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Offloading method and apparatus

  • US 9,883,439 B2
  • Filed: 03/28/2017
  • Issued: 01/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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