Method and system for offloading handover of wireless connections from a lte network to a wi-fi network

A method of providing network offloading by a User Equipment in a wireless communication, the method comprising steps of:

• obtaining an Access Technology Selection Policy (ATSP) from at least one of Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) and pre-configuration and Mobile Management Entity (MME), wherein the ATSP comprises of a plurality of network selection criteria threshold values;
• obtaining, by the UE, at least one of RAN radio conditions, RAN load conditions, WLAN radio conditions, and WLAN load conditions;
• determining offloading from a first radio access network to a second radio access network by evaluating the ANDSF ATSP threshold values with at least one of the RAN radio conditions, RAN load conditions, WLAN radio conditions and WLAN load conditions;
• and
• performing offloading with the second radio access network.

A system for providing network offloading in a wireless communication, the system comprising:

• a plurality of user equipments (UE) in communication with an eNodeB of a network, wherein the eNodeB is adapted for:
• obtaining an Access Technology Selection Policy (ATSP) from at least one of Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF), pre-configuration and Mobile Management Entity (MME), wherein the ATSP comprises of a plurality of network selection criteria threshold values;
• modifying the ANDSF ATSP threshold values based on at least one of the radio characteristics, and load conditions of the RAN node by the RAN node;
• updating the ANDSF policy with the received modified ATSP threshold values by the UE;
• sending the modified ATSP threshold values to the UE;
• and
• determining offloading of the UE from a first radio access network to a second radio access network by the UE by evaluating the updated ATSP threshold values of the ANDSF policy with the current radio characteristics and load conditions of at least one of the RAN and the WLAN.