METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA OFFLOADING IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
First Claim
1. A mobile communications infrastructure with coordinated data session offloading of mobile subscriber devices from a primary communication medium to a secondary communication medium, comprising:
- a primary communications infrastructure which provides a primary communications medium for mobile subscriber devices;
a secondary communications infrastructure which provides a secondary communication medium that is accessible by authorized mobile subscriber devices; and
an offload management system configured to control offload of mobile subscriber devices from the primary communication medium to the secondary communication medium during a data session with a data network based on an offload profile associated with the mobile subscriber device and resource status information relating to the available capacity of the secondary communication medium.
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Abstract
A mobile communications infrastructure with coordinated data session offloading of mobile subscriber devices from a primary communication medium to a secondary communication medium. The infrastructure comprises a primary communications infrastructure which provides a primary communications medium for mobile subscriber devices and a secondary communications infrastructure which provides a secondary communication medium that is accessible by authorized mobile subscriber devices. An offload management system is configured to control offload of mobile subscriber devices from the primary communication medium to the secondary communication medium during a data session with a data network based on an offload profile associated with the mobile subscriber device and resource status information relating to the available capacity of the secondary communication medium.
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46 Claims
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1. A mobile communications infrastructure with coordinated data session offloading of mobile subscriber devices from a primary communication medium to a secondary communication medium, comprising:
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a primary communications infrastructure which provides a primary communications medium for mobile subscriber devices; a secondary communications infrastructure which provides a secondary communication medium that is accessible by authorized mobile subscriber devices; and an offload management system configured to control offload of mobile subscriber devices from the primary communication medium to the secondary communication medium during a data session with a data network based on an offload profile associated with the mobile subscriber device and resource status information relating to the available capacity of the secondary communication medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of offloading a mobile subscriber device from a primary communications medium to a secondary communications medium during a data session required by an activated application program of the mobile subscriber device, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving an offload request from a mobile subscriber device over the primary communications medium; (b) accessing an offload profile for the mobile subscriber device indicative of whether the mobile subscriber device is allowed to offload to the secondary medium and which is stored in a policy database; (c) accessing the resource status information of the secondary communication medium indicative of the available capacity on the secondary communications medium from a resource database; and (d) replying to the offload request based on the offload profile and resource status information with either an approved offload request reply providing login information to enable the mobile subscriber device to establish a new data channel link over the secondary communications medium for the data session or a denied offload request reply such that the mobile subscriber device continues the data session over a data channel link established over the primary communications medium. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of offloading a mobile subscriber device from a primary communications medium to a secondary communications medium during a data session required by an activated application program of the mobile subscriber device, comprising the steps of:
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(a) detecting initiation of a data session by the mobile subscriber device over a data channel link on the primary communications medium; (b) sending an offload request over primary communications medium to an offload management system upon detection of the data session; (c) receiving an offload request reply from the offload management system, the reply comprising either an approved offload request reply comprising login information for the secondary communications medium or a denied offload request reply; and (d) initiating a new data channel link over the secondary communication medium for the data session based on an approved offload request reply or continuing the data session over the data channel link on the primary communications network for a denied offload request. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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