Offloading Traffic of a User Equipment Communication Session from a Cellular Communication Network to a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprisingat least one processor,andat least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processor, whereinthe at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus 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 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, andto cause a transmission of the report 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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32 Claims
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1. An apparatus 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 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 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising
conducting 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 with a first communication network to a second communication network, in case the decision is that it is not acceptable, preparing a report indicating that the diversion of the communication traffic to the second communication network is not conducted, and causing a transmission of the report to the first communication network.
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15. An apparatus 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 a transmission of a request to a communication element communicating with a first communication network to divert at least a part of the communication traffic of a communication currently conducted with the first communication network to a second communication network, to receive and process a report from the communication element indicating that a diversion of the communication traffic to the second communication network is not conducted, to set and store a status of the communication element 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 with the first communication network to the second communication network, and to postpone or stop, for a specified time period, a transmission of a further request to divert at least a part of the communication traffic of a communication currently conducted with the first communication network to the second communication network to the communication element for which the status is set. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method comprising
causing a transmission of a request to a communication element communicating with a first communication network to divert at least a part of the communication traffic of a communication currently conducted with the first communication network to a second communication network, receiving and processing a report from the communication element indicating that a diversion of the communication traffic to the second communication network is not conducted, setting and storing a status of the communication element 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 with the first communication network to the second communication network, and postponing or stopping, for a specified time period, a transmission of a further request to divert at least a part of the communication traffic of a communication currently conducted with the first communication network to the second communication network to the communication element for which the status is set.
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24-30. -30. (canceled)
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