FIELD: information technology.
SUBSTANCE: terminal includes a device for selecting a wireless network, having a means of measuring the level of the received signal for cells in previously detected wireless networks, a means of storing measurements of the level of the received signal as information on coverage area for previously detected wireless networks and a means of selecting a wireless network from previously detected wireless networks for coverage attempts based on the stored information on coverage area for previously detected wireless networks.
EFFECT: short time for detecting wireless networks even in the absence of information on which networks can be accessed.
9 cl, 8 dwg
