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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2020
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;
Apostolis Salkintzis, Athens, GR;
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for steering the traffic of the multi-access data connection over a plurality of steering connections. One apparatus includes a includes a transceiver and a processor that sends a first message to establish a multi-access data connection over a first access network and a second access network, where the first message indicates that the apparatus supports a first type of steering functionality that creates a plurality of steering connections over each of access networks. The processor receives a second message including rules indicating how to route a first data packet across the first and second access networks and how to route the first data packet across a plurality of steering connections. The processor establishes a plurality of steering connections over each access network in response to the second message and applies the rules for steering traffic of the multi-access data connection.