APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) OFFLOADING INFORMATION BETWEEN CELLULAR MANAGERS

摘要

Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) offloading information between cellular managers. For example, a first cellular manager of a first cellular network may send to a second cellular manager of a second cellular network one or more WLAN offload parameters corresponding to Radio Access Network (RAN) assisted WLAN interworking information, which is sent to one or more User Equipment (UE) in the first cellular network.

主权项

1. A first cellular manager to control a first cellular network, the first cellular manager comprising:
a first interface to receive a message including one or more Wireless Local Area network (WLAN) offload parameters of a second cellular manager of a second cellular network; an offload controller to select, based on the WLAN offload parameters of said second cellular manager, a selected offloading mechanism from a first offloading mechanism and a second offloading mechanism, said first offloading mechanism to offload a User Equipment (UE) to a WLAN, and said second offloading mechanism to offload said UE to said second cellular network; and a second interface to send to said UE an offloading message according to the selected offloading mechanism.