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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Inventors:
Colin Kahn, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Alistair Urie, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Venkatesh Rao, Naperville, IL (US);
Harish Viswanathan, Morristown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04L 12/54 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04J 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04L 12/5692 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for selecting at a terminal at least one of a plurality of available access networks for use with a wireless application invoked at the terminal according preferences associated with the wireless application, the network service provider, the subscriber, the subscriber subscription and application content provider. The selection may be constrained by an Application Policy received from a network service provider.