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Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 07, 2014
Applicant:

Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);

Inventors:

Dutt Kalapatapu, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Kamesh Medapalli, San Jose, CA (US);

Ahmad Rahmati, San Carlos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/0236 (2013.01); H04W 48/00 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

A communication device and method for offloading communications from a first communication network to a second communication network. The offloading decision can be based on one or more parameters defined in a communication framework. The communication framework can be, for example, Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) framework. The offloading of communication can be from a Long-term Evolution (LTE) network to a Wi-Fi network, or vice-versa. The communication framework can include, for example, positional, movement, signal quality, connection duration, a data rate, and/or quality of service (QoS) parameters.


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