Patent ID: 9247483
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for data traffic offload, comprising: creating a local tunnel between a first base station and a second base station according to a first record and/or a second record, wherein the first base station and the second base station are located on a front-end network, and wherein the first record comprises an identification code and a network address of a first user equipment as well as a network address of the first base station, and wherein the second record comprises an identification code and a network address of a second user equipment as well as a network address of the second base station; and routing network packets transmitted from the first user equipment to the second user equipment and/or network packets transmitted from the second user equipment to the first user equipment via the local tunnel, wherein the local tunnel refers to headers originally used for routing the network packets between the first user equipment and the second user equipment that is configured to be changed by the first base station and the second base station.