Network selection for autonomous mobile devices

The rise of mixed mobile networks of WiFi, cellular small cells and traditional base stations, opens new challenges in optimising user's access to the networks. In fact, this mix of Radio Access Networks (RAN) become more heterogeneous as various technologies such as LTE, UMTS and WiMAX operates at the small cells. To fully utilise the capacity of such rich field of heterogeneous wireless connectivity, mobile devices should be able to select RAN (or a combination of RANs) for their connection and depending on their need. The proposed algorithm here is based on an autonomous agent at the mobile node, and assisted by integration of distributed cloud services. The ultimate aim is the design of RAN selection algorithm owned by autonomous and intelligent user agents that can significantly improve the user's Quality of Experience (QoE) in terms of network coverage, data rate, and battery life-time.