Techniques for wireless network discovery and selection support
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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non-transitory computer-readable storage media having stored thereon instructions for execution by the processing circuitry to cause user equipment (UE) to;
identify a plurality of available wireless local area networks (WLANs);
select a WLAN from among the plurality of available WLANs based on WLAN selection criteria specified by a WLAN selection policy (WLANSP) rule comprised in an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) management object (MO) for the UE, the WLAN selection criteria contained in a selection criteria sub-branch of a WLANSP branch of the ANDSF MO; and
establish packet data network (PDN) connectivity via the selected WLAN.
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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.
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23 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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processing circuitry; and non-transitory computer-readable storage media having stored thereon instructions for execution by the processing circuitry to cause user equipment (UE) to; identify a plurality of available wireless local area networks (WLANs); select a WLAN from among the plurality of available WLANs based on WLAN selection criteria specified by a WLAN selection policy (WLANSP) rule comprised in an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) management object (MO) for the UE, the WLAN selection criteria contained in a selection criteria sub-branch of a WLANSP branch of the ANDSF MO; and establish packet data network (PDN) connectivity via the selected WLAN. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for execution by processing circuitry to cause user equipment (UE) to:
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identify a plurality of available wireless local area networks (WLANs); select a WLAN from among the plurality of available WLANs based on WLAN selection criteria specified by a WLAN selection policy (WLANSP) rule comprised in an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) management object (MO) for the UE, the WLAN selection criteria contained in a selection criteria sub-branch of a WLANSP branch of the ANDSF MO; and establish packet data network (PDN) connectivity via the selected WLAN. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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