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Traffic steering from a first access network to a second access network

US11218928B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Oumer Teyeb · Solna, SE
Ruth Guerra · Stockholm, SE
Christofer Lindheimer · Linköping, SE
Filip Mestanov · Sollentuna, SE
Elena Myhre · Söderhamn, SE
Håkan Persson · Solna, SE
Magnus Stattin · Upplands Väsby, SE
Mattias Bergström · Stockholm, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 20, 2014
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 17, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W88/06
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a method in a node in a first access network, the method comprising sending (710) a first set of thresholds and/or conditions to a terminal, the first set of thresholds and/or conditions defining situations in which (a) the terminal should send a measurement report to the first access network with respect to a second access network, or (b) the terminal should connect to the second access network and/or steer at least some traffic to the second access network; and sending (720) a second set of thresholds and/or conditions to the terminal, the second set of thresholds and/or conditions defining situations in which, (c) the terminal should send a measurement report to the first access network regarding at least the second access network or (d) the terminal should disconnect from the second access network and/or connect to the first access network and/or steer at least some traffic to the first access network.

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