User equipment route selection across multiple mobile communication technologies

A user equipment device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations configured to select routes for user equipment communications in different mobile communications technology environments, the operations comprising:
• obtaining a mapping data structure, which maps first network names associated with a first mobile communications technology that supports a user route selection policy to second network names associated with a second mobile communications technology that does not support the user route selection policy;
• while the user equipment is connected according to the first mobile communications technology, sending first communications originated by an application executing on the user equipment device using the user route selection policy, wherein the user route selection policy specifies a first one of the first network names;
• and
• switching to being connected according to the second mobile communications technology that does not support the user route selection policy;
• and
• sending a second communication via the second mobile communications technology and originated by the application executing on the user equipment, wherein the sending the second communication comprises:
• accessing the mapping data structure to identify a second one of the second network names;
• and
• including the second one of the second network names in the second communication.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a user equipment, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• obtaining, by the user equipment, a mapping data structure that maps first network names to second network names, wherein the first network names are associated with a first mobile communications technology that supports a user route selection policy, and wherein the second network names are associated with a second mobile communications technology that does not support the user route selection policy;
• while the user equipment is connected according to the first mobile communications technology, including at least one of the first network names, in accordance with the user route selection policy, in first communications of an application executing on a user equipment device;
• and
• while the user equipment is connected according to the second mobile communications technology that does not support the user route selection policy:
• accessing the mapping data structure to determine at least one of the second network names;
• and
• including at least one of the second network names in second communications of the application executing on the user equipment device.