SELECTING A RADIO NODE FOR DATA TRAFFIC OFFLOADING
First Claim
1. A user equipment (UE) operable to select a radio node in a cell of a multiple radio access technology (multi-RAT) communications network, the UE having circuitry configured to:
- determine when to offload data traffic of the UE to a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP) in the multi-RAT communications network based on radio access network (RAN) assistance information communicated via the operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) system;
identify a status of one or more WLAN APs in the multi-RAT communications network using the RAN assistance information; and
select a radio node in the cell of the multi-RAT communications network for communication based on select criteria.
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Abstract
A technology that is operable to select a radio node on a communications network is disclosed. In one embodiment, a user equipment (UE) is configured with circuitry configured to determine when to offload data traffic of the UE to a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP) in a multi-radio access technology (RAT) communications network based on radio access network (RAN) assistance information communicated via the operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) system. A status is identified of one or more WLAN APs in the multi-RAT communications network using the RAN assistance information. A radio node is selected in the cell of the multi-RAT communications network for communication based on selected criteria.
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29 Claims
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1. A user equipment (UE) operable to select a radio node in a cell of a multiple radio access technology (multi-RAT) communications network, the UE having circuitry configured to:
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determine when to offload data traffic of the UE to a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP) in the multi-RAT communications network based on radio access network (RAN) assistance information communicated via the operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) system; identify a status of one or more WLAN APs in the multi-RAT communications network using the RAN assistance information; and select a radio node in the cell of the multi-RAT communications network for communication based on select criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An evolved node B (eNode B) operable to determine when a user equipment (UE) offloads data traffic to a wireless local area network (WLAN) node in a cell of a communications network, the eNode B having circuitry configured to:
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receive, from a WLAN access point (AP) via a network manager (NM) of the communications network, a WLAN AP status report indicating a status of one or more WLAN APs in the cell; communicate, to the UE, measurement control information identifying a target WLAN AP based on the status of the one or more WLAN APs for the UE to take selected measurements of the targeted WLAN AP; receive, from the UE, a measurement report of the targeted WLAN AP that includes information of the selected measurements; and communicate a steering command to the UE, wherein the steering command indicates a radio node for the UE to direct selected data traffic to. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A product including a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that are adapted to be executed to implement a method of selecting a wireless local access network (WLAN) access point (AP) in a communications network to offload data traffic of a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
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receiving, at the UE, measurement control information from an evolved node B (eNode B) identifying a target WLAN AP for the UE to take selected measurements of the target WLAN AP; communicating, from the UE, a measurement report to the eNode B of the targeted WLAN AP that includes information of the selected measurements; and receiving, at the UE, data traffic steering command information from the eNode B, wherein the data traffic steering command information indicates a WLAN AP for the UE to direct data traffic to. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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