Traffic steering across cell-types

US9374773B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US
• AT&T Mobility II LLC · US

Inventors

• Zhi Cui · Sugar Hill, US
• Arthur Richard Brisebois · Cumming, US
• Ye Chen · Sunnyvale, US
• Thomas W. Henderson · Alpharetta, US
• Yonghui Tong · Alpharetta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 6, 2012
• Grant date: Jun 21, 2016
• Expiry date: Jan 17, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W48/20
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Concepts and technologies are described herein for traffic steering across cell-types. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a mobile device enables radio access network (“RAN”) selection across multiple cell-types, including, but not limited to, macro cells, metro cells, femto cells, pico cells, and the like, based upon network conditions, local device information, and/or other information such as policies and user profiles. The local device information can include, but is not limited to, mobility state information, performance measurement information, battery utilization information, channel quality information, and user overrides.