Patent ID: 9473977
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for accessing a service of a wireless carrier network through a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising: transmitting, by a user equipment, a request to establish a connection to access the service of the wireless carrier network through the WLAN; receiving a bearer setup request from a gateway, wherein the bearer setup request comprises one or more quality of service (QoS) parameters associated with the service of the wireless carrier network being accessed; mapping the one or more QoS parameters to one or more traffic management parameters associated with the WLAN, wherein the one or more traffic management parameters comprise a traffic specification; transmitting a traffic specification addition request to an access point, wherein the traffic specification addition request comprises the traffic specification; receiving a traffic specification addition response from the access point; transmitting a bearer setup response to the gateway; transmitting packets over the WLAN using the one or more traffic management parameters when accessing the service of the wireless carrier network through the WLAN; and enforcing the one or more traffic management parameters for communications to the wireless carrier network.