diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index e86044b..80f57c8 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -30343,11 +30343,11 @@
   }
 
   public class NetworkRequest implements android.os.Parcelable {
+    method public boolean canBeSatisfiedBy(@Nullable android.net.NetworkCapabilities);
     method public int describeContents();
     method @Nullable public android.net.NetworkSpecifier getNetworkSpecifier();
     method public boolean hasCapability(int);
     method public boolean hasTransport(int);
-    method public boolean satisfiedBy(@Nullable android.net.NetworkCapabilities);
     method public void writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel, int);
     field @NonNull public static final android.os.Parcelable.Creator<android.net.NetworkRequest> CREATOR;
   }
diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index 6aff69b..5ae7e5b 100755
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -6183,7 +6183,6 @@
   public final class MatchAllNetworkSpecifier extends android.net.NetworkSpecifier implements android.os.Parcelable {
     ctor public MatchAllNetworkSpecifier();
     method public int describeContents();
-    method public boolean satisfiedBy(android.net.NetworkSpecifier);
     method public void writeToParcel(@NonNull android.os.Parcel, int);
     field @NonNull public static final android.os.Parcelable.Creator<android.net.MatchAllNetworkSpecifier> CREATOR;
   }
@@ -6337,8 +6336,8 @@
   }
 
   public abstract class NetworkSpecifier {
+    method public boolean canBeSatisfiedBy(@Nullable android.net.NetworkSpecifier);
     method @Nullable public android.net.NetworkSpecifier redact();
-    method public abstract boolean satisfiedBy(@Nullable android.net.NetworkSpecifier);
   }
 
   public class NetworkStack {
@@ -6441,10 +6440,6 @@
     method @NonNull public android.net.StaticIpConfiguration.Builder setIpAddress(@Nullable android.net.LinkAddress);
   }
 
-  public final class TelephonyNetworkSpecifier extends android.net.NetworkSpecifier implements android.os.Parcelable {
-    method public boolean satisfiedBy(android.net.NetworkSpecifier);
-  }
-
   public final class TetheredClient implements android.os.Parcelable {
     ctor public TetheredClient(@NonNull android.net.MacAddress, @NonNull java.util.Collection<android.net.TetheredClient.AddressInfo>, int);
     method public int describeContents();
@@ -7431,10 +7426,6 @@
     field public int numUsage;
   }
 
-  public final class WifiNetworkSpecifier extends android.net.NetworkSpecifier implements android.os.Parcelable {
-    method public boolean satisfiedBy(android.net.NetworkSpecifier);
-  }
-
   public final class WifiNetworkSuggestion implements android.os.Parcelable {
     method @NonNull public android.net.wifi.WifiConfiguration getWifiConfiguration();
   }
@@ -7625,10 +7616,6 @@
     method @Deprecated public android.net.NetworkSpecifier createNetworkSpecifierPmk(@NonNull android.net.wifi.aware.PeerHandle, @NonNull byte[]);
   }
 
-  public final class WifiAwareNetworkSpecifier extends android.net.NetworkSpecifier implements android.os.Parcelable {
-    method public boolean satisfiedBy(android.net.NetworkSpecifier);
-  }
-
   public class WifiAwareSession implements java.lang.AutoCloseable {
     method public android.net.NetworkSpecifier createNetworkSpecifierPmk(int, @NonNull byte[], @NonNull byte[]);
   }
diff --git a/core/java/android/net/NetworkCapabilities.java b/core/java/android/net/NetworkCapabilities.java
index af9414c..91ef911 100644
--- a/core/java/android/net/NetworkCapabilities.java
+++ b/core/java/android/net/NetworkCapabilities.java
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@
     }
 
     private boolean satisfiedBySpecifier(NetworkCapabilities nc) {
-        return mNetworkSpecifier == null || mNetworkSpecifier.satisfiedBy(nc.mNetworkSpecifier)
+        return mNetworkSpecifier == null || mNetworkSpecifier.canBeSatisfiedBy(nc.mNetworkSpecifier)
                 || nc.mNetworkSpecifier instanceof MatchAllNetworkSpecifier;
     }
 
diff --git a/core/java/android/net/NetworkRequest.java b/core/java/android/net/NetworkRequest.java
index 798856d..a6bd74a 100644
--- a/core/java/android/net/NetworkRequest.java
+++ b/core/java/android/net/NetworkRequest.java
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
      * @param nc Capabilities that should satisfy this NetworkRequest. null capabilities do not
      *           satisfy any request.
      */
-    public boolean satisfiedBy(@Nullable NetworkCapabilities nc) {
+    public boolean canBeSatisfiedBy(@Nullable NetworkCapabilities nc) {
         return networkCapabilities.satisfiedByNetworkCapabilities(nc);
     }
 
diff --git a/core/java/android/net/NetworkSpecifier.java b/core/java/android/net/NetworkSpecifier.java
index 2dd0c4e..160259e 100644
--- a/core/java/android/net/NetworkSpecifier.java
+++ b/core/java/android/net/NetworkSpecifier.java
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
      * @hide
      */
     @SystemApi
-    public abstract boolean satisfiedBy(@Nullable NetworkSpecifier other);
+    public boolean canBeSatisfiedBy(@Nullable NetworkSpecifier other) {
+        return false;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Optional method which can be overridden by concrete implementations of NetworkSpecifier to
diff --git a/core/java/android/net/StringNetworkSpecifier.java b/core/java/android/net/StringNetworkSpecifier.java
index 6ae5971..3f2aa17 100644
--- a/core/java/android/net/StringNetworkSpecifier.java
+++ b/core/java/android/net/StringNetworkSpecifier.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
     /** @hide */
     @Override
-    public boolean satisfiedBy(NetworkSpecifier other) {
+    public boolean canBeSatisfiedBy(NetworkSpecifier other) {
         return equals(other);
     }
 
diff --git a/core/java/android/net/TelephonyNetworkSpecifier.java b/core/java/android/net/TelephonyNetworkSpecifier.java
index 726f770..aafebd7 100644
--- a/core/java/android/net/TelephonyNetworkSpecifier.java
+++ b/core/java/android/net/TelephonyNetworkSpecifier.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 
     /** @hide */
     @Override
-    public boolean satisfiedBy(NetworkSpecifier other) {
+    public boolean canBeSatisfiedBy(NetworkSpecifier other) {
         // Any generic requests should be satisfied by a specific telephony network.
         // For simplicity, we treat null same as MatchAllNetworkSpecifier
         return equals(other) || other == null || other instanceof MatchAllNetworkSpecifier;
diff --git a/tests/net/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceTest.java b/tests/net/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceTest.java
index 4bfb51b..83f4c98 100644
--- a/tests/net/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceTest.java
+++ b/tests/net/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceTest.java
@@ -2896,7 +2896,7 @@
         class ConfidentialMatchAllNetworkSpecifier extends NetworkSpecifier implements
                 Parcelable {
             @Override
-            public boolean satisfiedBy(NetworkSpecifier other) {
+            public boolean canBeSatisfiedBy(NetworkSpecifier other) {
                 return true;
             }
 
@@ -2924,7 +2924,7 @@
             }
 
             @Override
-            public boolean satisfiedBy(NetworkSpecifier other) {
+            public boolean canBeSatisfiedBy(NetworkSpecifier other) {
                 if (other instanceof LocalStringNetworkSpecifier) {
                     return TextUtils.equals(mString,
                             ((LocalStringNetworkSpecifier) other).mString);
@@ -3045,7 +3045,10 @@
         });
 
         class NonParcelableSpecifier extends NetworkSpecifier {
-            public boolean satisfiedBy(NetworkSpecifier other) { return false; }
+            @Override
+            public boolean canBeSatisfiedBy(NetworkSpecifier other) {
+                return false;
+            }
         };
         class ParcelableSpecifier extends NonParcelableSpecifier implements Parcelable {
             @Override public int describeContents() { return 0; }
diff --git a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiNetworkAgentSpecifier.java b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiNetworkAgentSpecifier.java
index 6632c16..0d13805 100644
--- a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiNetworkAgentSpecifier.java
+++ b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiNetworkAgentSpecifier.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public boolean satisfiedBy(@Nullable NetworkSpecifier other) {
+    public boolean canBeSatisfiedBy(@Nullable NetworkSpecifier other) {
         if (this == other) {
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiNetworkSpecifier.java b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiNetworkSpecifier.java
index 3d946c9..ed54ad1 100644
--- a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiNetworkSpecifier.java
+++ b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiNetworkSpecifier.java
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@
 
     /** @hide */
     @Override
-    public boolean satisfiedBy(NetworkSpecifier other) {
+    public boolean canBeSatisfiedBy(NetworkSpecifier other) {
         if (this == other) {
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/WifiAwareAgentNetworkSpecifier.java b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/WifiAwareAgentNetworkSpecifier.java
index a4b3e86..9ae3bd0 100644
--- a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/WifiAwareAgentNetworkSpecifier.java
+++ b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/WifiAwareAgentNetworkSpecifier.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public boolean satisfiedBy(NetworkSpecifier other) {
+    public boolean canBeSatisfiedBy(NetworkSpecifier other) {
         if (!(other instanceof WifiAwareAgentNetworkSpecifier)) {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/WifiAwareNetworkSpecifier.java b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/WifiAwareNetworkSpecifier.java
index 65ac1ab..3547750 100644
--- a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/WifiAwareNetworkSpecifier.java
+++ b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/WifiAwareNetworkSpecifier.java
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
 
     /** @hide */
     @Override
-    public boolean satisfiedBy(NetworkSpecifier other) {
+    public boolean canBeSatisfiedBy(NetworkSpecifier other) {
         // MatchAllNetworkSpecifier is taken care in NetworkCapabilities#satisfiedBySpecifier.
         if (other instanceof WifiAwareAgentNetworkSpecifier) {
             return ((WifiAwareAgentNetworkSpecifier) other).satisfiesAwareNetworkSpecifier(this);
diff --git a/wifi/tests/src/android/net/wifi/WifiNetworkAgentSpecifierTest.java b/wifi/tests/src/android/net/wifi/WifiNetworkAgentSpecifierTest.java
index 0233ee2..d479aac 100644
--- a/wifi/tests/src/android/net/wifi/WifiNetworkAgentSpecifierTest.java
+++ b/wifi/tests/src/android/net/wifi/WifiNetworkAgentSpecifierTest.java
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@
     public void testWifiNetworkAgentSpecifierSatisifiesNullAndAllMatch() {
         WifiNetworkAgentSpecifier specifier = createDefaultNetworkAgentSpecifier();
 
-        assertTrue(specifier.satisfiedBy(null));
-        assertTrue(specifier.satisfiedBy(new MatchAllNetworkSpecifier()));
+        assertTrue(specifier.canBeSatisfiedBy(null));
+        assertTrue(specifier.canBeSatisfiedBy(new MatchAllNetworkSpecifier()));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
         WifiNetworkAgentSpecifier specifier1 = createDefaultNetworkAgentSpecifier();
         WifiNetworkAgentSpecifier specifier2 = createDefaultNetworkAgentSpecifier();
 
-        assertTrue(specifier2.satisfiedBy(specifier1));
+        assertTrue(specifier2.canBeSatisfiedBy(specifier1));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@
                 bssidPattern,
                 wificonfigurationNetworkSpecifier);
 
-        assertTrue(wifiNetworkSpecifier.satisfiedBy(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier));
-        assertTrue(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier.satisfiedBy(wifiNetworkSpecifier));
+        assertTrue(wifiNetworkSpecifier.canBeSatisfiedBy(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier));
+        assertTrue(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier.canBeSatisfiedBy(wifiNetworkSpecifier));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@
                 bssidPattern,
                 wificonfigurationNetworkSpecifier);
 
-        assertTrue(wifiNetworkSpecifier.satisfiedBy(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier));
-        assertTrue(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier.satisfiedBy(wifiNetworkSpecifier));
+        assertTrue(wifiNetworkSpecifier.canBeSatisfiedBy(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier));
+        assertTrue(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier.canBeSatisfiedBy(wifiNetworkSpecifier));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@
                 bssidPattern,
                 wificonfigurationNetworkSpecifier);
 
-        assertTrue(wifiNetworkSpecifier.satisfiedBy(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier));
-        assertTrue(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier.satisfiedBy(wifiNetworkSpecifier));
+        assertTrue(wifiNetworkSpecifier.canBeSatisfiedBy(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier));
+        assertTrue(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier.canBeSatisfiedBy(wifiNetworkSpecifier));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -283,8 +283,8 @@
                 bssidPattern,
                 wificonfigurationNetworkSpecifier);
 
-        assertFalse(wifiNetworkSpecifier.satisfiedBy(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier));
-        assertFalse(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier.satisfiedBy(wifiNetworkSpecifier));
+        assertFalse(wifiNetworkSpecifier.canBeSatisfiedBy(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier));
+        assertFalse(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier.canBeSatisfiedBy(wifiNetworkSpecifier));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@
                 bssidPattern,
                 wificonfigurationNetworkSpecifier);
 
-        assertFalse(wifiNetworkSpecifier.satisfiedBy(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier));
-        assertFalse(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier.satisfiedBy(wifiNetworkSpecifier));
+        assertFalse(wifiNetworkSpecifier.canBeSatisfiedBy(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier));
+        assertFalse(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier.canBeSatisfiedBy(wifiNetworkSpecifier));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -347,8 +347,8 @@
                 bssidPattern,
                 wificonfigurationNetworkSpecifier);
 
-        assertFalse(wifiNetworkSpecifier.satisfiedBy(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier));
-        assertFalse(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier.satisfiedBy(wifiNetworkSpecifier));
+        assertFalse(wifiNetworkSpecifier.canBeSatisfiedBy(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier));
+        assertFalse(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier.canBeSatisfiedBy(wifiNetworkSpecifier));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@
                 bssidPattern,
                 wificonfigurationNetworkSpecifier);
 
-        assertFalse(wifiNetworkSpecifier.satisfiedBy(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier));
-        assertFalse(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier.satisfiedBy(wifiNetworkSpecifier));
+        assertFalse(wifiNetworkSpecifier.canBeSatisfiedBy(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier));
+        assertFalse(wifiNetworkAgentSpecifier.canBeSatisfiedBy(wifiNetworkSpecifier));
     }
 
 
diff --git a/wifi/tests/src/android/net/wifi/WifiNetworkSpecifierTest.java b/wifi/tests/src/android/net/wifi/WifiNetworkSpecifierTest.java
index 3b67236..53a7d03 100644
--- a/wifi/tests/src/android/net/wifi/WifiNetworkSpecifierTest.java
+++ b/wifi/tests/src/android/net/wifi/WifiNetworkSpecifierTest.java
@@ -396,8 +396,8 @@
                                 MacAddress.fromString(TEST_BSSID_OUI_MASK)),
                         wifiConfiguration);
 
-        assertTrue(specifier.satisfiedBy(null));
-        assertTrue(specifier.satisfiedBy(new MatchAllNetworkSpecifier()));
+        assertTrue(specifier.canBeSatisfiedBy(null));
+        assertTrue(specifier.canBeSatisfiedBy(new MatchAllNetworkSpecifier()));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@
                                 MacAddress.fromString(TEST_BSSID_OUI_MASK)),
                         wifiConfiguration);
 
-        assertTrue(specifier2.satisfiedBy(specifier1));
+        assertTrue(specifier2.canBeSatisfiedBy(specifier1));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
                                 MacAddress.fromString(TEST_BSSID_OUI_MASK)),
                         wifiConfiguration2);
 
-        assertFalse(specifier2.satisfiedBy(specifier1));
+        assertFalse(specifier2.canBeSatisfiedBy(specifier1));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@
                                 MacAddress.fromString(TEST_BSSID_OUI_MASK)),
                         wifiConfiguration);
 
-        assertFalse(specifier2.satisfiedBy(specifier1));
+        assertFalse(specifier2.canBeSatisfiedBy(specifier1));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -507,6 +507,6 @@
                                 WifiManager.ALL_ZEROS_MAC_ADDRESS),
                         wifiConfiguration);
 
-        assertFalse(specifier2.satisfiedBy(specifier1));
+        assertFalse(specifier2.canBeSatisfiedBy(specifier1));
     }
 }
diff --git a/wifi/tests/src/android/net/wifi/aware/WifiAwareAgentNetworkSpecifierTest.java b/wifi/tests/src/android/net/wifi/aware/WifiAwareAgentNetworkSpecifierTest.java
index 81b02fa..f2961db 100644
--- a/wifi/tests/src/android/net/wifi/aware/WifiAwareAgentNetworkSpecifierTest.java
+++ b/wifi/tests/src/android/net/wifi/aware/WifiAwareAgentNetworkSpecifierTest.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     public void testEmptyDoesntMatchAnything() {
         WifiAwareAgentNetworkSpecifier dut = new WifiAwareAgentNetworkSpecifier();
         WifiAwareNetworkSpecifier ns = getDummyNetworkSpecifier(6);
-        collector.checkThat("No match expected", ns.satisfiedBy(dut), equalTo(false));
+        collector.checkThat("No match expected", ns.canBeSatisfiedBy(dut), equalTo(false));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@
         WifiAwareNetworkSpecifier nsThis = getDummyNetworkSpecifier(6);
         WifiAwareAgentNetworkSpecifier dut = new WifiAwareAgentNetworkSpecifier(nsThis);
         WifiAwareNetworkSpecifier nsOther = getDummyNetworkSpecifier(8);
-        collector.checkThat("Match expected", nsThis.satisfiedBy(dut), equalTo(true));
-        collector.checkThat("No match expected", nsOther.satisfiedBy(dut), equalTo(false));
+        collector.checkThat("Match expected", nsThis.canBeSatisfiedBy(dut), equalTo(true));
+        collector.checkThat("No match expected", nsOther.canBeSatisfiedBy(dut), equalTo(false));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@
         WifiAwareNetworkSpecifier nsOther = getDummyNetworkSpecifier(10000);
 
         for (WifiAwareNetworkSpecifier nsThis: nsSet) {
-            collector.checkThat("Match expected", nsThis.satisfiedBy(dut), equalTo(true));
+            collector.checkThat("Match expected", nsThis.canBeSatisfiedBy(dut), equalTo(true));
         }
-        collector.checkThat("No match expected", nsOther.satisfiedBy(dut), equalTo(false));
+        collector.checkThat("No match expected", nsOther.canBeSatisfiedBy(dut), equalTo(false));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
         WifiAwareAgentNetworkSpecifier newNs = new WifiAwareAgentNetworkSpecifier(
                 nsSet.toArray(new WifiAwareNetworkSpecifier[nsSet.size()]));
 
-        collector.checkThat("Match expected", oldNs.satisfiedBy(newNs), equalTo(true));
+        collector.checkThat("Match expected", oldNs.canBeSatisfiedBy(newNs), equalTo(true));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
         WifiAwareAgentNetworkSpecifier oldNs = new WifiAwareAgentNetworkSpecifier(
                 nsSet.toArray(new WifiAwareNetworkSpecifier[nsSet.size()]));
 
-        collector.checkThat("Match unexpected", oldNs.satisfiedBy(newNs), equalTo(false));
+        collector.checkThat("Match unexpected", oldNs.canBeSatisfiedBy(newNs), equalTo(false));
     }
 
     // utilities