Systems and methods for traffic offloading in multi-radio-access-technology networks

A method for traffic offloading in a multi-radio-access-technology (RAT) network, comprising:

• determining a maximum channel utilization threshold that a contention-based access network allows based on a likelihood of packet collisions, the likelihood of packet collisions being measured by a number of stations actively transmitting on a radio channel of interest for a pre-determined duration, wherein the multi-RAT network comprises a centralized resource management network and the contention-based access network;
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• determining whether to offload one or more UEs on the contention-based access network to the centralized resource management network by comparing a current channel utilization of the contention-based access network and the maximum channel utilization threshold.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions thereon, the instructions comprising:

• code for causing an offloading controller to determine a maximum channel utilization threshold that a contention-based access network allows based on a likelihood of packet collisions, the likelihood of packet collisions being measured by a number of stations actively transmitting on a radio channel of interest for a pre-determined duration, wherein the multi-RAT network comprises a centralized resource management network and the contention-based access network;
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• code for causing the offloading controller to determine whether to offload one or more UEs on the contention-based access network to the centralized resource management network by comparing a current channel utilization of the contention-based access network and the maximum channel utilization threshold.