Evaluating wireless network access connections via near field communications

摘要

Evaluating wireless network access connections via near field communications, including: identifying, by a requesting device, one or more network connections available to the requesting device; requesting, by the requesting device to one or more responding devices using a near field communications connection, information describing the performance of the network connections experienced by the one or more responding devices; receiving, by the requesting device, the information describing the performance of the network connections experienced by the one or more responding devices; and connecting, by the requesting device, to a preferred network connection in dependence upon the information describing the performance of the network connections experienced by the one or more responding devices.

主权项

1. An apparatus for evaluating wireless network access connections via near field communications, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:
identifying, by a requesting device, at least two network connections available to the requesting device; requesting, by the requesting device to one or more responding devices using a near field communications connection, metrics describing performance of the at least two network connections experienced by the one or more responding devices; receiving, by the requesting device, the metrics describing the performance of the at least two network connections experienced by the one or more responding devices; identifying, by the requesting device, a preferred network connection from the at least two network connections experienced by the one or more responding devices, wherein identifying the preferred network connection comprises:
applying, by the requesting device, a predetermined network selection rule to the metrics describing the performance of the at least two network connections experienced by the one or more responding devices; and connecting, by the requesting device, to the preferred network connection.