Patent ID: 8989740
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, performed by a first wireless communication device, for selecting a network from among a plurality of networks for an application service, the method comprising: sending a performance metric query to at least one of the system performance metric servers, wherein at least a portion of the corresponding set of performance metrics is received in response to the performance metric query; receiving, at the wireless communication device, multiple sets of performance metrics, wherein each set of performance metrics is associated with a network of the plurality of networks and comprises at least one performance metric for a same application service, wherein the multiple sets of performance metrics are received at the wireless communication device from a network server, and wherein the multiple sets of performance metrics are infrastructure-determined performance metrics; and evaluating the multiple sets of performance metrics by the wireless communication device to select a corresponding network of the plurality of networks to access the application service on the selected network; wherein the at least one metric for the same application service, within each set of performance metrics, is received from a corresponding system performance metric server on a corresponding network.