Dynamic steering of traffic across radio access networks
Intelligent radio access technology sensing and selection are applied in a dynamic traffic steering network. Network characteristics and network policies are determined. A server sends network characteristics and network policies to user equipment devices. User equipment devices can determine a radio access technology to connect to based on network policies and network characteristics. Further, it can be determined how to select user equipment devices for connection to a radio access network via a radio access technology. User equipment devices can dynamically select a radio access network for connection based on real-time or near real-time radio access network conditions. A self-organizing network can monitor and determine radio access network conditions and the radio access network conditions can be sent to user equipment devices in given cellular broadcast area.
1. A mobile device, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving a network selection policy of a group of network selection policies, wherein the network selection policy comprises instructions for selection from a group of mobile network devices of mobile networks for establishment of a connection;
altering the network selection policy based on network statistical information associated with respective operations of the mobile networks; and
selecting, as a function of the network selection policy, a mobile network device of the group of the mobile network devices to establish the connection with the mobile device to satisfy a metric associated with a performance parameter.
2. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the performance parameter is associated with a reduction in power consumption of a battery of the mobile device.
3. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the performance parameter is associated with a load balancing of the mobile network devices.
4. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the performance parameter is associated with a data processing speed of the mobile device.
5. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise activating a first group of radio components on the mobile device associated with a first mobile network associated with the mobile network device of the mobile networks, and deactivating a second group of radio components on the mobile device associated with second mobile networks of the mobile networks other than the first mobile network.
6. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the mobile networks are selected from a group of mobile networks consisting of a cellular network, wireless local area network, a broadband wide area network, and a wireless personal area network.
7. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the network statistical information is selected from a group comprising load information, bandwidth utilization information, peak usage time information, available bandwidth information, and a quantity of requests for network resources.
8. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the network statistical information is current network statistical information.
9. A method, comprising:
obtaining, by a mobile device comprising a processor, a network selection policy of network selection policies, wherein the network selection policy comprises instructions for selection from mobile network devices of mobile networks for establishment of a connection;
selecting, by the mobile device, as a function of the network selection policy, a mobile network device of the mobile network devices to establish the connection with the mobile device to satisfy a condition associated with a performance parameter;
activating, by the mobile device, first hardware components on the mobile device associated with a mobile network comprising the mobile network device of the mobile networks; and
deactivating, by the mobile device, second hardware components on the mobile device associated with other mobile networks of the mobile networks.
10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising altering, by the mobile device, the network selection policy based on substantially current network statistical information associated with the mobile networks.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the performance parameter is associated with an increase in performance of a battery of the mobile device.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the performance parameter is associated with load balancing of the mobile networks.
13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the performance parameter is associated with data processing speed of the mobile device.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the selecting comprises selecting from a group of mobile networks consisting of a cellular network, wireless local area network, a broadband wide area network, and a wireless personal area network.
15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
determining a network selection policy of a group of network selection policies, wherein the network selection policy comprises instructions for selection from a group of mobile network devices of mobile networks for establishment of a connection;
altering the network selection policy based on network statistical information associated with respective operations of the mobile networks; and
selecting, as a function of the network selection policy, a mobile network device of the group of the mobile network devices to establish the connection with the mobile device to satisfy a metric associated with a performance parameter.
16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the performance parameter is associated with battery optimization of a battery of the mobile device.
17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the performance parameter is associated with balancing a load shared by the group of mobile network devices.
18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the performance parameter is associated with data processing speed of the mobile device.
19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise activating a first group of hardware radio components on the mobile device associated with a mobile network of the mobile networks, and deactivating a second group of hardware radio components on the mobile device associated with networks of the mobile networks other than the mobile network.
20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the selecting comprises selecting from a group of mobile networks comprising a cellular network, wireless local area network, a broadband wide area network, and a wireless personal area network.