Patent ID: 9119123
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising receiving, at a first interface on a network node, a first connection request from a user equipment to join a broadband network: accepting, by a mobility manager in the network node, the first connection request; transmitting, by the mobility manager, data from a core network addressed to the user equipment through the first interface and receiving data from the user equipment through the first interface; receiving, by the mobility manager from a local area network, a second connection request sent from the user equipment, wherein the second connection request is for the user equipment to communicate with the broadband network via the local area network and wherein the second connection request includes identification for at least one of a home node and a relay node in the local area network; accepting, by the mobility manager, the second connection request; offloading, by the mobility manager, data transmitted to and received from the user equipment to a second interface on the network node, without notifying a mobility element in the core network, wherein the second interface is configured to send data to and receive data from the user equipment via the local area network and wherein data offloaded to the second interface is transmitted via at least one of the home node and the relay node identified in the second connection request.