Patent ReferencesMethod and apparatus for communication control in a radiotelephone system Selecting and prioritizing radio telephone systems at radio terminal Determining and displaying available services for a communication unit Wireless terminal having digital radio processing with automatic communication system selection capability Method for prioritizing services provided by different network entities Patent #: 5666364 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 644638 filed on 04/30/1996US Classes:455/515, Control channel monitoring (i.e., paging or access channel signaling) for system access455/403, RADIOTELEPHONE SYSTEM455/517To or from mobile stationExaminersPrimary: Bost, Dwayne D.Assistant: Legree, Tracy M. International ClassH04Q 007/00AbstractA method and apparatus is provided for communicating on a wireless network which offers a selected service. In accordance with the method, a wireless communicator is tuned to a first signaling control channel broadcast by a wireless network. The first channel identifies one or more services provided over that network. This procedure is repeated for successive signaling control channels until a wireless network providing the selected service is identified. Once this has been identified, communication is conducted between the wireless communicator and the network. | |