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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2014
Intel Ip Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Umesh Phuyal, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Mo-Han Fong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sasha Sirotkin, Petach Tikva, IL;
Nageen Himayat, Fremont, CA (US);
Shu-Ping Yeh, Campbell, CA (US);
Intel IP Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A User Equipment is disclosed that is configured to perform traffic steering from a RAN (e.g., 3GPP system) to a WLAN, or vice versa, based on one or more rules. In an embodiment, the UE performs the traffic steering to the WLAN based on whether data is to be transmitted from or received by the UE. In another embodiment, the UE performs the traffic steering based on receipt of RAN assistance parameters without checking the status of the UE upload buffers or the eNB/AP download buffers. In yet another embodiment, the UE performs the traffic steering based on the latest RAN assistance information and a time elapsed since the last transmission or receipt of data.