Patent ID: 9609565
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N,H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method executed by a user equipment (UE) for initiating offloading from a cellular network to a WiFi network, the cellular network connecting through an evolved NodeB (eNB), the WiFi network connecting through a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), the method comprising: sending a Power Preference Indication (PPI) message to the eNB to indicate that the UE has a low power; receiving from the eNB an offload instruction for triggering the UE to offload to a single WLAN specified in the offload instruction, wherein the offload instruction includes a command to offload and a basic service set identification (BSSID) of the single WLAN and wherein the UE has not established a previous connection with the single WLAN prior to receiving the offload instruction; scanning for the single WLAN specified in the offload instruction and associated with the received BSSID and refraining from scanning for other WLANs; and connecting to the single WLAN associated with the received BSSID by communicating an offload initiation instruction.