Apparatus, system and method of offloading traffic of a secondary cell group (scg)
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsAlexander Sirotkin, Muthaiah Venkatachalam, Alexandre S. Stojanovski
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Abstract
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of offloading traffic of a Secondary Cell Group (SCG). For example, some embodiments may include identifying a SCG bearer that is offloadable to the Internet via a Network Address Translation (NAT) gateway, based on offloading information received from a Master Evolved Node B (eNB) (MeNB); and offloading uplink Internet Protocol (IP) packets of the SCG bearer to the Internet via the NAT gateway, if the SCG bearer is indicated to be offloadable.
Claims21
1-25. (canceled)
A Master eNB (MeNB) comprising:
- a processor configured to generate an offload indication indicating whether or not a Secondary eNB (SeNB) can offload traffic of a Secondary Cell Group (SCG) bearer to the Internet;
- and
- a cellular transceiver, coupled to the processor, configured to transmit the offload indication to the SCG.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors of a Master eNB (MeNB), causes the MeNB to perform operations comprising:
- generating an offload indication indicating whether or not a Secondary eNB (SeNB) can offload traffic of a Secondary Cell Group (SCG) bearer to the Internet;
- and
- transmitting the offload indication to the SCG.
A method of operating a Master eNB (MeNB) comprising:
- generating an offload indication indicating whether or not a Secondary eNB (SeNB) can offload traffic of a Secondary Cell Group (SCG) bearer to the Internet;
- and
- transmitting the offload indication to the SCG.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.