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System and method for WiFi offload

  • US 9,232,434 B2
  • Filed: 11/04/2013
  • Issued: 01/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for handling WiFi offload in WiFi and cellular networks, the method comprising:

  • determining, by a WiFi network component, whether to send over a cellular air interface a packet designated for a WiFi network according to a predefined rule, wherein the predefined rule comprise at least one of;

    sending the packet over the cellular air interface only when the packet is a control or management packet, and sending the packet over the cellular air interface only when a destination address of the packet is a broadcast address; and

    upon determining to send the packet using the cellular air interface, sending, by the WiFi network component, the packet to a cellular network component.

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