Patent ID: 8743696

Claim:
A gateway comprising: a first interface that is configured to communicate packets to a packet data network (PDN) for a user equipment; a second interface that is configured to communicate packets with a radio base station over a backhaul network to communicate with the user equipment; an offload interface that is configured to communicate offloaded packets with the radio base station over an offload network to communicate with the user equipment, thereby bypassing the backhaul network coupled to the radio base station and the gateway; an offload eligibility determination module that is configured to determine whether a packet, received from the PDN via the first interface for the user equipment, is eligible to be sent to the radio base station via the offload network based on information included in the packet; and a processing module that is configured to add routing information to the packet to cause the packet to be routed over the offload network to the radio base station via the offload interface.