Robust manual search for autonomous private systems

• Main Authors: HOGLUND MATS VILHELM, BACKSTROM OLOF TOMAS, WALLSTEDT YNGVE KENNETH
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.06.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

A mobile station can be used in both public cellular systems and private cellular systems, the private cellular system using select allocated frequency bands from the public cellular systems. There is disclosed herein a system for manually searching for one of the private cellular systems. The system comprises a memory storing information on select frequency bands. A transmitter and receiver is provided for communicating in the public cellular systems and the private cellular systems. An input initiates a manual search for one of the private cellular systems using the stored information on one of the select frequency bands. A programmed processor is operatively coupled to the memory, the transmitter and receiver and the input for operating the transmitter and receiver to search for the one private cellular system using the one of the select frequency bands.