Patent ID: 9204357
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of an access node selection for wireless communication, comprising: providing a signal level criterion and a signal quality criterion from an access node to a wireless device, wherein the wireless device is capable of performing an initial access procedure with the access node using a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology; determining a first application requirement criterion and a second application requirement criterion of an application running on the wireless device; determining a received signal level and a received signal quality based on a signal from the access node to the wireless device; and instructing the wireless device to perform an initial access procedure with the access node based on a comparison of the received signal level and the signal level criterion, a comparison of the received signal quality and the signal quality criterion, and the application requirement criteria, wherein the access node selects the first radio access technology or the second radio access technology to perform the initial access procedure based on a result of the comparisons and the determined application requirement criteria.