Apparatus, system and method of communicating non-cellular access network information over a cellular network

1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a wireless receiver to receive, in a radio transmission of an evolved NodeB (eNB) of a long term evolution (LTE) network, a message that includes a system information block (SIB) that includes access network information related to a wireless local area network (WLAN), wherein the access network information includes a service set identifier (SSID) of an access point (AP) of the WLAN or a basic SSID (BSSID) of the AP, the access network information includes security information related to a secure connection of the WLAN; and

a controller coupled with the wireless receiver, the controller to identify, based on the message, that the UE is to connect to the WLAN AP.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the message is a radio resource control (RRC) message.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the wireless receiver is to receive the message when the UE is in an idle mode.

4. The UE of claim 1 , further comprising a wireless transmitter coupled with the controller, the wireless transmitter to transmit an access request to the WLAN AP based on the access network information.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the access network information includes information related to a security mode of the WLAN or security credentials of the WLAN.

6. An evolved NodeB (eNB) comprising:

a controller to identify access network information of a wireless local area network (WLAN) that includes a service set identifier (SSID) of an access point (AP) of the WLAN or a basic SSID (BSSID) of the AP, the access network information includes security information related to a secure connection of the WLAN; and

a wireless transmitter coupled with the controller, the wireless transmitter to transmit a message that includes a system information block (SIB) that includes the access network information.

7. The eNB of claim 6 , wherein the wireless transmitter is to transmit the message to a user equipment (UE) when the UE is in an idle mode.

8. The eNB of claim 7 , wherein the message includes an identifier of the UE.

9. The eNB of claim 6 , wherein the access network information includes information related to a security mode of the WLAN or security credentials of the WLAN.

10. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions to cause a user equipment (UE), upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of the UE, to:

identify, from a radio transmission of an evolved NodeB (eNB) of a long term evolution (LTE) network, a system information block (SIB) that includes access network information of a wireless local area network (WLAN), wherein the access network information includes a service set identifier (SSID) of an access point (AP) of the WLAN or a basic SSID (BSSID) of the AP, the access network information includes security information related to a secure connection of the WLAN; and

identify, based on the SIB, that the UE is to connect to the WLAN.

11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the radio transmission is a broadcast transmission of the eNB.

12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the instructions are further to facilitate transmission of an access request to the WLAN AP based on the access network information.

13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the access network information includes information related to a security mode of the WLAN or security credentials of the WLAN.

14. A method comprising:

generating, by an evolved NodeB (eNB), a radio resource control (RRC) message that includes a system information block (SIB) that includes access network information of a wireless local area network (WLAN), wherein the access network information includes a service set identifier (SSID) of an access point (AP) of the WLAN or a basic SSID (BSSID) of the AP, the access network information includes security information related to a secure connection of the WLAN; and

transmitting, by the eNB, the RRC message in a wireless signal of a long term evolution (LTE) network.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising transmitting, by the eNB, the RRC message to a user equipment (UE) when the UE is in an idle mode.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the RRC message includes an identifier of the UE.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the access network information includes information related to a security mode of the WLAN or security credentials of the WLAN.

18. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions to cause an evolved NodeB (eNB), upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of the eNB, to:

generate a radio resource control (RRC) message that includes a system information block (SIB) that includes access network information of a wireless local area network (WLAN), wherein the access network information includes a service set identifier (SSID) of an access point (AP) of the WLAN or a basic SSID (BSSID) of the AP, the access network information includes security information related to a secure connection of the WLAN; and

facilitate transmission of the RRC message in a wireless signal of a long term evolution (LTE) network.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are further to transmit the RRC message to a user equipment (UE) when the UE is in an idle mode.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 19 , wherein the RRC message includes an identifier of the UE.

21. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18 , wherein the access network information includes security information related to a security mode of the WLAN or security credentials of the WLAN.

22. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18 , wherein the transmission is a broadcast transmission.