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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2014
Sprint Spectrum L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Rajil Malhotra, Olathe, KS (US);
Asfaw Negeri, Leawood, KS (US);
Ashish Bhan, Shawnee, KS (US);
Saravana Velusamy, Olathe, KS (US);
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
When a UE has a first bearer with a gateway via a first base station and the UE engages in session setup signaling with a session server via that first bearer to set up a media session, the network may establish for the UE a second bearer via a second base station, and may the second bearer for communication of media content of the session while using the first bearer for communication control signaling for the session. In practice, the first base station could be a macro base station that operates on licensed frequency spectrum, while the second base station could be a small cell that operates on unlicensed frequency spectrum. The disclosed process can thereby help to offload communication of session content to be via the small cell instead of via the macro base station, while maintaining session control signaling to be via the macro base station.