Carrier switching

A method comprising:

• receiving, at data processing hardware of a user equipment (UE), a carrier switching model;
• determining, by the data processing hardware of the UE, that the UE is transitioning between carrier cells based on signal strength;
• obtaining, at the data processing hardware of the UE, a current UE location and any available carrier networks of carriers relative to the current UE location;
• detecting, by the data processing hardware of the UE, an activity of the UE for a corresponding first available carrier network the UE is currently connected to at the current UE location, the detected activity of the UE indicating whether the UE is moving or stationary;
• determining, by the data processing hardware, to switch carrier networks by:
• determining, by the data processing hardware of the UE, two or more time intervals during a threshold period of time in the future from a present time;
• for each of the two or more time intervals, predicting, by the data processing hardware of the UE, a feature of each available carrier network corresponding to the time interval, the predicted feature comprising at least one of a predicted signal strength or a predicted radio access technology for the respective available carrier network;
• determining, using the carrier switching model, a first overall carrier switch score for a currently-connected first available carrier network based on the UE location;
• determining, using the carrier switching model, a second overall carrier switch score for a second available carrier network based on the UE location;
• and
• determining that the second overall carrier switch score for the second available carrier network satisfies a threshold criterion, each overall carrier switch score comprising a weighted average of two or more carrier switch scores corresponding to the two or more time intervals, each of the two or more carrier switch scores based on the detected activity of the UE and the corresponding predicted feature for the respective available carrier network;
• reporting, by the data processing hardware of the UE, the detected activity of the UE for the currently-connected first available carrier network to a switching engine in communication with the UE by transmitting the detected activity, that indicates whether the UE is moving or stationary, over the currently-connected first available carrier network to the switching engine, the switching engine configured to train the carrier switching model using the detected activity of the UE for the currently-connected available carrier network;
• and
• causing, by the data processing hardware, the UE to switch connection to the second available carrier network.

A user equipment (UE) comprising:

• data processing hardware;
• and
• memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a carrier switching model;
• determining that the UE is transitioning between carrier cells based on at least one connection performance metric of the UE;
• obtaining a current UE location and any available carrier networks of carriers relative to the current UE location;
• detecting an activity of the UE for a corresponding available carrier network the UE is currently connected to at the current UE location, the detected activity of the UE indicating whether the UE is moving or stationary;
• determining two or more time intervals during a threshold period of time in the future from a present time;
• for each of the two or more time intervals, predicting a feature of each available carrier network corresponding to the time interval, the predicted feature comprising at least one of a predicted signal strength or a predicted radio access technology for the respective available carrier network;
• determining an overall carrier switch score for each available carrier network using the carrier switching model, each overall carrier switch score comprising a weighted average of two or more carrier switch scores corresponding to the two or more time intervals, each of the two or more carrier switch scores based on the detected activity of the UE and the corresponding predicted feature for the respective available carrier network;
• determining to switch carrier networks based on the overall carrier switch score of a currently-connected available carrier network relative to the overall carrier switch score of another available carrier network;
• reporting, by the data processing hardware, the detected activity of the UE for the currently-connected available carrier network to a switching engine in communication with the UE by transmitting the detected activity, that indicates whether the UE is moving or stationary, over the currently-connected available carrier network to the switching engine, the switching engine configured to train the carrier switching model using the detected activity of the UE for the currently-connected available carrier network;
• and
• causing the UE to switch connection to the other available carrier network.

A user equipment (UE) comprising:

• data processing hardware;
• and
• memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a carrier switching model;
• determining that the UE is transitioning between carrier cells based on signal strength;
• obtaining a current UE location and any available carrier networks of carriers relative to the current UE location;
• detecting an activity of the UE for a corresponding first available carrier network the UE is currently connected to at the current UE location, the detected activity of the UE indicating whether the UE is moving or stationary;
• determining to switch carrier networks by:
• determining, by the data processing hardware of the UE, two or more time intervals during a threshold period of time in the future from a present time;
• for each of the two or more time intervals, predicting, by the data processing hardware of the UE, a feature of each available carrier network corresponding to the time interval, the predicted feature comprising at least one of a predicted signal strength or a predicted radio access technology for the respective available carrier network;
• determining, using the carrier switching model, a first overall carrier switch score for a currently-connected first available carrier network based on the UE location;
• determining, using the carrier switching model, a second overall carrier switch score for a second available carrier network based on the UE location;
• and
• determining that the second overall carrier switch score for the second available carrier network satisfies a threshold criterion, each overall carrier switch score comprising a weighted average of two or more carrier switch scores corresponding to the two or more time intervals, each of the two or more carrier switch scores for the respective available carrier network;
• reporting the detected activity of the UE for the currently-connected first available carrier network to a switching engine in communication with the UE by transmitting the detected activity, that indicates whether the UE is moving or stationary, over the currently-connected first available carrier network to the switching engine, the switching engine configured to train the carrier switching model using the detected activity of the UE for the currently-connected first available carrier network;
• and
• causing the UE to switch connection to the second available carrier network.