Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Àkos Kovács

Paul Schliwa-Bertling

Lars B Johansson

Ferenc Kubinszky

A method in a network node () for handling a request for an application to access a Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN (), which application is run by a wireless device () and which application communicates in a cellular communications network (). The network node () obtains traffic pattern information relating to the application, which traffic pattern information is derived from a deep packet inspection functionality of the cellular communications network (). The network node () also obtains a decision whether to admit or refuse the request for the application to access the WLAN (), which decision is based on the obtained traffic pattern information.

Network node, and method for handling a request for an application to access a wireless local area network

A method, performed by a base station () in a GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network, GERAN, of providing traffic classification for a data traffic flow, related to a General Packet Radio Service, GPRS, or Enhanced General Packet Radio Service, EGPRS. The method comprises the step of the base station () obtaining (S), for the data traffic flow, a traffic-class-based network layer Quality of Service, QoS, attribute for traffic prioritization. The method also comprises the step of the base station () including (S) the traffic-class-based network layer QoS attribute in data packets of the data traffic flow to provide network-layer traffic classification for the data traffic flow.

Traffic classification over the base station subsystem transport network

A network node for a GSM network, arranged to receive a TDMA frame comprising a plurality of timeslots, each of which comprises payload from one or more calls. The network node extracts payload from calls and to assigns the extracted payload a corresponding identifier identifying the call of the payload. The network node is also arranged to generate a data packet comprising the extracted payload from calls together with their corresponding identifier, and places the corresponding identifier in a header in the data packet. The network node is also arranged to transmit the data packet to another node in the GSM network.

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Àkos Kovács