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Method and apparatus for controlling wireless access selection

  • US 9,144,009 B2
  • Filed: 05/18/2011
  • Issued: 09/22/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to;

    send, from a wireless user terminal (WUT) toward a network element via a mobility network, a first query for determining whether the WUT should perform a scan for identifying Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) available for providing wireless access to the WUT;

    initiate, based at least in part on a first query response indicative that the WUT should perform a scan for identifying WLANs, a scan for identifying one or more WLANs available for providing wireless access to the WUT;

    send, from the WUT toward the network element via the mobility network, a second query for determining whether the WUT should switch from being connected to the mobility network to being connected to one of the identified WLANs;

    receive, at the WUT, a second query response indicative of a determination by the network element that the WUT should switch from being connected to the mobility network to being connected to one of the identified WLANs;

    determine, at the WUT responsive to the second query response and based on information available to the WUT, whether the WUT should switch from being connected to the mobility network to being connected to one of the identified WLANs; and

    initiate, based on a determination by the WUT that the WUT should switch from being connected to the mobility network to being connected to one of the identified, switching of the WUT from being connected to the mobility network to being connected to one of the identified WLANs.

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