UTLIZING EXPLICIT CONGESTION NOTIFICATION FOR NETWORK SELECTION

摘要

Explicit congestion notification (ECN) bits that have traditionally been utilized in end to end congestion mitigation can be redefined to identify and compare congested and uncongested wireless accesses. Accordingly, mobile devices or other user equipment can leverage ECN data in order to make intelligent network selection, e.g., selecting a network with no congestion over one in a congested state. Accordingly, an application executing at the mobile device can send or receive data via the selected network that is selected based on ECN data.

主权项

1. A mobile device, comprising:
a memory to store executable instructions; and a processor, coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the executable instructions to perform operations, comprising:
identifying a set of access point devices that facilitate access to network devices of associated communication networks;receiving, from the set of access point devices, congestion data comprising a bit representing explicit congestion notification; andselecting an access point device from the set of access point devices based on the congestion data.