Patent ID: 9426689
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: H04B,H04J,H04L,H04N,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by an evolved Node B (eNB) for offloading data flows from a primary network to a secondary network, the method comprising: providing an aggregation function configured to transfer data between a primary network interface and a secondary network interface, wherein the secondary network interface is operably coupled to a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) transceiver, and wherein the secondary network is a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) operating according to a standard from the IEEE 802.11 standards family; offloading data from a primary data flow within the primary network interface based on network condition measurements in the primary network, by transferring the data to a secondary data flow within the secondary network interface using the aggregation function, wherein offloading data is controlled by signaling received from a Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol layer in the primary network interface, and wherein offloading data occurs at a user plane layer of the primary network interface; and tunneling the data from a Layer wherein the tunneled data is identifiable as offloaded from the primary network.