System and method for intelligent network selection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12432607-B2
Application number	US-202217948532-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2022
Priority date	Sep 20, 2022
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, including: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of authenticating a mobile device; receiving a query from the mobile device for a bearer selection from a plurality of bearers; receiving network parameters associated with each bearer in the plurality of bearers; identifying a selected bearer in the plurality of bearers that should be used by the mobile device; and sending an instruction to the mobile device to use the selected bearer. Other embodiments are disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
authenticating a mobile device;
receiving a query from the mobile device for a bearer selection from a plurality of bearers;
receiving network parameters associated with each bearer in the plurality of bearers;
identifying a best bearer in the plurality of bearers that should be used by the mobile device, wherein the best bearer is identified based on the network parameters received indicating a highest data throughput; and
sending an instruction to the mobile device to use the best bearer.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of bearers comprises 5G mm Wave and 5G mid-band, or a combination thereof.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of bearers includes any Wi-Fi, commercial carrier owned/operated Wi-Fi, commercial partnership Wi-Fi, carrier provided home Wi-Fi, or any combination thereof.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the best bearer is identified based on business logic.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the business logic prioritizes Wi-Fi bearers and excludes identifying a bearer in the plurality of bearers with a data cap.

6. The device of claim 3 , wherein the best bearer is identified based on a user-supplied setting on a carrier portal.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the network parameters include a received signal strength indicator for each bearer.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the network parameters include a data throughput for each bearer.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the instruction overrides settings of a preferred bearer for the mobile device.

10. The device of claim 1 , wherein the instruction overwrites settings for a preferred bearer with the best bearer.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processing system comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed computing environment.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device is authenticated through a Wi-Fi connection.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
authenticating a mobile device over a Wi-Fi connection;
receiving a query from the mobile device for a bearer selection;
receiving network parameters associated with bearers in a plurality of bearers;
identifying a best bearer in the plurality of bearers for use by the mobile device based on comparing the network parameters for each associated bearer to identify the best bearer having a highest data throughput; and
sending an instruction to the mobile device to use the best bearer.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the instruction overrides settings of the mobile device for a preferred bearer.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the processing system comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed computing environment.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of bearers includes any Wi-Fi, commercial carrier owned/operated Wi-Fi, commercial partnership Wi-Fi, carrier provided home Wi-Fi, or any combination thereof.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of bearers comprises 5G mmWave and 5G mid-band, or a combination thereof.

18. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a processing system including a processor, a query from an authenticated mobile device for a bearer selection among a plurality of bearers, wherein the plurality of bearers comprises 5G mmWave, 5G mid-band and Wi-Fi;
identifying, by the processing system, a best bearer in the plurality of bearers for use by the authenticated mobile device by comparing network parameters for each associated bearer to identify the best bearer having a highest data throughput; and
sending, by the processing system, an instruction to the authenticated mobile device to use the best bearer, wherein the instruction overwrites settings of the authenticated mobile device for a default bearer with the selected bearer.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the plurality of bearers comprises 5G mmWave and 5G mid-band, or a combination thereof.

20. The method of claim 18 , further comprising prioritizing Wi-Fi bearers and excluding a bearer in the plurality of bearers with a data cap.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Sikes Jason
• Wallace Todd

Classifications

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title

• H04W28/0252 Primary

  per individual bearer or channel (dynamic wireless traffic scheduling H04W72/12) · CPC title