ADAPTIVE UTILIZATION OF A NETWORK RESPONSIVE TO A COMPETITIVE POLICY

摘要

A system (10) and method (20) includes transmitting (22) Service Related (SR) data (15, 16, or 17) from each one of a plurality of networks (11, 12, and 13), receiving and processing (24) at a device (14) the SR data from each of the plurality of networks, and identifying (26) at the device a first network that satisfies a Bid Policy (BP) (19) responsive to the receiving and processing of the SR data. The identifying can be done by comparing (28) SR data with the BP. The method can then establish communications (34) preferentially with the "first network" responsive to the identifying. Note that the SR data can include terms of an offer for service including a financial term. The BP as well as the SR can have a plurality of components such as a Cost-of-Service (CoS), a Quality-of-Service (QoS), and a data rate among others.