System and method of offloading traffic to a wireless local area network
US9706423B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 14, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/06
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for offloading traffic from a cellular network to a wireless local area network (WLAN) are described. One example method generally includes receiving, from a serving base station, a request to measure one or more WLAN access points (APs), determining one or more metrics for the WLAN APs, comparing the metrics for the WLAN APs to a threshold, and reporting metrics for at least a first AP of the WLAN APs if the metrics for the first AP exceed the threshold.
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