Patent ID: 8902854

Claim:
A method for Diameter-based steering of mobile device network access, the method comprising: receiving a Diameter signaling message associated with a mobile device; determining, based on the Diameter signaling message, whether the mobile device should be steered to access a radio access network or a radio access network type that is different from a radio access network or radio access network type currently supporting network access of the mobile device; and in response to determining that the mobile device should access the different radio access network or radio access network type, steering the mobile device to access the different radio access network or radio access network type, wherein the Diameter signaling message comprises a Diameter update location request (ULR) message or a Diameter credit control request (CCR) message, wherein, if the Diameter signaling message comprises a Diameter ULR message, steering the mobile device includes responding to an originator of the Diameter ULR message with a related Diameter update location answer (ULA) message that includes information instructing the mobile device to connect using the different radio access network or radio access network type.