Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from traffic steering. For example, radio access network based traffic steering can be used to benefit of communications by steering traffic to Wi-Fi leveraging Hotspot 2.0. A method can include determining that an off-load condition exists in an area of a radio access network. The method can also include commanding a user equipment to off-load to non-cellular radio access based on the determining.

Abstract: When a user of a mobile communication device is roaming in a visited network, an active network selection policy is formed of one or more partial policies. The partial policies typically include the network selection rules of the visited network, but may also include user home network rules, global network selection rules of the home network and/or further network selection rules of the home network. At least some of the partial policies, such as the network selection policy of the visited network, may be in accordance with Automatic Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) mechanisms.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from traffic steering. For example, radio access network based traffic steering can be used to benefit of communications by steering traffic to Wi-Fi leveraging Hotspot 2.0. A method can include determining that an off-load condition exists in an area of a radio access network. The method can also include commanding a user equipment to off-load to non-cellular radio access based on the determining.

Abstract: There is provided a method comprising controlling receiving, at a user equipment, access information from a first network, said access information associated with a second network, the first and second network using different radio access technologies and using said access information in communication with the second network.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from improved network connectivity through an available service provider. For example, certain communication systems may benefit from informing a user equipment of the available service providers without having to first establish an RRC connection. A method includes sending from a user equipment a radio resource control query request message to a network entity. The method also includes receiving at the user equipment a query response message in response to the radio resource control query request message. In addition, the method includes selecting at the user equipment a service provider based on the query response message.

Abstract: A method and apparatus may be configured to determine a network identity that is valid for the first network and a second network. The method may also include assigning the network identity to a user equipment. The method may also providing the network identity to one of the second network and a user equipment. The first network and the second network may be based on different technologies.

Abstract: There is provided a method comprising estimating bit rate information for first traffic if said first traffic were to be routed between a user equipment which is attached to a first network and a network access point of a second network and determining if said first traffic is to be routed between said user equipment and said network access point in dependence on said estimated bit rate information.

Abstract: A method and apparatus can be configured to attach to a first network. The first network may use a first radio-access technology. The method may also comprise connecting to a second network. The second network may use a second radio-access technology. The method may also comprise transmitting an identifier to the second network. The identifier may relate to a first network node of the first network to which the apparatus may be attached.

Abstract: A method and apparatus can be configured to find a service broker based on at least one identifier and communication with a home service provider via this service broker. The service broker acts as a proxy service provider for a service provider like the home service provider. The method can also include determining a realm associated to the at least one identifier. The method can also include creating a network-access-identifier based on the determined realm. The method can also include transmitting the network-access-identifier to the service broker for performing authentication of the user equipment in the home service provider.

Abstract: There are provided measures for dynamic control of network selection. Such measures exemplarily comprise receiving a network list, said network list comprising at least one network discovery element, each of said at least one network discovery elements represents a particular network and comprises at least connection information for connecting to said network and a category assigned to said network, receiving a control signaling comprising at least one desired category, and selecting said network based on said at least one desired category and the category assigned to said network.

Abstract: An operator identity for an ANDSF management object is described. The operator identity identifies the server that originally provided the data concerned to the management object. In this way, it is possible to determine the operators that are responsible for different branches of an ANDSF management object. The operator identity may take the form of a PLMN identity.

Abstract: A mechanism for updating network selection information (such as ANDSF information) as stored at a user device is described. An ANDSF server requests network selection policy signatures from a user device and compares those signatures with signatures calculated at the server. The ANDSF server instructs the user device to delete any policy whose signature is not found at the ANDSF server and instructs the user device to add any policy whose signature is found at the ANDSF server, but is not stored at the user device.

Abstract: Examples herein propose a hierarchical ANDSF approach in order to provide more online control over user device network/selection. In some embodiments an overall ANDSF server may be a separate ANDSF server or integrated with an ANDSF server in the RAN. In a network of one operator there may be one or more ANDSF and/or RAN-ANDSF servers, for example one RAN-ANDSF server per cell/location/tracking/routing area. Furthermore, a network operator may wish to offload selected users to a Wi-Fi network only when certain conditions are satisfied. For example, if there is congestion in the mobile network, the network operator may wish to offload some of the users to a Wi-Fi network. Therefore, the [RAN-]ANDSF prepares new network selection policies encouraging Wi-Fi usage to the selected users and transmits the policies to the user devices.

Abstract: There is provided a method including estimating bit rate information for first traffic if the first traffic were to be routed between a user equipment which is attached to a first network and a network access point of a second network and determining if the first traffic is to be routed between the user equipment and the network access point in dependence on the estimated bit rate information.

Abstract: There are provided measures for subscriber group based cell broadcast. Such measures exemplarily comprise receiving a broadcast service message, said broadcast service message comprising at least first information indicative of a target subscriber group, and second information relating to network selection, comparing said first information with a preconfigured identifier indicative of an own subscriber group membership, and processing said broadcast service message based on a comparison result.

Abstract: There are provided measures for dynamic control of network selection. Such measures exemplarily comprise receiving a network list, said network list comprising at least one network discovery element, each of said at least one network discovery elements represents a particular network and comprises at least connection information for connecting to said network and a category assigned to said network, receiving a control signaling comprising at least one desired category, and selecting said network based on said at least one desired category and the category assigned to said network.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from traffic steering. For example, radio access network based traffic steering can be used to benefit of communications by steering traffic to Wi-Fi leveraging Hotspot 2.0. A method can include determining that an off-load condition exists in an area of a radio access network. The method can also include commanding a user equipment to off-load to non-cellular radio access based on the determining.

Abstract: A mechanism for updating network selection information (such as ANDSF information) as stored at a user device is described. An ANDSF server requests network selection policy signatures from a user device and compares those signatures with signatures calculated at the server. The ANDSF server instructs the user device to delete any policy whose signature is not found at the ANDSF server and instructs the user device to add any policy whose signature is found at the ANDSF server, but is not stored at the user device.

Abstract: When a user of a mobile communication device is roaming in a visited network, an active network selection policy is formed of one or more partial policies. The partial policies typically include the network selection rules of the visited network, but may also include user home network rules, global network selection rules of the home network and/or further network selection rules of the home network. At least some of the partial policies, such as the network selection policy of the visited network, may be in accordance with Automatic Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) mechanisms.

Abstract: An operator identity for an ANDSF management object is described. The operator identity identifies the server that originally provided the data concerned to the management object. In this way, it is possible to determine the operators that are responsible for different branches of an ANDSF management object. The operator identity may take the form of a PLMN identity.