US 11,758,515 B2
Optimized user equipment network access selection
Jin Yang, Orinda, CA (US); Arda Aksu, Lafayette, CA (US); Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, CA (US); Vishwanath Ramamurthi, San Ramon, CA (US); and Donna L. Polehn, Mercer Island, WA (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/136,463.
Prior Publication US 2022/0210767 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/02 (2013.01) [H04W 72/51 (2023.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining, by a user equipment (UE) device, a plurality of network access links associated with the UE device;
determining, by the UE device, a first set of one or more criteria associated with a first request to access a network and a second set of one or more criteria associated with a second request to access the network, wherein the first set and the second set of one or more criteria are different from each other and wherein the first set and the second set of one or more criteria include throughput, resource cost, latency, or signal strength;
determining, by the UE device, a score for each of the plurality of network access links with respect to the first set and the second set of one or more criteria, wherein the score is based on historical data related to the first set and the second set of one or more criteria;
comparing, by the UE device, the score for each of the plurality of network access links with the first set of one or more criteria associated with the first request to access the network;
comparing, by the UE device, the score for each of the plurality of network access links with the second set of one or more criteria associated with the second request to access the network;
selecting, by the UE device and based on the comparing, a first one of the plurality of network access links; and
selecting, by the UE device and based on the comparing, a second one of the plurality of network access links,
wherein the first one of the plurality of network access links is for a first application to use to communicate with the network and the second one of the plurality of network access links is for a second application to use to communicate with the network and wherein the first application and the second application run on a same UE device; or
wherein the first one of the plurality of network access links is for a first function of the first application to use to communicate with the network and the second one of the plurality of network access links is for a second function of the first application to use to communicate with the network.