Richard S Cardone

US Patent:

20130310030, Nov 21, 2013

Filed:

May 21, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/899213

Inventors:

Richard Cardone - Norton MA, US
Uri Baniel - Buffalo Grove IL, US
Sundaram Rajagopalan - Waltham MA, US

Assignee:

TEKELEC, INC. - Morrisville NC

International Classification:

H04W 48/16

US Classification:

455434

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer readable media for access network discovery and selection are disclosed. According to one aspect, a system for access network discovery and selection includes an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) network element for identifying to a user equipment (UE) an access network through which the UE can connect to a core network, the ANDSF including an interface for communicating with nodes in a core network. The ANDSF is configured to receive information from a node in the core network and perform an access network discovery or selection operation based at least in part on the received information.