WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK OFFLOADING THROUGH RADIO ACCESS NETWORK RULES

Methods, systems, and devices are described for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) offloading through radio access network rules. In one embodiment of a method of wireless communication, a mobile device may determine that Radio Access Network (RAN) assistance information is unavailable, the RAN assi...

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Main Authors HORN, Gavin, Bernard, ZISIMOPOULOS, Haris, PICA, Francesco, FACCIN, Stefano
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 15.03.2017
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Summary:Methods, systems, and devices are described for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) offloading through radio access network rules. In one embodiment of a method of wireless communication, a mobile device may determine that Radio Access Network (RAN) assistance information is unavailable, the RAN assistance information including a first set of thresholds for switching a Packet Data Network (PDN) connection of the mobile device from a WLAN to a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN). The mobile device may further access a second set of thresholds based at least in part on the determining, and the mobile device may determine to switch the PDN connection from the WLAN to the WWAN based at least in part on the second set of thresholds.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20150726773