Patent ID: 9232454
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of offloading data by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving data from a macro cell base station over a first radio bearer between the UE and the macro cell base station while a radio access bearer between the macro cell base station and a gateway is established; receiving a first connection reconfiguration message from the macro cell base station after a radio access bearer between a small cell base station and the gateway is established; establishing a second radio bearer between the UE and the small cell base station according to the first connection reconfiguration message; receiving a second connection reconfiguration message from the macro cell base station after a path between the macro cell base station and the gateway is switched to a path between the small cell base station and the gateway, and data for the first radio bearer are exhausted on the macro cell base station; and releasing the first radio bearer and switching to the second radio bearer according to the second connection reconfiguration message.