Systems and methods for access network selection and traffic routing

User equipment (UE) comprising:

• a memory device to store an access network detection and selection function (ANDSF) management object (MO), wherein the ANDSF MO comprises network selection rules indicating relative priority for access networks based on a prioritization of a plurality of different 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) radio access technology (RAT) types with respect to wireless local area network (WLAN) access;
• and
• a processor to:
• identify an available WLAN access and one or more available 3GPP access networks;
• and
• route traffic through either the available WLAN access or one of the one or more available 3GPP access networks based on the network selection rules.

Processing circuitry for a wireless mobile device, comprising:

• a connection component configured to establish a plurality of active access network connections, wherein the active access network connections include connections to a 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP)-compliant network and a non-3GPP-compliant network;
• a rules component configured to obtain routing rules that specify how traffic flows are to be routed over the active access network connections based on a specific access technology of the 3GPP-compliant network prioritized with respect to the non-3GPP-compliant network;
• and
• a traffic component configured to route traffic flows over the active access network connections based on the routing rules.

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing program code for causing one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:

• storing an access network detection and selection function (ANDSF) management object (MO) indicating network selection rules for a mobile wireless device;
• establishing communication with the mobile wireless device;
• and
• synchronizing at least a portion of the ANDSF MO with the mobile wireless device, wherein the at least a portion of the ANDSF MO indicates a prioritized list of 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) radio access technologies (RATs) with respect to non-3GPP access.

A server comprising:

• a memory device to store an access network detection and selection function (ANDSF) management object (MO) indicating network selection rules for a mobile wireless device;
• and
• one or more processors to:
• establish communication with the mobile wireless device;
• and
• synchronize at least a portion of the ANDSF MO with the mobile wireless device, wherein the at least a portion of the ANDSF MO indicates a prioritized list of 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) radio access technologies (RATs) with respect to non-3GPP access.

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing program code for causing one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:

• storing an access network detection and selection function (ANDSF) management object (MO), wherein the ANDSF MO comprises network selection rules indicating relative priority for access networks based on a prioritization of a plurality of different 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) radio access technology (RAT) types with respect to wireless local area network (WLAN) access;
• identifying an available WLAN access and one or more available 3GPP access networks;
• and
• routing traffic through either the available WLAN access or one of the one or more available 3GPP access networks based on the network selection rules.