Patents by Inventor Yongtao Fa

Yongtao Fa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for searching for network
    Patent number: 9313726
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for searching for a network. The method includes: determining that a user equipment (UE) camping on a cell of a current public land mobile network (PLMN) is in an access barred state; determining that the UE cannot be successfully registered with the current PLMN; and performing a PLMN search. In the method and the apparatus for searching for a network according to embodiments of the present invention, if it is determined that the UE normally camping on the cell of the current PLMN is in the access barred state and cannot be successfully registered with the current PLMN, the PLMN search is performed, so that when the UE is in the access barred state, the UE can still perform the PLMN search, and can further select a new PLMN for access and execute a normal service, thereby improving user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shujun Dang, Xiaoyan Duan, Hui Jin, Jian Wang, Xiaoyan Chen, Yinqing Jiang, Yongtao Fa, Xiaojian Liu
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING FOR NETWORK
    Publication number: 20150094058
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for searching for a network. The method includes: determining that a user equipment (UE) camping on a cell of a current public land mobile network (PLMN) is in an access barred state; determining that the UE cannot be successfully registered with the current PLMN; and performing a PLMN search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Shujun Dang, Xiaoyan Duan, Hui Jin, Jian Wang, Xiaoyan Chen, Yinqing Jiang, Yongtao Fa, Xiaojian Liu