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Apparatus, system and method of access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) for traffic offloading

  • US 9,894,581 B2
  • Filed: 09/21/2014
  • Issued: 02/13/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

  • a transceiver to receive an Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) management object (MO) from an ANDSF server via an evolved NodeB (eNB), wherein the ANDSF MO is to comprise an ANDSF rule and a provisioned offload preference indicator (OPI) which is operator specific and is to indicate a preference between an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN)/UTRAN access and a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access; and

    an offloading processor to select between using the ANDSF rule and a Radio Access Network (RAN) rule, and to route a traffic flow between the E-UTRAN/UTRAN and the WLAN, at least in part based on the ANDSF rule and the OPI, wherein the ANDSF MO is to comprise a WLAN threshold, and the offloading processor is to route the traffic flow through comparing a measured WLAN result with the WLAN threshold.

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