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US 2015/0092540 A1Published application
System and Method for Traffic Offload
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsAmit CHOUDHARY, Arzad Kherani
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Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to a system and method for traffic offload from a first access technology to a second access technology. For example, packets originally destined for transmission over a bearer channel associated with Long Term Evaluation (LTE) can be offloaded to a Wi-FI bearer channel in a seamless manner when available, or a non-seamless manner.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a transmission buffer configured to store one or more IP packets for transmission over a first wireless connection to a network;
- and
- a traffic classifier configured to identify at least one IP packet stored in the transmission buffer that is associated with an IP flow of the first wireless connection that is available to offload to a second wireless connection to the network.
A method comprising:
- identifying an IP packet, buffered for transmission over a first wireless connection to a network, that is associated with an IP flow of the first wireless connection that is available for offloading to a second wireless connection to the network;
- and
- routing the identified IP packet for transmission over the second wireless connection or discarding the identified IP packet.
A computer-readable storage device comprising computer-readable instructions, which when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
- identifying an IP packet, buffered for transmission over a first wireless connection to a network, that is associated with an IP flow of the first wireless connection that is available for offloading to a second wireless connection to the network;
- and
- routing the identified IP packet for transmission over the second wireless connection or discarding the identified IP packet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.