System and method for providing network advertisement information via a network advertisement broker (NAB)
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1. A network advertisement method operable in a network environment having one or more radio access networks, one or more core networks, and one or more service networks, comprising:
- broadcasting an advertisement message by each radio access network (RAN) on a broadcast control channel associated therewith, said advertisement message including a combination of identification codes, wherein each combination comprises (i) an identification code associated with each particular RAN available to said wireless UE device, (ii) an identification code associated with a core network (CN) that is supported by said particular RAN, and (iii) an identification code associated with a service network (SN) that is supported by a particular core network; and
receiving each advertisement message by a wireless user equipment (UE) device in a scanning procedure for facilitating network selection based at least in part upon said combination of identification codes.
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Abstract
A scheme is provided for acquiring network advertisement information in a network environment having one or more radio access networks (RANs), one or more core networks (CNs) and one or more service networks (SNS). A combination of codes is provided to a wireless user equipment (UE) device for facilitating discovery of applicable RAN-CN-SN combinations and subsequent network selection by the UE device.
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40 Claims
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1. A network advertisement method operable in a network environment having one or more radio access networks, one or more core networks, and one or more service networks, comprising:
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broadcasting an advertisement message by each radio access network (RAN) on a broadcast control channel associated therewith, said advertisement message including a combination of identification codes, wherein each combination comprises (i) an identification code associated with each particular RAN available to said wireless UE device, (ii) an identification code associated with a core network (CN) that is supported by said particular RAN, and (iii) an identification code associated with a service network (SN) that is supported by a particular core network; and
receiving each advertisement message by a wireless user equipment (UE) device in a scanning procedure for facilitating network selection based at least in part upon said combination of identification codes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A network advertisement system operable in a network environment having one or more radio access networks, one or more core networks, and one or more service networks, comprising:
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means associated with each radio access network (RAN) for broadcasting an advertisement message on a broadcast control channel for reception by a wireless user equipment (UE) device; and
means for including in said advertisement message a combination of identification codes, wherein each combination comprises (i) an identification code associated with each particular RAN available to said wireless UE device, (ii) an identification code associated with a core network (CN) that is supported by said particular RAN, and (iii) an identification code associated with a service network (SN) that is supported by a particular core network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of acquiring network advertisement information in a network environment, comprising:
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scanning by a wireless user equipment (UE) device in a frequency band for discovering available radio access networks;
upon selecting a particular radio access network (RAN), authenticating by said wireless UE device with an authentication server;
upon successful authentication, obtaining an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a network advertisement broker (NAB) from a domain name server (DNS);
contacting said NAB by said wireless UE device using said IP address; and
obtaining network advertisement information from said NAB. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for acquiring network advertisement information in a network environment, comprising:
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means associated with a wireless user equipment (UE) device for scanning in a frequency band for discovering available radio access networks;
means for authenticating said wireless UE device with an authentication server;
means, operable responsive to successful authentication of said wireless UE device, for obtaining an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a network advertisement broker (NAB) from a domain name server (DNS); and
means associated with said wireless UE equipment for contacting said NAB using said IP address and obtaining network advertisement information from said NAB. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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