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Traffic steering at handover

US9894583B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY · FI

Inventors

Irina-Mihaela BALAN · Munich, DE
Hanns Juergen Schwarzbauer · Drolshagen, DE
Richard Waldhauser · Munich, DE
Woonhee Hwang · Espoo, FI

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 20, 2014
Grant date	Feb 13, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 20, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W36/0072
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus are provided. A user equipment is supported at a first access node. The first access node receives an indication of an offload status from a second access node and makes a determination relating to the handover of the user equipment from the first access node to the second access in dependence on the received indication.

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