# US 2014/0153511 A1 · Apparatus, system and method of user-equipment (ue) centric access network selection > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0153511 A1 - Document ID: US20140153511A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/093,476 - Filed: 2013-12-01 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-03 - Assignees: Intel Corporation - Inventors: Alexander Sirotkin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153511A1 ## CPC - H04W 72/52: based on load - H04B 17/318: Received signal strength - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04W 48/06: based on traffic conditions - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems of User Equipment (UE) centric access network selection. For example, a cellular node may include a transmitter to transmit to a User Equipment (UE) a cellular communication message over a cellular communication medium, the message including a value of a predefined parameter, which is based on a cellular network load of a cellular network controlled by the cellular node. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cellular node comprising: a transmitter to transmit to a User Equipment (UE) a cellular communication message over a cellular communication medium, the message including UE-assistance information to assist in access network selection, the UE-assistance information including a value of a predefined parameter, which is based on a cellular network load of a cellular network controlled by said cellular node, the value of the predefined parameter is comparable to a non-cellular network load of at least one non-cellular network. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cellular node of claim 1, wherein said predefined parameter comprises a resource allocation parameter representing an amount of resource for allocation by the cellular node to said UE. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The cellular node of claim 2, wherein said resource allocation parameter comprises a maximal resource block parameter representing a maximal number of resource blocks for allocation by the cellular node to said UE. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The cellular node of claim 1, wherein said predefined parameter comprises a load threshold parameter comparable to a non-cellular network load parameter of a non-cellular network. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The cellular node of claim 4, wherein said load threshold parameter comprises a Wireless-Local-Area-Network (WLAN) load threshold parameter. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The cellular node of claim 1, wherein said predefined parameter comprises a cellular network signal strength threshold parameter. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The cellular node of claim 1, wherein said cellular communication message comprises a Radio-Resource Control (RRC) signaling message. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The cellular node of claim 7, wherein said RRC signaling message comprises a RRCConnectionConfiguration message. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The cellular node of claim 1, wherein said cellular communication message comprises a System Information block (SIB). ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The cellular node of claim 1 comprising an Evolved node B (eNB). ### Claim 11 A User Equipment (UE) comprising: a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) transceiver; a cellular transceiver to receive from a cellular network a cellular communication message including a value of a WLAN load threshold parameter; and a controller to control access network selection of said UE based on a predefined selection criterion applied to the load threshold parameter and a WLAN load of a WLAN. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein said selection criterion is a function of a measured received signal strength indication (RSSI) measured by said UE with respect to said WLAN, an RSSI threshold, the WLAN load of said WLAN and said WLAN threshold. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The UE of claim 12, wherein said selection criterion is based on a ratio between a first difference between the measured RSSI and the RSSI threshold, and a second difference between the WLAN load of said WLAN and said WLAN threshold. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein said selection criterion is a function of a WLAN bandwidth of said WLAN, the WLAN load of said WLAN and said WLAN threshold. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The UE of claim 14, wherein said controller is to select said WLAN when a product of the WLAN bandwidth of said WLAN and the WLAN load of said WLAN is greater than said WLAN threshold. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein said cellular transceiver is to receive said cellular communication message when said UE is at an Idle state. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein said cellular transceiver is to receive said cellular communication message when said UE is at a connected state. ### Claim 18 A User Equipment (UE) comprising: a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) transceiver; a cellular transceiver to receive from a cellular network a cellular communication message including a value of a predefined parameter, which is based on a cellular network load of said cellular network; and a controller to control access network selection of said UE with respect to a WLAN based on the value of said parameter. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The UE of claim 18, wherein said predefined parameter comprises a resource allocation parameter representing an amount of resource for allocation by the cellular network to said UE. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The UE of claim 18, wherein said parameter comprises a load threshold parameter, and wherein said controller to control said access network selection based on a predefined selection criterion applied to the load threshold parameter and a WLAN load of said WLAN. ### Claim 21 A product including a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a machine, result in: communicating between a cellular node and a User Equipment (UE) at least one cellular communication message over a cellular communication medium, the message including a value of a predefined parameter, which is based on a cellular network load of a cellular network. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The product of claim 21, wherein said predefined parameter comprises a resource allocation parameter representing an amount of resource for allocation to said UE. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The product of claim 21, wherein said predefined parameter comprises a load threshold parameter comparable to a non-cellular network load parameter of a non-cellular network. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The product of claim 21, wherein said instructions result in receiving said cellular communication message at said UE. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The product of claim 24, wherein said instructions result in controlling access network selection of said UE with respect to a WLAN based on the value of said parameter.