Patent ID: 9173147
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a local wireless access network node, a request to offload at least a portion of data traffic for a user equipment from a macro wireless access network node to the local wireless access network node, wherein the user equipment is to maintain a first wireless connection to the macro wireless access network node after the offload; sending, by the local wireless access network node, a response to indicate that the local wireless access node has accepted the request; performing, by the local wireless access network node with the user equipment, a procedure to establish a second wireless connection between the local wireless access network node and the user equipment, the second wireless connection to communicate the at least a portion of data traffic for the offload, and the procedure establishing the second wireless connection using control information sent to the user equipment by the macro wireless access network node over the first wireless connection between the macro wireless access network node and the user equipment.