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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2014
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Subramanian Vasudevan, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Satish Kanugovi, Bangalore, IN;
ALCATEL LUCENT, Nozay, FR;
Abstract
A cellular-WLAN integration capability is presented herein. The cellular-WLAN integration capability provides an integration of a cellular network and a WLAN network that supports more efficient routing of downlink and uplink bearer traffic via cooperation of the cellular and WiFi interfaces in both the radio access network and at the end user device. The cellular-WLAN integration capability provides an integration of a cellular network and a WLAN network in which downlink bearer transmissions to an end user device may be selectively distributed between the cellular and WLAN networks and, similarly, uplink bearer transmissions from an end user device may be selectively distributed between the cellular and WLAN networks. The cellular-WLAN integration capability provides an integration of a cellular network and a WiFi network that tends to increase capacity for downlink bearer traffic while providing a reliable and efficient path for uplink bearer traffic.