 , wherein said selective scanning is performed as one of an initial scan procedure and a background scan procedure.

28 . The computer readable medium of claim 26 , wherein said selective scanning is performed upon power-up of said wireless UE device or upon losing coverage of a network with which said wireless UE device was previously registered.

29 . The computer readable medium of claim 26 , further comprising: applying a prioritization scheme to facilitate selection of a particular network for service if multiple networks are located by said wireless UE device via selective scanning.

30 . The computer readable medium of claim 26 , further comprising: manually choosing a particular network for service if multiple networks are located by said wireless UE device via selective scanning.

31 . A wireless user equipment (UE) device comprising a processor configured to execute instructions to cause the wireless telecommunications device to:

determine if said wireless UE device's location is within a particular area defined by a plurality of corners, each corner being defined as a longitude coordinate and a latitude coordinate, wherein said wireless UE's location is determined by using a satellite-based positioning system; and

receiving a particular frequency data item from a network node to said wireless UE device; and

based on determining that said wireless UE device's location is within the particular area, apply said particular frequency data item for selective scanning by said wireless UE device.

32 . The wireless UE device of claim 31 , wherein said selective scanning is performed as one of an initial scan procedure and a background scan procedure.

33 . The wireless UE device of claim 31 , wherein said selective scanning is performed upon power-up of said wireless UE device or upon losing coverage of a network with which said wireless UE device was previously registered.

34 . The wireless UE device of claim 31 further comprising: if multiple networks are located by said wireless UE device via selective scanning, applying a prioritization scheme for choosing a particular network for service.

35 . The wireless UE device of claim 31 further comprising: if multiple networks are located by said wireless UE device via selective scanning, manually choosing a particular network for service.

36 . A wireless user equipment (UE) device comprising a processor configured to execute instructions to cause the wireless UE to:

determine if said wireless UE device's location is within a particular area defined by a plurality of corners, each corner being defined as a longitude coordinate and a latitude coordinate, wherein said wireless UE's location is determined by using a satellite-based positioning system; and

based on determining that said wireless UE device's location is within the particular area, apply a subset of appropriate frequency data for selective scanning by said wireless UE device, thereby avoiding a full band scan for locating a network.

37 . The wireless UE of claim 36 , the processor further configured to execute instructions to cause the wireless UE to: if multiple networks are located by said wireless UE device via selective scanning, apply a prioritization scheme for choosing a particular network for service.

38 . A method performed by a wireless user equipment (UE) device, comprising:

determining if said wireless UE device's location is within a particular area defined by a plurality of corners, each corner being defined as a longitude coordinate and a latitude coordinate, wherein said wireless UE's location is determined by using a satellite-based positioning system; and

based on determining that said wireless UE device's location is within the particular area, applying a subset of appropriate frequency data for selective scanning by said wireless UE device, thereby avoiding a full band scan for locating a network.

39 . The method of claim 38 , further comprising: if multiple networks are located by said wireless UE device via selective scanning, applying a prioritization scheme for choosing a particular network for service.