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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2013
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Xiaohui Wang, Lund, SE;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method in a network nodefor assisting a wireless terminalto select an access node for a communication in a wireless communication network.The wireless communication network comprises a cellular network access nodeand a wireless local network access node.The network nodeestablishes a state of a wireless local network unitin the wireless terminal, obtains information of a radio condition and/or a load condition of the respective wireless local network access node and cellular network access node, and then determines which access node to use out of the wireless local network access node and the cellular network access node for the communication, based on the established state of the wireless local network unit and the obtained radio condition and/or load condition of the respective wireless local network access node and cellular network access node.