Patent ID: 9648535
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving an autonomous mode indication of a serving cellular access point, wherein the receiving further comprises receiving the autonomous mode indication by at least one device management object from a network server, and wherein the network server is an Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) entity and the management object is received from at least one of a get command to the ANDSF and a push management object by the ANDSF; connecting with the cellular access point to access a local network by internet protocols to reduce control from a core network controlling the cellular access point, wherein the local network is accessed through the cellular access point in the autonomous mode so that local bearers are not provided by and are transparent to the core network, and wherein the connecting is for control signaling and data traffic for traffic offloading from the core network; receiving at least one autonomous mode indication from at least one neighboring access point; and indicating the at least one autonomous mode in a measurement report to the serving access point.