Patent Document ID: 9014697
Application ID: 13438084
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for selecting a radio access technology (RAT) for use by a wireless device, the method comprising: at the wireless device: gathering network performance data corresponding to radio access technologies available to the wireless device; selecting a weighting profile corresponding to an operational mode; weighting the network performance data in accordance with the selected weighting profile; determining a ranking metric in accordance with the weighted network performance data; and selecting a radio access technology in accordance with the determined ranking metric, wherein the weighting profile is selected from a plurality of weighting profiles that includes (i) at least one weighting profile having equal-valued weighting factors for each type of network performance data, and (ii) at least one weighting profile having a higher-valued weighting factor for a first type of network performance data than for other types of network performance data.