Patent ID: 9282488
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a communication system, comprising: storing, at a network node of a preferred wireless network, a buffer of data packets concurrently being routed to a wireless device via an access node of a non-preferred wireless network; sending, via a control channel of the preferred wireless network, a load indicator associated with an access node of the preferred wireless network to the wireless device and, when the load indicator meets a first threshold, instructing the wireless device to measure a signal strength indicator of the access node of the preferred wireless network; instructing the wireless device via the control channel to break a first active connection with the access node of the non-preferred wireless network when the measured signal strength indicator meets a second threshold; in response to a request by the wireless device, provisioning, by the preferred wireless network, a second active connection between the access node of the preferred wireless network and the wireless device; and providing to the wireless device, via the second active connection, at least a portion of the buffer of data not acknowledged as received by the wireless device.