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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2014
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Bhanu Prakash Voruganti, Overland Park, KS (US);
John Gatewood, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Sharon L. Woodrum, Louisburg, KS (US);
Matthew P. Hund, Olathe, KS (US);
George Jason Schnellbacher, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and software for providing redirection control of communications over a wide area network for user devices over a wireless local area network are provided herein. In one example, a method of operating a wireless network device is provided. The method includes receiving a connection request from a user device over the wireless local area network, and responsive to the connection request, identifying a traffic plan for the user device based at least on one or more policy factors associated with the user device. When the traffic plan indicates redirected access, then the method includes establishing a tunnel to a cellular communication network associated with the user device and routing the communications of the user device over the tunnel. When the traffic plan indicates local access, then the method includes routing the communications of the user device to the wide area network.