MUMBAI, India, Nov. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441038002 A) filed by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea, on May 14, 2024, for 'methods and systems for performing network selection based on geo-fencing data.'

Inventor(s) include Kailash Kumar Jha; Aman Agarwal; Vivek; Nishant; Mayank Mittal; Sonam; and Dronamraju Siva Sabareesh.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 21, under issue no. 47/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Embodiments herein disclose methods and systems for a User Equipment (UE) to move to a home network/higher priority Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN)/Network from a roaming network/Lower Priority PLMN/Network immediately (without waiting for the Higher Priority PLMN Search Timer to start/expire) based on the UE's location and geo-fencing data available/stored in the UE. Embodiments herein disclose methods and systems for selecting a better Radio Access Technology (RAT)/Network, as and when available in the area of the location of the UE, on the UE moving to the area of the better RAT/Network coverage based on geo-fencing data available/stored in UE. Embodiments herein disclose methods and systems for prioritizing the small cells/IAB node or cell over Macrocells, on the UE moving to the Small Cell/IAB node or cell coverage based on geo-fencing data available/stored in UE."

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