Patent ID: 9526056
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for offloading backhaul traffic, the method comprising: detecting, by a first base station, a condition that triggers backhaul traffic offloading for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) that is associated with the first base station; establishing a wireless connection between the first base station and a second base station; and offloading, by the first base station, at least one bearer of the WTRU that is transferred via the first base station onto the second base station via the wireless connection, such that the offloaded bearer is routed to and from the WTRU via the second base station and the first base station, one of the first base station and the second base station comprising a relay node, the offloaded bearer being tunneled between the first base station and the second base station.