Method and apparatus for selecting one of a plurality of networks for an application service based upon performance metrics for the application service
AssigneeMotorola Solutions, Inc.
InventorsGEORGE R. ECONOMY, DANIEL J. MCDONALD
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Abstract
A communication device performs a method for selecting a network for an application service based upon system performance. The method includes obtaining multiple sets of performance metrics. Each of the multiple sets of performance metrics comprises at least one performance metric for a same application service. The method further includes evaluating the multiple sets of performance metrics to select one of the corresponding networks to access the application service on the selected network.
Claims20
A method, performed by a first communication device, for selecting a network for an application service, the method comprising:
- obtaining multiple sets of performance metrics, wherein each set of performance metrics comprises at least one performance metric for a same application service;
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- evaluating the multiple sets of performance metrics to select one of the corresponding networks to access the application service on the selected network.
A method, performed by a system performance metric server on a first Radio Access Network, for selecting a network for a Push-to-Talk service, the method comprising:
- receiving a set of Push-to-Talk performance metrics from a Push-to-Talk server on the first Radio Access Network, which provides a Push-to-Talk service;
- generating a set of performance metrics that includes the set of Push-to-Talk performance metrics;
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- sending the set of performance metrics to a radio for use in selecting between the first Radio Access Network and at least one other Radio Access Network for accessing the Push-to-Talk service.
A non-transient computer-readable storage element having computer readable code stored thereon for programming a computer within a first communication device to perform a method for selecting a network for an application service, the method comprising:
- obtaining multiple sets of performance metrics, wherein each set of performance metrics comprises at least one performance metric for a same application service, wherein the at least one performance metric for the same application service is received from a performance metric server on a corresponding network or determined by at least one of the first communication device or a second communication device coupled to the first communication device;
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- evaluating the multiple sets of performance metrics to select one of the corresponding networks to access the application service on the selected network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.