Patent ID: 9549336
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for obtaining policy information for traffic offload, the method performed by a user equipment and comprising: receiving, by the user equipment, HotSpot 2.0-related policy information from an Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP)-based server through an Access Point (AP), wherein the HotSpot 2.0-related policy information comprises policy information related to a roaming consortium concluded between AP service providers; transmitting a policy information request message including the received HotSpot 2.0-related policy information to an Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) node; and receiving Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)-based policy information from the ANDSF node, wherein the 3GPP-based policy information is generated by the ANDSF node to prevent a conflict with a policy of the Hotspot 2.0-related policy information.