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.

A first base station receives from at least one second base station, a first message comprising capability information indicating a number of bearers supported by the at least one second base station. The first base station receives from a wireless device, a measurement report comprising a received power of a cell of the second base station. The first base station determines a handover to the cell based on the measurement report and the number of bearers supported by the at least one second base station. The first base station sends a handover request to the at least one second base station in response to the determining of the handover.

In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a network device may include a processor to announce radio information of the network device and neighbor network devices adjacent to a client device; to establish a first wireless link operating on a first frequency band and a second wireless link operating on a second frequency band between the network device and the client device; and, to cause the client device to switch the second wireless link from the network device to a neighbor network device, while the first wireless link connected to the network device being active.

A telecommunication carrier may use quality of experience metrics to manage user device handovers. A handover controller may receiving a quality metric value obtained by a user device for a current base station of a carrier network. The quality metric value may measure quality of experience characteristics of an application that is in communication with the current base station. The handover controller may compare the quality metric value to a corresponding quality metric value for an adjacent base station of the carrier network. The corresponding quality metric value may measure the quality of experience characteristics of an additional application that communicated with the adjacent base station. When the corresponding quality metric value is greater than the quality metric value, the handover controller may command the user device to perform a handover that switches the user device from communicating with the current base station to communicating with the adjacent base station.

Aspects of the disclosure relate to mechanisms for interworking between legacy and next generation radio access technologies (RATs) in a communication network. In some examples, a handover from a legacy access network to a next generation access network may be performed via a next generation core network. A handover request received at a next generation core network serving node may include an identifier of a next generation target cell. The next generation core network serving node may identify another next generation core network serving node to which the handover may be forwarded based on the target cell identifier or may select the next generation access network based on the target cell identifier. The next generation core network serving node may then communicate with the next generation access network to complete the handover.

A method for optimizing communication modes between network nodes includes: storing, in a first node in a communication network, a data success rate for each of a plurality of communication modes; receiving, by the first node, mode data from a second node in the communication network including at least a mode identifier for at least two of the plurality of communication modes; determining, by the first node, a metric for each of the at least two communication modes based on at least a data success rate of transmissions using the respective communication mode; selecting, by the first node, a preferred communication mode of the at least two communication modes based on the determined metric for each of the at least two communication modes; and transmitting, by the first node, an initiation data message to the second node via the communication network indicating the selected preferred communication mode.

Exemplary embodiments include methods and systems to monitor and intelligently adopt a transaction path to deliver the fastest possible transaction time by analyzing the speed of available data channels. A client installed at a terminal device continuously monitors the speed of transactions being conducted at the terminal device. If the speed of a transaction exceeds a set threshold, then the client determines if a faster transaction path from among available channels is available based on historical transaction speed data. Alternatively, the client can ping available channels periodically to determine the transaction speed. Once a channel having a faster path is identified, the client can command the terminal device to switch to the channel having the faster path.

Systems and techniques for information centric network (ICN) heterogeneous wireless switching are described herein. A handover event, that includes an indication for a device to switch from a first wireless link to a second wireless link, may be detected. A forwarding interest base (FIB) table may be modified to route interest packets to the second wireless link. Although the device has switched to route new out-going interest packet to the second wireless link, the device accepts data packets on both the first wireless link and the second wireless link.

Systems, methods, and devices are described for establishing communication with an access point. A wireless device may determine to switch to another access point radio based on a variety of factors. The wireless device may use a dynamic threshold to determine whether to switch to another access point radio. The dynamic threshold may be based on a current state of the wireless device. The wireless device may determine other access point radios to switch to directly or indirectly. An access point radio may broadcast information associated with the access point as well as information associated with other access point radios.

Provided are a method for supporting multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) service continuity by a terminal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus supporting the same. The method may comprise the steps of: entering an RRC state in which cell reselection is not supported; determining whether an MBMS service of interest can be received at a serving frequency for the terminal; and when it is determined that the MBMS service of interest cannot be received at the serving frequency, transmitting an MBMS interest indication message to a network, wherein the terminal may be a terminal not supporting a handover.