Patent ID: 9661564
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: H04H,H04J,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of operating a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising: receiving, at the WTRU, a broadcast system information (SI) message of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system from an evolved Node-B (eNB) indicating that traffic off-load (TO) is supported; after receiving the broadcast SI message, receiving, at the WTRU, a non-access stratum (NAS) message from the eNB, wherein the NAS message indicates that a TO service is available for the WTRU; initiating an off-load of traffic in response to at least receiving the NAS message; and communicating using the TO service while maintaining at least one bearer with the eNB.