Techniques for wireless network discovery and selection support
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorVivek Gupta
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Abstract
Techniques for wireless network discovery and selection support are described. In one embodiment, for example, an evolved packet core (EPC) node may comprise a processor circuit to implement an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) according to a management object that includes a branch comprising one or more policies to select a wireless local area network (WLAN), the processing circuitry to receive capabilities information and location information for a user equipment (UE) and determine access network information for the UE based on the capabilities information and the location information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims25
An apparatus for use in a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to:
- discover a set of wireless local area networks (WLANs);
- identify a WLAN selection policy (WLANSP) rule comprised in an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) management object (MO) for the UE;
- and
- select a WLAN from among the set of WLANs based on one or more WLAN selection criteria associated with the WLANSP rule.
At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions that, in response to being executed at user equipment (UE), cause the UE to:
- send an access network information request over an S14 interface connection;
- receive access network information over the S14 interface connection in response to the access network information request;
- and
- select a wireless local area network (WLAN) based on the access network information and on a plurality of WLAN selection criteria specified by a WLAN selection policy (WLANSP) rule defined in an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) management object (MO) for the UE.
An apparatus for use in a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to:
- select a wireless local area network (WLAN) from among a plurality of discovered WLANs based on a set of WLAN selection criteria, the set of WLAN selection criteria contained in a selection criteria sub-branch of a WLAN selection policy (WLANSP) branch of an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) management object (MO) for the UE;
- and
- establish connectivity to a packet data network (PDN) via the selected WLAN.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.