From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============5677235868034858337==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Aki Niemi Subject: Re: Selecting multiple radio access technologies in oFono Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:25:30 +0200 Message-ID: <1296591930.2619.60.camel@tucson> In-Reply-To: <4D46C032.60405@tieto.com> List-Id: To: ofono@ofono.org --===============5677235868034858337== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Paavo, On Mon, 2011-01-31 at 15:59 +0200, ext Paavo Leinonen wrote: > Could it be possible to extend current TechnologyPreference setting in > radio-settings-api in a way which would enable user to limit usage of = > certain > radio accesses? For example user could choose to limit technology usage to > technologies like GSM and UMTS even if the LTE coverage would be availabl= e. > Following value could be introduced to current API to enable this kind of > selection: > = > "gsm" Only GSM used for radio access. > "umts" Only UMTS used for radio access. > "gsm_umts" Only GSM or UMTS used for radio access. > "lte" Only LTE used for radio access. The current API has 'gsm', 'umts', 'lte' and 'any'. I think you are suggesting something like 'all-but-lte', right? > Other approach could be that we would rephrase existing API so that = > instead of > using "only" LTE, we would use LTE whenever available and some older = > technology > when LTE coverage is lacking. So user would select "highest" allowed radio > access without restrictions to use only one technology which has been = > selected. This is what 'any' essentially is for. > This would save us from polluting value selection with options like = > "gsm_umts", > a decision we'd be grateful when we'll run oFono on 10G modems. ;) > = > Use case for this could be energy conservation. At least I have habit to = set > network preference to 'GSM' to conserve battery life when I know I'm = > going to > travel places where 3G coverage is not that good or I'm not going to = > need it. I think this will also get gradually better as networks and handsets are upgraded to use better power saving features, such as CPC. Cheers, Aki > Br, > Paavo > = > _______________________________________________ > ofono mailing list > ofono(a)ofono.org > http://lists.ofono.org/listinfo/ofono --===============5677235868034858337==--