ANDSF policies for WLAN and PLMN selection
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1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:
- a network selection module to access an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) policy;
a communication module coupled with the network selection module, the communication module to;
receive an indication of a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP) of a WLAN that interworks with a visited operator of a visited public land mobile network (VPLMN) of the UE; and
transmit a request to connect the UE to the WLAN AP of the WLAN that interworks with the visited operator based at least in part on the ANDSF policy.
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Abstract
In embodiments, a user equipment (UE) may be able to identify one or more access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) policies which the UE can use to select a wireless local area network (WLAN) and/or a WLAN access point (AP) to which the UE should connect. The UE may then be able to use the identified ANDSF policy or policies to select the WLAN and/or WLAN AP prior to selection, by the UE, of a WLAN public land mobile network (PLMN) to which the UE should connect.
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1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:
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a network selection module to access an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) policy; a communication module coupled with the network selection module, the communication module to; receive an indication of a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP) of a WLAN that interworks with a visited operator of a visited public land mobile network (VPLMN) of the UE; and transmit a request to connect the UE to the WLAN AP of the WLAN that interworks with the visited operator based at least in part on the ANDSF policy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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accessing, by a user equipment (UE), an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) policy; receiving, by the UE, an indication of a wireless local area network (WLAN); selecting, by the UE and based at least in part on the ANDSF policy, the WLAN as a selected WLAN receiving, by the UE, an indication of a public land mobile network (PLMN); identifying, by the UE, interworking between the WLAN and the PLMN; and selecting, by the UE and based at least in part on the selected WLAN and the interworking, the PLMN. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. One or more non-transitory computer readable media comprising instructions to, upon execution of the instructions by an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) server, cause the ANDSF server to:
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construct an ANDSF policy that includes; a plurality of service set identifiers (SSIDs) of a plurality of access points (APs) of a plurality of wireless local area networks (WLANs); a WLAN selection parameter; and an instruction for a user equipment (UE) to connect to an access point associated with an SSID of the plurality of SSIDs according to the respective priorities of each SSID; and transmit the ANDSF policy to the UE. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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