Patent ID: 9578647
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method implemented by a wireless terminal that is operative to communicate with a packet data network through a wireless local area network (WLAN) that connects to the packet data network via a broadband access network and a core network, the method comprising: transmitting a request to a policy controller in the core network for a new service; based on the request for a new service, receiving a create bearer request from an access controller in the broadband access network to create a dedicated bearer for the new service, the create bearer request including one or more Traffic Flow Templates (TFTs) for the dedicated bearer; creating, by the wireless terminal responsive to the create bearer request, a dedicated bearer; sending, by the wireless terminal to the access controller, a create bearer response including a bearer identification (ID) for the dedicated bearer; and thereafter, if uplink traffic from the wireless terminal matches any of the one or more TFTs, using the dedicated bearer to transmit the uplink traffic to the packet data network through the WLAN, the broadband access network, and the core network.