Patent ID: 9179400
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a network, the method comprising: receiving, at a femtocell to wireless local area networking (FC-to-WLAN) network bridge and controller, information from a femtocell controller that is indicative of network load conditions on a first connection between the FC-to-WLAN network bridge and controller and the femtocell controller; receiving, at the FC-to-WLAN network bridge and controller, information from an access point controller that is indicative of network load conditions on a second connection between the FC-to-WLAN network bridge and controller and the access point controller; determining, by the FC-to-WLAN network bridge controller, a handoff procedure to balance the network load conditions based on the information from the femtocell controller and the information from the access point controller; and executing the handoff procedure, by the FC-to-WLAN network bridge and controller, to route network traffic to an end-user device between the first connection and the second connection.