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 having computer circuitry 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;
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
communicate the AP information to a user equipment (UE), wherein the AP 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 ALAN APs.
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24 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 having computer circuitry 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; 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 communicate the AP information to a user equipment (UE), wherein the AP 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, 8, 9, 10)
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11. 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; obtaining the access point (AP) information 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; and communicating the AP information, 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. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. 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 having computer circuitry 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 the one or more APs; 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 communicate the AP information to the 3GPP eNB, via the 3GPP DM, to enable a user equipment (UE) to receive information to assist selection of the WLAN AP for traffic offloading between the 3GPP eNB and the one or more APs. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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