Patent ID: 9749932
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A wireless communication device comprising: a detector element arranged to detect multiple wireless access networks available for connection to the wireless communication device for providing data services; a transmitter; a receiver; a discovery element arranged for a memory storing one or more policies, each of the one or more policies specifying one or more access capabilities required of an available wireless access network for the wireless access network to be selected for connection, the one or more access capabilities required of the available wireless access network for the wireless access network to be selected for connection being received via the receiver, and the one or more access capabilities required of the available wireless access network for the wireless access network to be selected for connection specifying one or more requirements that the available wireless access network must meet in order for the available wireless access network to be selected for connection; and a selection element arranged for selecting an access network based on a policy of the one or more policies, said policy having been determined valid according to one or more validity conditions.