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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
May. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Inventors:
Nicolas Drevon, Nozay, FR;
Laurent Thiebaut, Nozay, FR;
Assignee:
Nokia Technologies OY, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention include a method for WLAN Access Network WLAN-AN selection by an User Equipment UE for access to a mobile network PLMN, said selection including, for an UE roaming in a Visited PLMN VPLMN and requiring a Packet Data Network Gateway PDN-GW in its Home PLMN HPLMN, selection of a WLAN-AN having connectivity to at least one PDN-GW in said HPLMN, based on information on connectivity to at least one PDN-GW in said HPLMN of WLAN-ANs candidate for said selection, referred to as connectivity information.