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Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2013
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Suli Zhao, San Diego, CA (US);

Ajith Tom Payyappilly, San Diego, CA (US);

Jeffrey Alan Dyck, San Diego, CA (US);

Uppinder Singh Babbar, San Diego, CA (US);

Gerardo Giaretta, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 36/0011 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for supporting, in a device, Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)-Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) mobility, data offload, and simultaneous usage of different access networks on a per Access Point Name (APN) basis. The device determines an access network among WWAN and WLAN for a data stream having an APN. The device additionally hands off the data stream according to the determined access network, while maintaining Internet Protocol (IP) continuity. The device further routes packets of the data stream to at least one of a protocol stack or interface for the determined access network in accordance with an inter-system routing policy (ISRP).


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