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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Provenance Asset Group Llc, Essex, CT (US);
Inventors:
Mika Forssell, Söderkulla, FI;
Jari Pekka Mustajarvi, Espoo, FI;
Janne Petteri Tervonen, Espoo, FI;
Assignee:
Provenance Asset Group LLC, Essex, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 36/22 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 36/22 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various communication systems may benefit from traffic steering. For example, radio access network based traffic steering can be used to benefit of communications by steering traffic to Wi-Fi leveraging Hotspot 2.0. A method can include determining that an off-load condition exists in an area of a radio access network. The method can also include commanding a user equipment to off-load to non-cellular radio access based on the determining.