Patent ID: 9155032
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining, at a host apparatus, a network address family preference policy signaled by an access point for a first network interface, wherein the network address family preference policy signaled to the host apparatus by the access point comprises a default router preference signaled in a router advertisement message signaled to the host apparatus by the access point, wherein the network address family preference policy indicates a level of preference for a first network address family, wherein the first network address family is by default preferred over a second network address family; and selecting an interface from the first network interface and a second network interface for network traffic of the host apparatus based at least in part on the signaled preference policy, wherein the second network interface is by default preferred over the first network interface, and wherein in an instance in which the network address family preference policy indicates a level of preference below a predefined threshold level and the first network address family is not available on the second network interface, preference for the first network address family is overridden and selecting a network interface comprises selecting the second network interface.