NETWORK SELECTION
First Claim
1. A method for use in access network selection in a telecommunications system, said telecommunications system comprising at least a mobile telephony radio access network, the method for use in a network node of the mobile telephony radio access network, the method comprising:
- identifying a preference to offload at least some data communication in the mobile telephony radio access network to a further radio access network other than the mobile telephony radio access network; and
in response to the identification, causing transmittal, via the mobile telephony radio access network, of an indication of the identified offloading preference to at least one user equipment.
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Abstract
Embodiments comprise measures, including methods, apparatus and computer program products, for use in access network selection in a telecommunications system. The telecommunications system comprises, at least, a mobile telephony radio access network. At one or more network nodes of the mobile telephony radio access network a preference, to offload at least some data communication in the mobile telephony radio access network to a further radio access network other than the mobile telephony radio access network, is identified. In response to this identification, an indication of the identified offloading preference is caused to be transmitted, via the mobile telephony radio access network, to at least one user equipment.
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133 Claims
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1. A method for use in access network selection in a telecommunications system, said telecommunications system comprising at least a mobile telephony radio access network, the method for use in a network node of the mobile telephony radio access network, the method comprising:
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identifying a preference to offload at least some data communication in the mobile telephony radio access network to a further radio access network other than the mobile telephony radio access network; and in response to the identification, causing transmittal, via the mobile telephony radio access network, of an indication of the identified offloading preference to at least one user equipment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 16, 26)
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17-25. -25. (canceled)
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39. An apparatus for use in access network selection in a telecommunications system, said telecommunications system comprising at least a mobile telephony radio access network, the apparatus configured for use in a network node of the mobile telephony radio access network, the apparatus comprising a processing system that comprises at least one data processor and at least one computer-readable memory storing a computer program, wherein the processing system is configured to cause the apparatus to:
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identify a preference to offload at least some data communication in the mobile telephony radio access network to a further radio access network other than the mobile telephony radio access network; and in response to the identification, cause transmittal, via the mobile telephony radio access network, of an indication of the identified offloading preference to at least one user equipment. - View Dependent Claims (73)
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105. An apparatus for use in access network selection in a telecommunications system, said telecommunications system comprising at least a mobile telephony radio access network, the apparatus configured for use in a user equipment within the mobile telephony radio access network, the apparatus comprising a processing system that comprises at least one data processor and at least one computer-readable memory storing a computer program, wherein the processing system is configured to cause the apparatus to:
receive an indication of an identified offloading preference to offload at least some data communication in the mobile telephony radio access network to a further radio access network other than the mobile telephony radio access network, the indication of the identified offloading preference having been identified by and received from one or more network nodes of the mobile telephony radio access network. - View Dependent Claims (106, 109, 115, 121, 127, 129, 130, 131, 132)
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