Systems and methods for WLAN network selection

摘要

Methods, systems, and devices for network selection are disclosed herein. User equipment (UE) includes a communication component, a rules component, and a network selection component. The communication component may be configured to communicate over a 3GPP network and a non-cellular network. The rules component may be configured to store an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) management object (MO) that includes wireless local area network (WLAN) selection policies for network selection on the UE. The WLAN selection policies may include interworking WLAN (I-WLAN) policies and Hotspot 2.0 (HS2.0) parameters. The network selection component is configured to select an available WLAN based on the ANDSF MO.

主权项

1. User equipment (UE) comprising:
a communication component configured to communicate over a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and a wireless local area network (WLAN); a rules component configured to store an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) management object (MO) comprising WLAN selection policies providing a set of rules for WLAN network selection on the UE, the WLAN selection policies comprising interworking WLAN (I-WLAN) policies and WLAN access point (AP) automated-connection parameters, each member of the set of rules including:
a rule priority value establishing a relative priority of the member as compared to other members of the set, anda list of one or more specified WLAN criteria under the member; and a network selection component configured to:
determine from available WLAN access networks an available WLAN access network having attributes that fulfill a preferred list of one or more specified WLAN criteria under an applicable rule of the set of rules such that the attributes of the available WLAN access network are of a higher relative importance as compared to, based on the WLAN selection polices of the ANDSF MO, those of other available WLAN access networks, andselect the available WLAN access network from the available WLAN access networks.