Patent ID: 8938525
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of access selection by a wireless communication network node for a terminal communicating with the network having one or more access nodes configured for providing access to the terminal according to one or more access technologies, the method comprising: determining whether at least one network parameter comprising cell load associated with the network and that is provided by a network node and that cannot be measured or determined by the terminal is required as input for access selection for the terminal; obtaining a network parameter comprising the cell load that cannot be measured or determined by the terminal if it is determined that the at least one network parameter is required as input for access selection for the terminal; selecting an access node for the terminal based at least in part on the network parameter each time the determination is made; and initiating or continuing terminal-based access selection if it is determined that no network parameter is required as input for the access selection.