Patent ID: 9451540
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method implemented by a user equipment (UE) for network selection, the method comprising: accessing, by the UE, a list of available networks and a list of available service providers, the list of available networks comprising WLAN specific identifiers (WSIDs) corresponding to each available network, the list of available service providers comprising public land mobile network (PLMN) identifiers corresponding to each available service provider; obtaining, by the UE, a network selection policy and a service provider selection policy from an Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) in a network, the service provider selection policy comprising a list of candidate service providers and priority information; forming, by the UE, a candidate wireless network list from the list of available networks by following the network selection policy from the ANDSF; selecting, by the UE, a PLMN from the list of available service providers by following the service provider selection policy from the ANDSF; and connecting, by the UE, to a WSID from the candidate wireless network list according to the selected PLMN.