Patent attributes
Methods and apparatus for network searching are disclosed. An example method is performed by a mobile device related to public land mobile network (PLMN) selection, the method comprising registering with a visited PLMN, determining whether a priority search inhibit list includes a cell global identity of a serving cell, dependent at least in part on determining that the priority search inhibit list does not include the cell global identity of the serving cell and dependent at least in part on a priority search period, searching for a second PLMN having a higher priority than the visited PLMN, and dependent at least in part on the searching being unsuccessful, adding the cell global identity of the serving cell to the priority search inhibit list.