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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2011
Zoltán Richárd Turányi, Szentendre, HU;
Dinand Roeland, Sollentuna, SE;
Zoltán Richárd Turányi, Szentendre, HU;
Dinand Roeland, Sollentuna, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
One aspect provides a method of enabling a user entity, UE (), to access a local Packet Data Network, PDN, when the UE () accesses an Evolved Packet Core, EPC, network via a Broadband Forum, BBF-defined access network over the S2a interface. The method includes receiving a request from the UE in the EPC (), the request including one or more Access Point Names, APNs. A decision () is made to offload at least one of the APNs by designating it as a local APN. Communications are established between the UE and a PDN identified by use of the designated local APN in a session set-up request from the UE. The communications are established directly (), via the BBF-defined access network, and so as to avoid passing data packets via the EPC. Other aspects include an EPC network entity, a Broadband Network Gateway, BNG (), in a BBF-defined access network (), and User equipment () configured in accordance with the method.