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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018

Filed:

May. 07, 2015
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Stefano Faccin, Hayward, CA (US);

Haris Zisimopoulos, London, GB;

Gavin Bernard Horn, La Jolla, CA (US);

Francesco Pica, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 36/22 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0055 (2013.01); H04W 36/0083 (2013.01); H04W 36/0022 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 36/22 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices are described for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) offloading through radio access network rules. In one embodiment of a method of wireless communication, a mobile device may determine that Radio Access Network (RAN) assistance information is unavailable, the RAN assistance information including a first set of thresholds for switching a Packet Data Network (PDN) connection of the mobile device from a WLAN to a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN). The mobile device may further access a second set of thresholds based at least in part on the determining, and the mobile device may determine to switch the PDN connection from the WLAN to the WWAN based at least in part on the second set of thresholds.


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