Patent ID: 8996649
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method implemented in a device for communicating over at least one of multiple network interfaces, comprising: determining a configuration of a plurality of network interfaces; determining whether to download one or more policies based at least in part on the configuration of the plurality of network interfaces, wherein the determining includes monitoring trigger conditions for downloading wireless local area network (WLAN) offload policies and non-WLAN offload policies, wherein the one or more policies indicate network preferences regarding flow distribution over active network interfaces; downloading the WLAN offload policies on a condition that WLAN capability of the device is detected, wherein the WLAN offload policies define scenarios for offloading communications from a default network interface to a WLAN interface; downloading the non-WLAN offload policies on a condition that deactivation of the WLAN interface of the device is detected, wherein the non-WLAN offload policies comprise policies for communicating without leveraging the WLAN interface; and applying the one or more policies including the WLAN offload policies and the non-WLAN offload policies based at least in part on the configuration of the plurality of network interfaces.