CN1703918A - Network selection in a WLAN - Google Patents
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A method for user equipment (UE) resident in a wireless access network (WLAN) to obtain access to at least one other network is disclosed. The method includes storing the identification (SSID) of the at least one other network (visited PLMNs 1-3 and home PLMNs 4 and 5) in the user equipment; transmitting from the user equipment a request for connection to one of the at least one other network, which includes an identification of at least one of the at least one other network, to the wireless access network; and in response to the wireless access network receiving the identification, the user equipment is connected to the identified at least one other network through the wireless access network.
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The application relates to a kind of being used in the Access Network such as wireless lan (wlan), is carried out the system and method for network selecting by subscriber equipment (UE).
Background technology
In WLAN standard (IEEE 802.11a and b, it is incorporated herein by reference at this in full), WLAN can notify UE, with it the services sets identifier (SSIDs) of attachable network (length is 32 eight bit bytes).Usually in wlan system, the WLAN ssid field comprises " network title ".This network title is the ascii string that can freely be selected by WLAN provider.It is generally the character string of similar " WLAN NW XYZ " or " Mr SmithWLAN " or " NOKIA WLAN ".The title of these types is used for selecting the network that will be attached thereto by manual the making of user.Yet this need be about priori (priori) technology of the ability of network with certain title.Usually always with itself and the private network that a small amount of wlan network links to each other, such use is acceptable for the user.
Yet the user can not have understanding fully to all wlan network titles (SSIDs) and their ability.Therefore, the user can't select optimum network, and the feasibility option power of selecting from the network name column table that is provided perhaps even is not provided.
In cellular system, network selecting is operated by the cellular network of their public land mobile (PLMN) sign (ID) of broadcasting.UE can be based on by operator or the user did is stored in preferred selection in GSM subscriber identity module (SIM) or the universal subscriber identity module (USIM) and carries out automatic network and select.UE allows the user to carry out manual selection when browsing available PLMN.UE memory internally is converted to user-friendly network title with PLMN, and the user selects desired network.
In GSM and gprs system, PLMN-ID is linked to the network of underlined (branded) based on canned data in UE.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of mechanism, the UE that is used for residing in such as the Access Network of WLAN is connected with another network by this access network selection.This selects following operation:
1.WLAN access point (AP) Broadcast SSIDs s is to provide the indication that inserts the available backbone net (for example, national PLMNs) that can insert in district (AZ) via WLAN to UE.
2.UE can manually or automatically select Access Network by user intervention.Automatically select availability based on signal strength signal intensity and preferred PLMN or other preferred backbone networks.
3.UE select backbone network based on available SSID.The SSID that comprises PLMN-ID can be linked to markd network based on canned data in WLAN UE client software.
4. when being connected to network, UE indicates selected roaming network (for example, PLMN) in zone (realm) part that sends to this network of network access identifier (NAI) user identity.
5.WLAN should connecting to set up based on the appended NAI user ID field part of deriving from selected SSID, Access Network was routed to backbone network (for example, visited PLMN).
A kind of subscriber equipment that is used to reside in the wireless access network is inserted the method for at least one other network, comprising: the sign of described at least one other network of storage in described subscriber equipment; From described subscriber equipment send one be used for one of described at least one other network connection requests to described wireless access network, described request comprises at least one the sign in described at least one other network; And receiving described sign in response to described wireless access network, described subscriber equipment is connected at least one other network of described sign by described wireless access network.In one of described and described at least one network connection requests, described at least one the sign of described at least one other network or network type can comprise asterisk wildcard, and its representative can selecteed other networks or the combination of the multiple permission of network type.Described at least one other network be identified at the storage before can send to described subscriber equipment from described wireless access network.Described at least one other network can be home network or roaming network.Described subscriber equipment with before one of described at least one network is connected, is implored the sign of described at least one network in request from described wireless access network.The sign of described at least one other network can be included in the services sets identifier according to IEEE 802.11 (a or b), and described at least one other network of its sign are public land mobile net.This services sets identifier can comprise a plurality of fields, wherein comprises the field of marked network type, and the marked network type is a public land mobile net; The field of sign country code, described at least one public land mobile net is positioned at this country; And the field that identifies at least one public land mobile net that described connection request will be routed to.The sign of described at least one network can be included in the services sets identifier according to IEEE 802.11 (a or b), described at least one other network of its sign are the network type beyond the public land mobile net, and this services sets identifier can comprise a plurality of fields, wherein comprise the field that limits described at least one other network of network type, and the field that identifies described at least one other network.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of UE of being used for to be inserted the method for at least one other network via Access Network, described at least one other network can insert via described Access Network, and described method comprises: provide described Access Network at least one Access Network sign relevant with described at least one other network; And UE derives the sign of described at least one other network according to described at least one Access Network sign.Described subscriber equipment can utilize described at least one Access Network to identify when setting up with being connected of described at least one other network.Described Access Network can be routed to the connection of UE and at least one relevant other network of described at least one Access Network sign.When UE was connected to this Access Network, at least one Access Network sign can send to UE from this Access Network.Before this connected, UE can obtain at least one Access Network sign that described Access Network utilizes, and described Access Network sign can comprise at least one field.Described at least one other network can be public land mobile net (PLMN).Described at least one other network can be the roaming PLMN networks that is connected with the Home PLMN network.This Access Network can be WLAN.This Access Network identifies in the services sets identifier that can be included in according to IEEE 802.11 (a or b).This Access Network sign can be mapped to the PLMN ID of described at least one other network.
According to another embodiment of the invention, provide a kind of services sets identifier, it is sent in the Access Network of at least one identifier that comprises backbone network.This services sets identifier comprises the indication of backbone network type, the version number of services sets type of identifier, and the sign of backbone network.At backbone network is under the situation of PLMN, and the sign of backbone network comprises the pairing country code of the residing country of backbone network, and the network code that identifies this backbone network.Described in addition Access Network is WLAN.
The services sets identifier of sending in Access Network according to the present invention comprises the sign of the embedding that is used for the backbone network that is connected with Access Network.This services sets identifier can be followed predetermined structure.At backbone network is under the situation of public land mobile net, and the sign of backbone network comprises the pairing country code of the residing country of this backbone network, and the network code of this backbone network is known on the border.Described Access Network can be a WLAN (wireless local area network).
System according to the present invention comprises wireless access network; At least one other network that can insert via wireless access network, and the subscriber equipment that resides in described wireless access network; The sign of wherein said at least one other network is stored among the subscriber equipment, be used for being sent to wireless access network from subscriber equipment with one of described at least one other network connection requests (at least one the sign that comprises described at least one other network), and receiving described sign in response to described wireless access network, described subscriber equipment is connected at least one other network of described sign by described wireless access network.Before storage, the sign of described at least one other network can send to described subscriber equipment from described wireless access network.Subscriber equipment with before one of described at least one other network are connected, can be implored the sign of described at least one network in request from described wireless access network.Described at least one other network can or be roaming network for home network.This services sets identifier can comprise a plurality of fields, wherein comprises the field of marked network type, and identifying this network type is public land mobile net; The field of sign country code, described at least one public land mobile net is positioned at this country, and the field that identifies at least one public land mobile net that described connection request will be routed to.The sign of described at least one network can be included in according in a of IEEE 802.11 or the b services sets identifier partly, described at least one other network of its sign are the network type beyond the public land mobile net, and this services sets identifier can comprise a plurality of fields, wherein comprise the field that limits described at least one other network of network type, and the field that identifies described at least one other network.
System according to the present invention comprises: wireless access network, and via at least one other network that described wireless access network can insert, subscriber equipment wherein provides described Access Network at least one Access Network sign relevant with described at least one other network; And UE derives the sign of described at least one other network according to described at least one Access Network sign.Described subscriber equipment can utilize at least one Access Network to identify when setting up with being connected of described at least one other network.Described Access Network can be routed to the connection of UE and at least one relevant other network of described at least one Access Network sign.Before UE was connected to this Access Network, at least one Access Network sign can be sent to UE from described Access Network.Described Access Network sign can comprise at least one field.Described at least one other network can be the PLMN networks.Described at least one other network can be the roaming PLMN networks that is connected with the Home PLMN network.This Access Network can be WLAN.This Access Network identifies among a or b services sets identifier partly that can be included in according to IEEE 802.11.This Access Network sign can be mapped to the PLMN ID of described at least one other network.
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Fig. 1 has illustrated a kind ofly can put into practice example system of the present invention, comprises the appropriate state that depends on roaming, the relation of the SSID of interworking and shared relationship.
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With reference to Fig. 1, network selecting relates to following two parts:
● WLAN inserts the district and selects
● visited network (for example, PLMN) is selected
Wlan network inserts the district and selects and can followingly operate:
UE always attempts at first directly to be connected with home network, and this home network is a Home PLMN 4, and it comprises the attaching position register (HLR) of UE.If home network is unavailable, then UE attempts to connect via preferred backbone network.The selection of backbone network can be that the user assists automatically, and subscriber equipment is implored, or finishes by hand by the user of UE.SSID is illustrated as arrow SSIDPLMN1 and SSID PLMN2 from visited PLMN 1 with 3 to communicating by letter of visited PLMN 2, and they are sent to visited PLMN 2.Visited PLMN 2 sends to WLAN access district with the identity SSID of visited PLMN 1 and PLMN2.And the SSID identity of PLMN3 is directly transferred to WLAN and inserts the district.The transmission to WLAN access district of SSID can directly be finished.Each visited PLMN s 1-3 and Home PLMN 5 have Access Layer AS.
Be delivered to UE by WLAN AP with the form of WLAN SSID about the information of available backbone network.
UE can be mapped to backbone network with each SSID.So UE can select its expectation to be connected to which available backbone net.[this selection can be automatically, and is that the user assists or the user manually finishes.] after selecting, UE utilizes and the corresponding SSID of selected backbone network and related such as the Access Network of visited PLMN 2.
In the appointment of country and/or network type, SSID can use " asterisk wildcard ".Asterisk wildcard represents to select to have any network of one group of characteristic in the characteristic, as country or the network type in one group of a particular type country or the group network.For example, this appointment can be " any 1 type PLMN in the Finland ", and wherein, PLMN type and country code are fixed, but mobile network code, MNC replaced by asterisk wildcard, and it specifies any mobile network.In textual form, " asterisk wildcard " can be various characters, for example "? " "+" or " * ", they have the asterisk wildcard of negotiation and specify meaning, make their use can replace having the network of characteristic indicative character, specify indication, any country and/or any network in a group network of the operable particular type of particular country as country and/or network type.For example, country code can substitute with asterisk wildcard, is illustrated in " any Orange PLMN " of any country to indicate this SSID.
Access Network (visited PLMN 2 of signal) will connect based on selected SSID and further be routed to correct backbone network, as visited PLMN 1 or Home PLMN s 4 or 5.For example, for each SSID relevant, can utilize tunneling technique to transmit all data between Access Network and the backbone network with backbone network.Therefore, the Route Selection of round backbone network can be considered to the tunnel mapping.The tunnel for example can be, gre tunneling, and virtual lan, L2TP, special-purpose the 3rd layer connects or any other similar transmission mechanism.
In a further exemplary embodiment, each SSID relevant with backbone network can be transformed to authentication automatically, authorize and record keeping (AAA) domain name, as the dialing of the remote authentication in the client server (RADIUS) domain name, or the DIAMETER domain name of the aaa server in the sensing backbone network.This domain name entity is present in visited PLMN s 1-3 and Home PLMN 5 is acted on behalf of as AAA.In the example below, RADIUS is used as the AAA method of example.
When UE had selected SSID, UE created the RADIUS field from selected SSID, and the end of this field being added to the user identity that meets network access identifier (NAI) form.Because the user identity of link meets the NAI form, this authentication at first is routed to selected backbone network.Backbone network is peelled off this link part from original NAI, and this signaling further is forwarded to UE wishes at least one complementary network of being connected to, as from visited PLMN 2 to visited PLMN 1 and the connection of one of Home PLMN s 4 or 5.
1. the use of identifier
A., the SSID value is set
1. the SSID that is used for the PLMN backbone network:
If PLMN is used for the backbone network that WLAN inserts the district, the SSID that then points to this PLMN is passable, for example, follows following form:
[reserved word that is used for the network SSIDs of PLMN type] [version number] [MCC] [MNC] [free text]
Wherein
● the reserved word that is used for the network SSIDs of PLMN type comes such SSID and other SSID difference
● version number makes and can change form in the future
● mobile country code (MCC) is the PLMN country code
● mobile network code, MNC (MNC) is the PLMN network code
● free text can be used for, and for example, indicates user-friendly network title
The actual content of ssid field can with advise above different, and indicated content is just hoped as an example how realizing ssid field configuration.
2. the SSID that is used for non-PLMN backbone network:
If backbone network is not PLMN, the SSID that then points to this network can be following form:
[reserved word that is used for the network SSIDs of non-PLMN type] [version number] [network title]
Wherein
● the reserved word that is used for the network SSIDs of non-PLMN type comes such SSID and other SSID difference
● version number makes and can change form in the future
● network name is called the title of backbone network
The actual content of SSID information field can change, and indicated content just hopes as an example how realizing ssid field configuration, and without any restriction.
The configuration of II.SSID
A. the national WLAN roaming between the backbone network
If backbone network and another are not directly connected to the backbone network of same WLAN AZ national roaming agreement is not arranged, then:
● there is not the supplier of connected backbone network that its SSID can be provided for the supplier of connected backbone network
● connected backbone network can be revised its SSID and roam into any national SSID that roams the reception of partner network that WLAN inserts district (AZ).
The SSID that WLAN AP can be supported all stores in the interior ssid list of WLAN AP.
B. the WLAN that shares inserts the district:
All SSID that have all backbone networks of interconnection agreement to provide with it by WLAN AZ supplier can be provided the WLAN AZ that shares, so that WLAN to be provided access service.
The SSID that WLAN AP can be supported all stores in the interior ssid list of WLAN AP.
Can followingly give UE with the SSID information delivery:
In the 802.11b beacon frame, WLAN UE receives only beacon SSID.This SSID can be above-mentioned form, and the backbone network that therefore can be used for UE is selected.UE also can store preferred network based on Broadcast SSIDs, is used to promote ready-made related with network.
If UE supports the effective scanning of SSID information, then UE can begin scan available networks with preferred sequence.
At first, UE can scan its Home PLMN SSID.If from the response of WLAN AP, then WLAN UE can not begin to scan preferred roaming partner.For the ease of guessing available roaming partner, UE can guess its residing country.
Can do following thing:
● UE may always suppose at first that it is in its home country, thus the roaming SSID of scanning country
● UE can store the country of frequent access, and uses this information to be used to select the SSID that will scan
● bimodulus UE can check appended cellular network and use this information to be used to select the SSID that will scan
● UE can ask the user to indicate WLAN UE which country is positioned at
But ● the SSID that the scanning of UE random start is available
WLAN UE also can use asterisk wildcard when searching for suitable SSID.For example, WLANUE can ask to comprise the availability of SSID that the specific character string of any character string is followed in the back.WLAN UE also can ask WLAN AP to indicate the SSID of all supports.
Select a WLAN Access Network (AN)
UE can select WLAN AN based on signal strength signal intensity with based on the availability of Home PLMN or preferred key roaming network SSID.
Home network PLMN ID can derive from user's international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) that SIM or USIM obtain.
Be the PLMN preference lists of selecting preferably to roam PLMN, can use to be stored among SIM or the USIM.
Select backbone network and store by UE
The UE that network enabled is selected can realize selecting automatically and/or by hand of roaming network.The sign of roaming network can send to UE from wireless access network and be used for storage, and can respond subscriber equipment imploring the sign roaming network.The sign of roaming network can be included in according in a of IEEE802.11 and the b services sets identifier partly.
By UE user ID NAI field part is set
Before sending extendible authentication protocol (EAP) identity response, UE can select the backbone network that will connect.
If UE does not support this feature, then UE utilizes its home network field, and depends on that specific implementation determines the RADIUS Route Selection towards the identity of Home PLMN AAA acting server.
If WLAN UE supports roaming network to select, then UE can select WLAN AN the user can be directed to which available backbone net.The result of this selection can show below in the field part that is utilized:
Be not the original user ID that home network distributed:
〔userid〕@〔homeASrealm〕，
UE can utilize the following user ID in the EAP identity response:
The selected backbone network SSID of (userid) (homeASrealm) .[]. (OWLAN.ORG)
Act on behalf of the RADIUS Route Selection of carrying out by network Radius
The radius proxy of user NAI above receiving checks from their " RADIUS routing table " whether message is transmitted.This Route Selection is based on " highest significant position " in this field, that is, according to [the selected backbone network SSID] that insert. (OWLAN.ORG) part.
When inserting request, RADIUS arrives by [selected backbone network SSID]. and during the radius server of (OWLAN.ORG) field sign, radius server is peelled off the part of being inserted, and carries out user's authentication based on remaining NAI.
Perhaps, UE can be independent of backbone network and select, and always utilizes its home network NAI as its user identity.In the case, WLAN UE indicates selected SSID when being connected to this Access Network.Access Network then will connect and further be routed to the backbone network relevant with the SSID that is utilized.This can, for example, be accompanied by the pre-configured tunnel between Access Network and each backbone network.
The subscription authentication of carrying out can still relate to AAA roaming (agency) or MAP (MAP) roams into the user attaching network.Yet this further roaming is not subjected to new PLMN to select the influence of feature.
The invention provides a kind of by using ssid field how to provide PLMN-ID the mechanism of (sign mobile operator network) to UE.
When PLMN ID was included in the ssid field, the cellular network selection may be used for the public's wlan network with the cellular system interconnection.This makes realize global scalability and to the automatic network selection of WLAN.
Utilize the present invention, PLMN ID is comprised in the ssid field, and permission identifies by the PLMN id information of the network selecting that is used for UE or its user of visit UE.
If UE comprises selected SSID, wherein between UE and home network, has the EAP signaling, then home network has and checks whether WLAN AZ and roaming partner have followed the UE network selecting and do not had route that this is connected to the ability of network, and for example, the partner gives the highest roaming charges for roaming.The source of the PLMNID that the SSID that home network can relatively insert from UE derives and the authentication request of reception, if do not match, WLAN Access Network or roaming partner are confirmed as incorrect running.
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1. one kind is used to reside in the method that the interior subscriber equipment of wireless access network is inserted at least one other network, comprising:
The sign of described at least one other network of storage in subscriber equipment;
From subscriber equipment send one with one of described at least one other network connection requests to described wireless access network, described request comprises at least one the sign in described at least one other network; And
Receive described sign in response to described wireless access network, subscriber equipment is connected at least one other network of described sign by described wireless access network.
2. according to the process of claim 1 wherein:
The storage that is identified at of described at least one other network is sent to subscriber equipment from wireless access network before.
3. according to the method for claim 1-2, wherein:
Subscriber equipment is in request and the sign of imploring described at least one network before one of described at least one other network are connected from described wireless access network.
4. according to the method for claim 1-3, wherein:
Described at least one other network are home network.
5. according to the method for claim 1-3, wherein:
Described at least one other network are roaming networks.
6. according to the method for claim 1-5, wherein:
The sign of described at least one other network is included in the services sets identifier according to IEEE 802.11 (a or b), and described at least one other network of its sign are public land mobile net.
7. according to the method for claim 6, wherein:
Described services sets identifier comprises a plurality of fields, wherein comprises the field of marked network type, and identifying described network type is public land mobile net; The field of sign country code, described at least one public land mobile net is positioned at described country; And the field that identifies at least one public land mobile net that described connection request will be routed to.
8. according to the method for claim 1-5, wherein:
The sign of described at least one network is included in the services sets identifier according to IEEE 802.11 (a or b), and described at least one other network of its sign are the network type beyond the public land mobile net.
9. method according to Claim 8, wherein:
Described services sets identifier comprises a plurality of fields, wherein comprises the field that limits described at least one other network of network type, and the field that identifies described at least one other network.
10. one kind is used for UE and is inserted the method for at least one other network via Access Network, and described at least one other network can insert via described Access Network, and described method comprises:
Provide described Access Network at least one Access Network sign relevant with described at least one other network; And
UE derives the sign of described at least one other network according to described at least one Access Network sign.
11. according to the method for claim 10, wherein:
Described subscriber equipment uses at least one Access Network to identify when setting up with being connected of described at least one other network.
12. according to the method for claim 10-11, wherein:
Described Access Network is routed to the connection of described UE and at least one relevant other network of described at least one Access Network sign.
13. according to the method for claim 10-12, wherein:
Before UE was connected to Access Network, at least one Access Network sign was sent to UE from Access Network.
14. according to the method for claim 13, wherein:
Before UE was connected to Access Network, UE obtained at least one Access Network sign that described Access Network utilizes.
15. according to the method for claim 14, wherein:
Described Access Network sign comprises at least one field.
16. according to the method for claim 10-15, wherein:
Described at least one other network are PLMN networks.
17. according to the method for claim 10-15, wherein:
Described at least one other network are the roaming PLMN networks that link to each other with the Home PLMN network.
18. according to the method for claim 10-15, wherein:
Described Access Network is WLAN.
19. according to the method for claim 10-18, wherein:
Described Access Network identifies among a or b services sets identifier partly that is included in according to IEEE 802.11.
20. according to the method for claim 10-19, wherein:
Described Access Network sign is mapped to the PLMN ID of described at least one other network.
21. a services sets identifier transmits in the Access Network of at least one identifier that comprises backbone network, described services sets identifier comprises:
The indication of backbone network type,
The version number of services sets type of identifier, and
The sign of backbone network.
22. according to the services sets identifier of claim 21, wherein:
When backbone network was public land mobile net, the sign of backbone network comprised the pairing country code of the residing country of described backbone network, and the network code that identifies described backbone network.
23. according to the services sets identifier of claim 21-22, wherein:
Described Access Network is a wireless lan (wlan).
24. a services sets identifier that transmits in Access Network comprises:
The sign that is used for the embedding of the backbone network that is connected with Access Network.
25. according to the services sets identifier of claim 24, wherein:
Described services sets identifier is followed predetermined structure.
26. according to the services sets identifier of claim 24-25, wherein:
At backbone network is under the situation of public land mobile net, and the sign of backbone network comprises the pairing country code of the residing country of described backbone network, and the network code that identifies described backbone network.
27. according to the services sets identifier of claim 24-26, wherein:
Described Access Network is a wireless lan (wlan).
28. according to the method for claim 3, wherein:
The described imploring asterisk wildcard that comprises is as the part of the sign of described at least one other network or network type.
29. a system comprises:
Wireless access network;
At least one other network that can insert via described wireless access network, and
Reside in the subscriber equipment of described wireless access network; And wherein
The sign of described at least one other network is stored among the subscriber equipment, be used for being sent to wireless access network from subscriber equipment with one of described at least one other network connection requests, described request comprises at least one sign of described at least one other network, and receiving described sign in response to described wireless access network, described subscriber equipment is connected at least one other network of described sign by described wireless access network.
30. according to the system of claim 29, wherein:
Being identified at before the storage of described at least one other network is sent to described subscriber equipment from described wireless access network.
31. according to the system of claim 29-30, wherein:
Subscriber equipment is in request and the sign of imploring described at least one network before one of described at least one other network are connected from described wireless access network.
32. according to the system of claim 29-31, wherein:
Described at least one other network are home network
33. according to the system of claim 29-31, wherein:
Described at least one other network are roaming network.
34. the system according to claim 33 comprises:
The services sets identifier, described services sets identifier comprises a plurality of fields, the field that wherein comprises the marked network type, identifying described network type is public land mobile net, the field of sign country code, described at least one public land mobile net is positioned at described country, and the field that identifies at least one public land mobile net that described connection request will be routed to.
35. according to the system of claim 34, wherein:
The sign of described at least one network is included in according in a of IEEE 802.11 or the b services sets identifier partly, and described at least one other network of its sign are the network type beyond the public land mobile net.
36. according to the system of claim 35, wherein:
Described services sets identifier comprises a plurality of fields, wherein comprises the field that limits described at least one other network of network type, and the field that identifies described at least one other network.
37. a system comprises:
Wireless access network;
At least one other network that can insert via described wireless access network;
Subscriber equipment; And wherein
Provide described Access Network at least one Access Network sign relevant with described at least one other network; And UE derives the sign of described at least one other network according to described at least one Access Network sign.
38. according to the system of claim 37, wherein:
Described subscriber equipment uses at least one Access Network to identify when setting up with being connected of described at least one other network.
39. according to the system of claim 37-38, wherein:
Described Access Network is routed to the connection of described UE and at least one relevant other network of described at least one Access Network sign.
40. according to the system of claim 37-39, wherein:
Before UE is connected to described Access Network, transmit at least one Access Network sign from described Access Network.
41. according to the system of claim 37-40, wherein:
Described at least one Access Network sign comprises at least one field.
42. according to the system of claim 37-41, wherein:
Described at least one other network are PLMN networks.
43. according to the system of claim 37-41, wherein:
Described at least one other network are the roaming PLMN networks that are connected with the Home PLMN network.
44. according to the system of claim 37-41, wherein:
Described Access Network is WLAN.
45. according to the system of claim 37-44, wherein:
Described Access Network identifies among a or b services sets identifier partly that is included in according to IEEE 802.11.
46. according to the system of claim 37-41, wherein:
Described Access Network sign is mapped as the PLMN ID of described at least one other network.
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