Patent ID: 9025522
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a network device, an attachment request from a user device; determining, by the network device, whether the attachment request includes a particular indicator that indicates whether the user device is a stationary device in a fixed location; forwarding, by the network device, the attachment request when the attachment request does not include the particular indicator; receiving, by the network device and when the attachment request does not include the particular indicator, a response based on forwarding the attachment request, determining, by the network device, whether the user device is the stationary device based on the particular indicator; establishing, by the network device and when the user device is the stationary device, a connection between the user device and a network by using local components associated with the network device, transmitting, by the network device, traffic from the network to the user device via the local components associated with the network device after establishing the connection between the user device and the network.