ANDSF POLICIES FOR WLAN AND PLMN SELECTION

• US 20140092886A1
• Filed: 05/15/2013
• Published: 04/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Gupta, Vivek
• Granted Patent: US 9,083,775 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
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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.

Claims

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.

2. The UE of claim 1, wherein the ANDSF policy is an ANDSF policy of a home operator of a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) of the UE.

3. The UE of claim 1, wherein the ANDSF policy is an ANDSF policy of the visited operator.

4. The UE of claim 1, wherein the communication module is further to transmit a request to connect to the VPLMN based at least in part on the ANDSF policy.

5. The UE of claim 1, wherein the ANDSF policy comprises a WLAN selection parameter comprising location of the UE, a time of day, or load on a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) of the UE.

6. The UE of claim 1, wherein the ANDSF policy comprises an inter-system mobility policy (ISMP) or an inter-system routing policy (ISRP).

7. The UE of claim 1, wherein the UE further comprises a power supply coupled with the network selection module.

8. A method comprising:

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); and

selecting, by the UE and based at least in part on the selected WLAN, the PLMN.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the indication of the WLAN is a service set identifier (SSID) of an access point (AP) of the WLAN.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the ANDSF policy comprises a WLAN selection parameter comprising a location of the UE or a time of day

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the ANDSF policy comprises an inter-system mobility policy (ISMP) or an inter-system routing policy (ISRP).

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the ANDSF policy is a third generation partnership project (3GPP) ANDSF policy.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving, by the UE, the ANDSF policy from an operator of a home network of the UE.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving, by the UE, the ANDSF policy from an operator of a roaming network of the UE.

15. One or more 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:

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.

16. The one or more computer readable media of claim 15, wherein the ANDSF server is an ANDSF server of a home network of the UE.

17. The one or more computer readable media of claim 15, wherein the ANDSF server is an ANDSF server of a visited network of the UE.

18. The one or more computer readable media of claim 15, wherein the WLAN selection parameter comprises a location of the WLAN, a time of day, or load on a wireless network.

19. The one or more computer readable media of claim 15, wherein the ANDSF policy is an inter-system mobility policy (ISMP) or an inter-system routing policy (ISRP).

20. The one or more computer readable media of claim 15, wherein the ANDSF policy is a third generation partnership project (3GPP) ANDSF policy.