Methods and apparatus providing intelligent radio selection for legacy and non-legacy applications

摘要

Methods and apparatus providing intelligent interface selection for legacy and non-legacy applications. The method includes intercepting a networking function call from an application desiring radio access, selecting a radio from a plurality of candidate radios based on selection criteria, and binding the radio to the application. To facilitate flow mobility, the method includes allocating an ephemeral port to the radio, generating a flow binding rule based only on the ephemeral port, and signaling the flow binding rule to a home agent.

主权项

1. A method for intelligent radio selection at a device, the method comprising:
intercepting, using a first library comprising at least a subset of functions associated with a networking library, a socket layer call from an application desiring radio access; selecting a radio for the application to use from a plurality of candidate radios based on selection criteria and in response to a request to select a radio that is generated based on the intercepted socket layer call, wherein the selection criteria comprises a network policy set by a network operator, the network policy controlling network access by devices or applications; and binding the selected radio to the application using one or more socket layer functions.