# US 10,320,639 B2 · Method of controlling user equipment communication with a network and corresponding apparatus and computer program product > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,320,639 B2 - Document ID: US10320639B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/329,064 - Filed: 2014-08-08 - Published: 2017-07-27 - Granted: 2019-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2014-08-08 - Assignees: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy - Applicants: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy - Inventors: Jeroen Wigard; Woonhee Hwang; Daniela Laselva - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10320639B2 ## CPC - H04L 43/0811: by checking connectivity - H04L 43/16: Threshold monitoring - H04W 24/08: Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic - H04W 48/18: Selecting a network or a communication service - H04W 72/52: based on load - H04W 72/54: based on quality criteria - H04W 84/042: {Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems} - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04W 88/02: Terminal devices - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract There is provided a method comprising receiving first network connection information for at least one user equipment in a cell of a second network and using said connection information to determine whether to adjust at least one threshold value, said threshold value used to control user equipment communication with the first network. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: receiving first network connection information for at least one user equipment in a cell of a second network; and using said first network connection information to determine whether to adjust at least one threshold value, said threshold value used to control user equipment communication with a first network, wherein said first network connection information comprises at least one of a time the at least one user equipment is connected to the first network, network identification information, node identification information, channel utilization information or information indicating why a connection to the first network was terminated. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said threshold value is used in initiating a connection with the first network or traffic routing of a connection with the second network. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said first network connection information comprises connection quality information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, comprising determining the time the at least one UE is connected to the first network in dependence on the first network connection information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein the first network connection information comprises information that a user equipment is connected to the first network, and comprising monitoring whether the at least one user equipment connects to the second network. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, comprising using said first network connection information to determine if a trigger condition is met. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein said trigger condition comprises a predetermined time period during which at least one user equipment is connected with the first network. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, comprising adjusting said threshold value by a discrete amount. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, comprising causing an adjusted threshold value to be sent to at least one user equipment in the cell of the second network. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to any preceding claim 1, wherein the threshold value relates to at least one of first and second network signal quality, first and second network signal strength and first or second network load level. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to any preceding claim 1, wherein the first network is a wireless local area network and the second network is a cellular network. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: determining whether a predetermined number of user equipment have returned to the first network within a predetermined time period after the predetermined number of user equipment left to the second network; and triggering adjustment of the at least one threshold value, such that at least one subsequent user equipment are less likely to offload to the second network. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first network connection information further comprises channel quality information. ### Claim 14 An apparatus, said apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code; the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: receive first network connection information for at least one user equipment in a cell of a second network; and use said first network connection information to determine whether to adjust at least one threshold value, said threshold value used to control user equipment communication with a first network, wherein said first network connection information comprises at least one of a time the at least one user equipment is connected to the first network, network identification information, node identification information, channel utilization information or information indicating why a connection to the first network was terminated. ### Claim 15 An apparatus, said apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code; the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: cause first network connection information to be sent to a base station of a second network in response to a request from the base station of the second network, said connection information to be used to determine whether to adjust a threshold value, said threshold value used to control user equipment communication with a first network, wherein said first network connection information comprises at least one of a time the at least one user equipment is connected to the first network, network identification information, node identification information, channel utilization information or information indicating why a connection to the first network was terminated. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: receive an adjusted threshold. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: use said adjusted threshold in determining whether to initiate a connection with a first network or traffic routing of a connection with the second network. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: cause first network connection information to be sent when a user equipment initiates a connection to the second network. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the at least non-transitory one memory and the computer program code further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: cause first network connection information to be sent when a user equipment initiates, within a predetermined time period, a connection to the second network after a connection to the first network was established.