Selecting a wireless network connection

Abstract

The present disclosure describes systems and methods directed to user equipment (UE) selecting a network connection. The described systems and methods include the UE receiving a wireless network suggestion requesting connection of the UE to a wireless local area network (WLAN), the wireless network suggestion received from a network-suggesting entity. The UE reviews at least one of connection performance data relating to one or more previous network connections with the WLAN and / or suggestor performance data relating to one or more previous wireless network suggestions received from the network-suggesting entity. The UE then determines, based on the review, whether the connection performance data and / or the suggestor performance data satisfies a criterion. Upon determining that a criterion is satisfied, the UE establishes a wireless connection with the WLAN.

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Background technique [0001] The proliferation of wireless communications has greatly increased the number of entities, both on and off user equipment devices, that may attempt to control the user equipment device's wireless network connectivity. [0002] Typically, a user equipment device (UE device) can only be wirelessly connected to a single network (eg, to a single service set identifier (SSID)) at a given time. This single network connection may lead to conflicts between network-advised entities wishing to control the UE device's network connectivity. For example, an instance of conflict is that a first network advice entity expects a first network connection, while a second network advice entity expects a second (different) network connection. In this case, the current solution is to let "last caller win" and honor the most recently received network connection call (in this example, the network connection call from the second network proposal entity) . As a result of ...

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In this case, the user may incur unnecessary cellular network charges (e.g. due to unnecessary utilization of cellular data)

Also, even if the proposed network is a WLAN network, the user may incur unnecessary charges (for example, a user may connect to a fast WLAN network at an airport to download an important document, but the airport may also provide a free but slower WLAN network, The WLAN network is sufficient for web browsing and email

In this case, the user may incur unnecessary WLAN network charges for not utilizing the free WLAN network once the important document is downloaded

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