Systems and methods for wlan network selection

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for network selection are disclosed herein. User equipment (UE) includes a communication component, a rules component, and a network selection component. The communication component may be configured to communicate over a 3GPP network and a non-cellular network. The rules component may be configured to store an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) management object (MO) that includes wireless local area network (WLAN) selection policies for network selection on the UE. The WLAN selection policies may include interworking WLAN (I-WLAN) policies and Hotspot 2.0 (HS2.0) parameters. The network selection component is configured to select an available WLAN based on the ANDSF MO.

1 . An apparatus for a user equipment (UE), comprising:
 a memory device to store an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) management object (MO) corresponding to information in an ANDSF element of a wireless wide area network (WWAN), the ANDSF MO comprising a wireless local area network (WLAN) selection policy (WLANSP) including a set of rules for WLAN access network selection on the UE, a rule of the set of rules comprising:
 a validity condition to indicate when the rule is valid; and 
 one or more prioritized groups of WLAN selection criteria, wherein a first group has a higher priority than that of a second group, if any, in the one or more prioritized groups of WLAN selection criteria, and wherein at least the first group comprises one or more criteria based on attributes or capabilities of a WLAN access network eligible for selection; and 
   one or more processors to:
 discover available WLAN access networks; 
 compare attributes or capabilities of the available WLAN access networks to the one or more prioritized groups of WLAN selection criteria to generate a prioritized list of WLAN access networks; and 
 select a preferred WLAN access network from the prioritized list of WLAN access networks.