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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2020
T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Suresh Thanneeru, Redmond, WA (US);
Salvador Mendoza, Issaquah, WA (US);
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Policy based dual connectivity traffic steering is described herein. A master Long-Term Evolution (LTE) base station may operate in conjunction with a secondary New Radio (NR) base station to provide dual connectivity to user equipment (UE) operating in an environment. The LTE base station can steer traffic between the LTE base station and the NR base station based at least in part on policy information received at the LTE base station. The policy information can indicate, for a particular UE and for a particular Quality of Service (QoS) Class Identifier (QCI), whether the LTE base station can transfer a communication to the NR base station. Thus, traffic steering determinations can be based on the policy information, quality identifiers, device capability, signal strength(s), load level(s), and the like, thereby providing a flexible framework for steering wireless traffic in a dual connectivity environment.