Patent ID: 9253701
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for offloading data in a cellular network, the method comprising: establishing, by a hardware processor, a cellular connection between a first peer mobile device and a network component of the cellular network, the network component being connected to a backhaul network; determining that a parameter associated with communicating data over the cellular connection satisfies an offloading criteria; identifying a plurality of candidate connections for offloading the data from the cellular network, each of the plurality of candidate connections being associated with one of a plurality of access points (APs) operating in one or more secondary networks that are different from the cellular network; and selecting one of the plurality of candidate connections over which to offload at least a portion of the cellular data, the selected candidate connection extending between the first peer mobile device and a second peer mobile device, wherein the portion of the cellular data is transported over the selected candidate connection, the portion of data being forward to, or received from, the backhaul network by the second peer mobile device.