Collaborative Scheme for Selection of Optimal Accesses and Seamless Transition Between Accesses

A communication device comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to:
• generate a set of communication environment identification data corresponding to a location of the communication device, the set of communication environment identification data comprising a radio signature, wherein the radio signature comprises a combination of received radio signal attributes from one or more communication signals that are in range at the location of the communication device;
• generate a set of observed communication performance data corresponding to the location of the communication device;
• and
• transmit the set of communication environment identification data and the set of observed communication performance data to a server.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor of a communication device cause the communication device to:

• generate a set of communication environment identification data corresponding to a location of the communication device, the set of communication environment identification data comprising a radio signature, wherein the radio signature comprises a combination of received radio signal attributes from one or more communication signals that are in range at the location of the communication device;
• generate a set of observed communication performance data corresponding to the location of the communication device;
• and
• transmit the set of communication environment identification data and the set of observed communication performance data to a server.