Wireless local area network (WLAN) traffic offloading
First Claim
1. A Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) node operable to receive information about access points (APs) for traffic offloading, the 3GPP node comprising one or more processors and memory configured to:
- send a request, to a network manager (NM) for access point (AP) information about one or more wireless local area network (WLAN) APs for traffic offloading, wherein the AP information includes network identifiers, radio parameters, preference levels that indicate radio and backhaul loading levels at the WLAN APs, and location information for WLAN APs considered for traffic offloading;
receive the AP information from the NM about the one or more WLAN APs, wherein the NM receives the AP information from a WLAN domain manager (WLAN DM), and the WLAN DM generates the AP information based on periodic or trigger based operations and management (OAM) reporting from the WLAN APs;
send an update request, to the NM via a 3GPP DM, for AP status update information about the one or more WLAN APs;
receive the AP status update information, from the NM via the 3GPP DM, about the one or more WLAN APs, wherein the AP status update information includes at least one of a new WLAN AP that is online or an existing WLAN AP that is now offline; and
communicate the AP information and the AP status update information to a user equipment (UE), wherein the AP information and the AP status update information enables the UE to select WLAN APs to receive data via traffic offloading between the 3GPP node and the one or more WLAN APs.
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Abstract
Technology for communicating access point (AP) information for traffic offloading is disclosed. A request may be received, at a wireless local area network (WLAN) domain manager (DM) from an evolved node B (eNB), for access point (AP) information about one or more WLAN access points (APs) for traffic offloading. The access point (AP) information may be obtained for the one or more WLAN APs, at the WLAN DM, based on at least in part operations and management (OAM) reports from the one or more WLAN APs containing the AP information. The AP information may be communicated, from the WLAN DM to the eNB via a network manager (NM), about the one or more WLAN APs to enable traffic offloading from the eNB to at least one of the WLAN APs.
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18 Claims
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1. A Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) node operable to receive information about access points (APs) for traffic offloading, the 3GPP node comprising one or more processors and memory configured to:
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send a request, to a network manager (NM) for access point (AP) information about one or more wireless local area network (WLAN) APs for traffic offloading, wherein the AP information includes network identifiers, radio parameters, preference levels that indicate radio and backhaul loading levels at the WLAN APs, and location information for WLAN APs considered for traffic offloading; receive the AP information from the NM about the one or more WLAN APs, wherein the NM receives the AP information from a WLAN domain manager (WLAN DM), and the WLAN DM generates the AP information based on periodic or trigger based operations and management (OAM) reporting from the WLAN APs; send an update request, to the NM via a 3GPP DM, for AP status update information about the one or more WLAN APs; receive the AP status update information, from the NM via the 3GPP DM, about the one or more WLAN APs, wherein the AP status update information includes at least one of a new WLAN AP that is online or an existing WLAN AP that is now offline; and communicate the AP information and the AP status update information to a user equipment (UE), wherein the AP information and the AP status update information enables the UE to select WLAN APs to receive data via traffic offloading between the 3GPP node and the one or more WLAN APs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for communicating access point (AP) information for traffic offloading, the method comprising:
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receiving a request, at a wireless local area network (WLAN) domain manager (DM) from an evolved node B (eNB), for access point (AP) information about one or more WLAN access points (APs) for traffic offloading, wherein the AP information includes network identifiers, radio parameters, preference levels that indicate radio and backhaul loading levels at the WLAN APs, and location information for WLAN APs considered for traffic offloading; obtaining the access point (AP) information for the one or more WLAN APs, at the WLAN DM, based on periodic or trigger based operations and management (OAM) reporting from the one or more WLAN APs; communicating the AP information, from the WLAN DM to the eNB via a network manager (NM), about the one or more WLAN APs; and communicating AP status update information from the WLAN DM to the eNB via the NM, wherein the AP status update information includes at least one of a new WLAN AP that is online or an existing WLAN AP that is now offline, wherein the AP information and the AP status update information are communicated from the WLAN DM to a user equipment (UE) via the NM and the eNB, enabling the UE to select WLAN APs to receive data via traffic offloading between the eNB and the one or more WLAN APs. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) network manager (NM) operable to communicate information about one or more access points (APs) for traffic offloading, the 3GPP NM comprising one or more processors and memory configured to:
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receive a request, from a 3GPP evolved node B (eNB) via a 3GPP domain manager (DM), for AP information about one or more APs for traffic offloading, wherein the AP information includes network identifiers, radio parameters, preference levels that indicate radio and backhaul loading levels at the APs, and location information for APs considered for traffic offloading; communicate the request for the AP information to a wireless local area network (WLAN) domain manager (DM); receive the AP information about the one or more APs from the WLAN DM, and the WLAN DM generates the AP information based on periodic or trigger based operations and management (OAM) reporting from the APs; communicate the AP information to the 3GPP eNB via the 3GPP DM; receive an update request, from the 3GPP eNB via a 3GPP DM, for AP status update information about the one or more APs; communicate the AP status update information to the 3GPP eNB via the 3GPP DM, wherein the AP status update information includes at least one of a new AP that is online or an existing AP that is now offline, wherein the AP information and the AP status update information are communicated from the NM to a user equipment (UE) via the 3GPP eNB, enabling the UE to select APs to receive data via traffic offloading between the 3GPP eNB and the one or more APs. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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