A user equipment, UE, to identify access networks, the UE comprising: communication circuitry to: receive access network assistance information from an evolved node B, eNB of a radio access network, RAN, or an access point of a wireless local area network, WLAN; and network selection and traffic routing circuitry coupled with the communication circuitry to: compare the access network assistance information to a threshold value that is associated with an access network discovery and selection function, ANDSF, policy; compare a threshold from the network assistance information or the ANDSF policy to values measured by the UE; and selectively activate the ANDSF policy and identify a preferred access network based at least in part on the comparison of the access network assistance information to the threshold value, wherein: the communication circuitry is to transmit data over the preferred access network; characterized in that the network selection and traffic routing circuitry includes at least one local UE RAN rule and the network selection and traffic routing circuitry is to allow the local UE RAN rule to override the ANDSF policy based at least in part on a determination by the UE that an estimated throughput for a first network is greater than an estimated throughput for a second network, on a determination that the quality of service, QoS, requirements of applications active on the UE are less than a minimum QoS threshold of the ANDSF policy, or on a flag pre-configured in the UE or received from the network. communication circuitry to: receive access network assistance information from an evolved node B, eNB of a radio access network, RAN, or an access point of a wireless local area network, WLAN; and network selection and traffic routing circuitry coupled with the communication circuitry to: compare the access network assistance information to a threshold value that is associated with an access network discovery and selection function, ANDSF, policy; compare a threshold from the network assistance information or the ANDSF policy to values measured by the UE; and selectively activate the ANDSF policy and identify a preferred access network based at least in part on the comparison of the access network assistance information to the threshold value, compare the access network assistance information to a threshold value that is associated with an access network discovery and selection function, ANDSF, policy; compare a threshold from the network assistance information or the ANDSF policy to values measured by the UE; and selectively activate the ANDSF policy and identify a preferred access network based at least in part on the comparison of the access network assistance information to the threshold value, wherein: the communication circuitry is to transmit data over the preferred access network; characterized in that the network selection and traffic routing circuitry includes at least one local UE RAN rule and the network selection and traffic routing circuitry is to allow the local UE RAN rule to override the ANDSF policy based at least in part on a determination by the UE that an estimated throughput for a first network is greater than an estimated throughput for a second network, on a determination that the quality of service, QoS, requirements of applications active on the UE are less than a minimum QoS threshold of the ANDSF policy, or on a flag pre-configured in the UE or received from the network.