APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING DATA FLOWS BASED ON INDICATION OF SELECTION CRITERIA
First Claim
1. A method for allocating a data flow based on selection criteria comprising:
- receiving at least one policy including at least one indication for selecting an access from two or more available accesses;
determining a selection criterion based on the data flow; and
selecting the access based on the determined selection criterion and the at least one indication.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for allocating a data flow based on selection criteria including receiving at least one policy including at least one indication for selecting an access from two or more of available accesses; determining a selection criterion based on the data flow; and selecting the access based on the determined selection criterion and the at least one indication. In one example, the selection criterion is one of the following: a bandwidth requirement for the data flow, an application generating the data flow, a protocol used to carry the data flow, a file size, an application name/ID, a role ID, or a throughput of the data flow. In one example, the policy is a management object (MO) received from an Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) module and the selected access is for a wireless local area network (WLAN), a LTE network or for a 3GPP service.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for allocating a data flow based on selection criteria comprising:
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receiving at least one policy including at least one indication for selecting an access from two or more available accesses; determining a selection criterion based on the data flow; and selecting the access based on the determined selection criterion and the at least one indication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for allocating a data flow based on selection criteria comprising:
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means for receiving at least one policy including at least one indication for selecting an access from two or more of available accesses; means for determining a selection criterion based on the data flow; and means for selecting the access based on the determined selection criterion and the at least one indication. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A user equipment for allocating a data flow based on selection criteria comprising:
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a receiver for receiving at least one policy including at least one indication for selecting an access from two or more of available accesses; and a processor for determining a selection criterion based on the data flow and for selecting the access based on the determined selection criterion and the at least one indication. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer-readable medium including program code stored thereon, comprising:
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program code for receiving at least one policy including at least one indication for selecting an access from two or more of available accesses; program code for determining a selection criterion based on the data flow; and program code for selecting the access based on the determined selection criterion and the at least one indication.
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