Patent ID: 9629025
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a first wireless access network node, feedback information from a second wireless access network node that performs data offload for the first wireless access network node, the feedback information relating to a buffer condition of a data buffer in the second wireless access network node, and the feedback information comprising a radio bearer identifier identifying a radio bearer associated with data stored in the data buffer; in response to the feedback information, performing, by the first wireless access network node, control of the data offload for the radio bearer identified by the radio bearer identifier in the feedback information, the controlling comprising pausing communication of offloaded data associated with the data offload for the radio bearer from the first wireless access network node to the second wireless access network node; in response to the pausing of communication of offloaded data associated with the data offload for the radio bearer, starting a timer at the first wireless access network node; and in response to expiration of the timer, transfer, by the first wireless access network node, the radio bearer from the second wireless access network node to a third wireless access network node.