# US 2015/0146702 A1 · Method and device for accessing network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2015/0146702 A1 - Document ID: US20150146702A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/399,891 - Filed: 2013-04-19 - Published: 2015-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2012-05-08 - Assignees: Zte Corporation - Applicants: Zte Corporation - Inventors: Feng He; Xin Wang; Jianxun Ai - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20150146702A1 ## CPC - H04W 48/02: Access restriction performed under specific conditions - H04W 48/20: Selecting an access point - H04W 76/16: Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04W 48/14: using user query {or user detection} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Disclosed are a method and a device for accessing a network. The method comprises: a network element of a 3GPP access network receives Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) network information reported by User Equipment (UE); the network element of the 3GPP access network determines a WLAN network to which the UE is allowed to access according to the WLAN network information; the network element of the 3GPP access network indicates the UE to access the WLAN network. Through the disclosure, the UE may implement stream division by accessing the proper WLAN network, and user experience is enhanced. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for accessing network, comprising: receiving, by a network element of a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) access network, Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) network information reported by User Equipment (UE); determining, by the network element of the 3GPP access network, a WLAN network to which the UE is allowed to access according to the WLAN network information; indicating, by the network element of the 3GPP access network, the UE to access the WLAN network. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein before the network element of the 3GPP access network receives the WLAN network information reported by the UE, the method further comprises: sending, by the network element of the 3GPP access network, report configuration information to the UE, wherein the report configuration information comprises at least one of the following: a reporting mode being periodic reporting or event triggering reporting and a reporting threshold for wireless signal quality. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein determining, by the network element of the 3GPP access network, the WLAN network to which the UE is allowed to access according to the WLAN network information comprises: detecting, by the network element of the 3GPP access network, whether the WLAN network information belongs to information that the WLAN network is allowed to access, wherein the information that the WLAN network is allowed to access is preconfigured by an operator; and if the WLAN network information belongs to the information that the WLAN network is allowed to access, determining, by the network element of the 3GPP access network, that the UE is allowed to access the WLAN network. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein indicating, by the network element of the 3GPP access network, the UE to access the WLAN network comprises at least one of the following: sending, by the network element of the 3GPP access network, indicating information to the UE, wherein the indicating information is used for indicating whether the UE is allowed to access the WLAN network; sending, by the network element of the 3GPP access network, identification information allowing the UE to access the WLAN network to the UE, wherein the identification information comprises at least one of the following: a Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID), a Service Set Identifier (SSID), an Extended Service Set Identifier (ESSID) and medium access control address information of an access point. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein after the network element of the 3GPP access network indicates the UE to access the WLAN network, the method further comprises: determining, by the UE, whether to access the WLAN network. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the network element of the 3GPP access network comprises one of the following: an Evolved NodeB (eNB) in the LTE network, a Radio Network Controller (RNC) in a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network, a node B in the UMTS network, and a Base Station Controller (BSC) and a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the WLAN network information comprises at least one of the following: the BSSID, the SSID, the ESSID, channel information, the medium access control address information of the access point, the wireless signal quality information and information indicating received signal intensity. ### Claim 8 A device for accessing a network, applied to a network element of a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) access network, comprising: a receiving component configured to receive Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) network information reported by User Equipment (UE); a determining component configured to determine a WLAN network to which the UE is allowed to access according to the WLAN network information; an indicating component configured to indicate the UE to access the WLAN network. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The device according to claim 8, comprising: a sending component configured to send the report configuration information to the UE, wherein the report configuration information comprises at least one of the following: a reporting mode being periodic reporting or event triggering reporting and a reporting threshold for wireless signal quality. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The device according to claim 8, wherein the indicating component comprises: a first sending sub component configured to send the indicating information to the UE, wherein the indicating information is used for indicating whether the UE is allowed to access the WLAN network; a second sending sub component configured to send the identification information allowing the UE to access the WLAN network to the UE, wherein the identification information comprises at least one of the following: a Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSI), a Service Set Identifier (SSI), an Extended Service Set Identifier (ESSID) and medium access control address information of an access point. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein after the network element of the 3GPP access network indicates the UE to access the WLAN network, the method further comprises: determining, by the UE, whether to access the WLAN network. ### Claim 12 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein after the network element of the 3GPP access network indicates the UE to access the WLAN network, the method further comprises: determining, by the UE, whether to access the WLAN network. ### Claim 13 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein after the network element of the 3GPP access network indicates the UE to access the WLAN network, the method further comprises: determining, by the UE, whether to access the WLAN network. ### Claim 14 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the network element of the 3GPP access network comprises one of the following: an Evolved NodeB (eNB) in the LTE network, a Radio Network Controller (RNC) in a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network, a node B in the UMTS network, and a Base Station Controller (BSC) and a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network. ### Claim 15 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the network element of the 3GPP access network comprises one of the following: an Evolved NodeB (eNB) in the LTE network, a Radio Network Controller (RNC) in a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network, a node B in the UMTS network, and a Base Station Controller (BSC) and a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network. ### Claim 16 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein the network element of the 3GPP access network comprises one of the following: an Evolved NodeB (eNB) in the LTE network, a Radio Network Controller (RNC) in a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network, a node B in the UMTS network, and a Base Station Controller (BSC) and a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network. ### Claim 17 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the WLAN network information comprises at least one of the following: the BSSID, the SSID, the ESSID, channel information, the medium access control address information of the access point, the wireless signal quality information and information indicating received signal intensity. ### Claim 18 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the WLAN network information comprises at least one of the following: the BSSID, the SSID, the ESSID, channel information, the medium access control address information of the access point, the wireless signal quality information and information indicating received signal intensity. ### Claim 19 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein the WLAN network information comprises at least one of the following: the BSSID, the SSID, the ESSID, channel information, the medium access control address information of the access point, the wireless signal quality information and information indicating received signal intensity.