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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Zhixian Xiang, Frisco, TX (US);
Weisheng Jin, Shanghai, CN;
Youyang Yu, Shanghai, CN;
Guowei Ouyang, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 48/14 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 48/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for wireless network selection includes obtaining, by a user equipment (UE) from a visitor access network discovery and selection function (V-ANDSF) server, a visitor policy and creating a wireless local area network (WLAN) priority list in accordance with the visitor policy, a home policy, and a priority indicator. The method also includes selecting a WLAN from the priority list as a selected network.