System and Method of Offloading Traffic to a Wireless Local Area Network
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1. A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- determining if a serving base station supports wireless local area network (WLAN) and radio access network (RAN) interworking; and
based upon the determination, determining whether to access the serving base station before associating or exchanging transmissions with a WLAN access point (AP).
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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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22 Claims
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1. A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
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determining if a serving base station supports wireless local area network (WLAN) and radio access network (RAN) interworking; and based upon the determination, determining whether to access the serving base station before associating or exchanging transmissions with a WLAN access point (AP). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
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means for determining if a serving base station supports wireless local area network (WLAN) and radio access network (RAN) interworking; and means for determining whether to access the serving base station before associating or exchanging transmissions with a WLAN access point (AP) based upon a result of determining if a serving base station supports wireless local area network (WLAN) and radio access network (RAN) interworking. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
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at least one processor configured to determine if a serving base station supports wireless local area network (WLAN) and radio access network (RAN) interworking and, based upon the determination, determine whether to access the serving base station before associating or exchanging transmissions with a WLAN access point (AP); and a memory coupled with the at least one processor.
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22. A computer program product for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon for:
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determining if a serving base station supports wireless local area network (WLAN) and radio access network (RAN) interworking; and based upon the determination, determining whether to access the serving base station before associating or exchanging transmissions with a WLAN access point (AP).
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