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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2013
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Sheng Sun, Kanata, CA;
Yapeng Wu, Nepean, CA;
Wen Tong, Ottawa, CA;
Peiying Zhu, Kanata, CA;
Hang Zhang, Nepean, CA;
Kwok Shum Au, Shenzhen, CN;
Osama Aboul-Magd, Kanata, CA;
Junghoon Suh, Kanata, CA;
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
System and method embodiments are provided to improve offloading traffic from mobile operators networks via a WiFi network. The embodiments also include schemes to offload traffic between WiFi networks. The embodiments include a network component comprising a WiFi management entity (WiME) configured to serve as an anchor point for a user device at a WiFi network and communicate with a management entity at a wireless network using OpenFlow protocol to handle a plurality of control and mobility functionalities for traffic in the WiFi network, wherein the control and mobility functionalities include offloading traffic for the user device from the wireless network to the WiFi network.