Offloading traffic of a user equipment communication session from a cellular communication network to a wireless local area network (WLAN)
First Claim
1. A user equipment comprisingat least one processor, andat least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processor, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least:
- to conduct by a user equipment a processing, in response to reception of an initial request from a first communication network, for deciding whether or not it is acceptable to divert at least a part of a communication traffic of a wireless communication currently conducted by the user equipment with the first communication network using a first access technology to a second communication network using a second, different access technology,in case the decision is that it is not acceptable, to prepare by the user equipment a report indicating that the diversion of the communication traffic by the user equipment from the first communication to the second communication network is not conducted,to determine, by the user equipment and based on one or more conditions at the user equipment, a timer value to be set by the first communication network for postponing or stopping a transmission of one or more additional requests, subsequent to the initial request, from the first communication network to the user equipment to divert at least a part of the communication traffic of the communication, andto cause a transmission by the user equipment of the report, comprising the timer value, to the first communication network.
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Abstract
A User Equipment including at least one processor, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processor, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the User Equipment at least: to conduct a processing for deciding whether or not it is acceptable to divert at least a part of a communication traffic of a communication currently conducted by the User Equipment with a first communication network to a second communication network, in case the decision is that it is not acceptable, to prepare a report indicating that the diversion of the communication traffic to the second communication network is not conducted, and to cause a transmission of the report to the first communication network.
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19 Claims
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1. A user equipment comprising
at least one processor, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processor, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least: -
to conduct by a user equipment a processing, in response to reception of an initial request from a first communication network, for deciding whether or not it is acceptable to divert at least a part of a communication traffic of a wireless communication currently conducted by the user equipment with the first communication network using a first access technology to a second communication network using a second, different access technology, in case the decision is that it is not acceptable, to prepare by the user equipment a report indicating that the diversion of the communication traffic by the user equipment from the first communication to the second communication network is not conducted, to determine, by the user equipment and based on one or more conditions at the user equipment, a timer value to be set by the first communication network for postponing or stopping a transmission of one or more additional requests, subsequent to the initial request, from the first communication network to the user equipment to divert at least a part of the communication traffic of the communication, and to cause a transmission by the user equipment of the report, comprising the timer value, to the first communication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising
conducting by a user equipment a processing, in response to reception of an initial request from a first communication network, for deciding whether or not it is acceptable to divert at least a part of a communication traffic of a wireless communication currently conducted by the user equipment with the first communication network using a first access technology to a second communication network using a second, different access technology, in case the decision is that it is not acceptable, preparing by the user equipment a report indicating that the diversion of the communication traffic by the user equipment from the first communication to the second communication network is not conducted, to determine, by the user equipment and based on one or more conditions at the user equipment, a timer value to be set by the first communication network for postponing or stopping a transmission of one or more additional requests, subsequent to the initial request, from the first communication network to the user equipment to divert at least a part of the communication traffic of the communication, and causing a transmission by the user equipment of the report, comprising the timer value, to the first communication network.
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9. A base station comprising
at least one processor, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processor, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least: -
to cause by the base station in a first communication network using a first access technology a transmission of an initial request to a user equipment communicating with the first communication network to divert at least a part of the communication traffic of a wireless communication currently conducted by the user equipment with the first communication network to a second communication network using a second, different access technology, to receive and process by the base station a report from the user equipment indicating that a diversion of the communication traffic by the user equipment to the second communication network is not conducted, the report comprising a timer value to be set by the first communication network for postponing or stopping a transmission of one or more additional requests, subsequent to the initial request, from the first communication network to the user equipment to divert at least a part of the communication traffic of the communication, to set and store by the base station a status of the user equipment from which the report is received to a status indicating that it is not acceptable to divert at least a part of the communication traffic of the communication currently conducted by the user equipment with the first communication network to the second communication network, and to postpone or stop, for at least a specified time period determined using the timer value, by the base station a transmission by the first communication network to the user equipment for which the status is set of a further request to divert at least a part of the communication traffic of a communication currently conducted by the user equipment with the first communication network to the second communication network. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising
causing by a base station in a first communication network using a first access technology a transmission of an initial request to a user equipment communicating with the first communication network to divert at least a part of the communication traffic of a wireless communication currently conducted by the user equipment with the first communication network to a second communication network using a second, different access technology, receiving and processing by the base station a report from the user equipment indicating that a diversion of the communication traffic by the user equipment to the second communication network is not conducted, the report comprising a timer value to be set by the first communication network for postponing or stopping a transmission of one or more additional requests, subsequent to the initial request, from the first communication network to the user equipment to divert at least a part of the communication traffic of the communication, setting and storing by the base station a status of the user equipment from which the report is received to a status indicating that it is not acceptable to divert at least a part of the communication traffic of the communication currently conducted by the user equipment with the first communication network to the second communication network, and postponing or stopping, for at least a specified time period determined using the timer value, by the base station a transmission by the first communication network to the user equipment for which the status is set of a further request to divert at least a part of the communication traffic of a communication currently conducted by the user equipment with the first communication network to the second communication network.
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