METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TECHNOLOGY SELECTION

摘要

A method and system for selecting at a terminal at least one of a plurality of available access networks for use with a wireless application invoked at the terminal according preferences associated with the wireless application, the network service provider, the subscriber, the subscriber subscription and application content provider. The selection may be constrained by an Application Policy received from a network service provider.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
selecting at least one of a plurality of available access networks for use with an application invoked at a terminal according to preferences associated with the application, the preferences comprising one or more of network service provider preferences, subscriber preferences, subscriber subscription preferences, and application content provider preferences; wherein said selecting is constrained by an Application Policy received from a network service provider.