Dynamic steering of traffic across radio access networks

摘要

Intelligent radio access technology sensing and selection are applied in a dynamic traffic steering network. Network characteristics and network policies are determined. A server sends network characteristics and network policies to user equipment devices. User equipment devices can determine a radio access technology to connect to based on network policies and network characteristics. Further, it can be determined how to select user equipment devices for connection to a radio access network via a radio access technology. User equipment devices can dynamically select a radio access network for connection based on real-time or near real-time radio access network conditions. A self-organizing network can monitor and determine radio access network conditions and the radio access network conditions can be sent to user equipment devices in given cellular broadcast area.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a system comprising a processor, characteristic data representing network characteristics based on information relating to network devices of networks; and transmitting, by the system, the characteristic data representing the network characteristics to a device in response to determining a performance parameter associated with an altered network of the networks has been altered past a threshold level, wherein the device is associated with a network selection policy of a set of network selection policies, the network selection policy comprising instructions for selection of a network device of a network of the networks for connection to the device as a function of the characteristic data.