Dynamic activation of ANDSF policies

摘要

A method for managing ANDSF policies in a 3GPP access network includes defining ANDSF rules and structuring the ANDSF rules into sets of ANDSF policies. A set identifier is defined for each set of the ANDSF policies as an ANDSF Set-ID. The ANDSF Set-IDs are conveyed to targeted UEs via a 3GPP control plane. The sets of the ANDSF policies are provisioned to the targeted UEs. A respective one of the ANDSF Set-IDs is provided such that it is used by UE logic in order to apply the respective ANDSF policy.

主权项

1. A method for managing Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) policies in an access network, the method comprising:
defining ANDSF rules; structuring the ANDSF rules into sets of ANDSF policies; defining an ANDSF Set-ID for each of the sets of ANDSF policies; provisioning the sets of the ANDSF policies to user equipments (UEs); and transmitting a selected ANDSF Set-ID to at least one targeted UE via a network control plane in order to trigger at least one of activation or deactivation, at the at least one targeted UE, of a set of ANDSF policies corresponding to the selected ANDSF Set-ID.