Offloading method and apparatus
First Claim
1. An offloading method, comprising:
- receiving, by a terminal, configuration information that is of a WLAN AP managed by a source cellular network node and that is sent by the source cellular network node;
receiving, by the terminal, an identifier that is of a to-be-activated WLAN AP and that is sent by the source cellular network node;
activating, by the terminal, the to-be-activated WLAN AP according to the identifier of the to-be-activated WLAN AP;
performing, by the terminal, configuration according to the configuration information of the WLAN AP managed by the source cellular network node;
receiving, by the terminal, configuration information that is of the WLAN AP managed by a destination cellular network node and that is obtained by the source cellular network node, wherein the WLAN AP has an attribute of receiving data sent by a cellular network radio access device or sending data to the cellular network radio access device;
selecting, by the terminal according to the configuration information of the WLAN AP managed by the destination cellular network node, a destination WLAN AP; and
offloading, by the terminal, data of the destination cellular network node to the destination WLAN AP.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to the field of mobile communications technologies, and in particular, to an offloading method and an apparatus. In this solution, when a terminal is in a handover process, a destination cellular network node sends, to the terminal, configuration information of a WLAN AP managed by the destination cellular network node; and then the terminal selects a destination WLAN AP from WLAN APs managed by the destination cellular network node, and offloads data of the destination cellular network node to the destination WLAN AP. Therefore, the destination WLAN AP selected by the destination cellular network node can be received before a handover is completed, thereby ensuring service continuity and improving service quality of a terminal.
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1. An offloading method, comprising:
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receiving, by a terminal, configuration information that is of a WLAN AP managed by a source cellular network node and that is sent by the source cellular network node; receiving, by the terminal, an identifier that is of a to-be-activated WLAN AP and that is sent by the source cellular network node; activating, by the terminal, the to-be-activated WLAN AP according to the identifier of the to-be-activated WLAN AP; performing, by the terminal, configuration according to the configuration information of the WLAN AP managed by the source cellular network node; receiving, by the terminal, configuration information that is of the WLAN AP managed by a destination cellular network node and that is obtained by the source cellular network node, wherein the WLAN AP has an attribute of receiving data sent by a cellular network radio access device or sending data to the cellular network radio access device; selecting, by the terminal according to the configuration information of the WLAN AP managed by the destination cellular network node, a destination WLAN AP; and offloading, by the terminal, data of the destination cellular network node to the destination WLAN AP. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A terminal, comprising:
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a receiver, configured to receive configuration information that is of a WLAN AP managed by a destination cellular network node and that is obtained by a source cellular network node, wherein the WLAN AP has an attribute of receiving data sent by a cellular network radio access device or sending data to the cellular network radio access device; and a processor, configured to select a destination WLAN AP according to the configuration information of the WLAN AP managed by the destination cellular network node; and to offload data of the destination cellular network node to the destination WLAN AP; wherein the receiver is configured to; receive the configuration information that is of the WLAN AP managed by the source cellular network node and that is sent by the source cellular network node; and the offloading unit is further configured to; perform configuration according to the configuration information of the WLAN AP managed by the source cellular network node; wherein the receiver is configured to; receive an identifier that is of the to-be-activated WLAN AP and that is sent by the source cellular network node; and the terminal further comprises;
an activation unit, configured to activate the to-be-activated WLAN AP according to the identifier of the to-be-activated WLAN AP. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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