TRAFFIC STEERING IN A WLAN BASED ON TRANSIT POWER CONTROL

摘要

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for steering UEs (103) connected to a first access point (102) in a WLAN (105) to either a cellular network (106) or a second access point in the WLAN network (105) having a coverage area overlapping the coverage area of the first access point (102). After determining a need to steer traffic for one or more UEs (103) to the cellular network (106) or the second AP, the first AP (102) lowers the transmit power of frames transmitted by the first AP (102) to effectively shrink the size of the first AP's coverage area causing the affected UEs (103) to reselect the cellular network (106) or the second AP to maintain service.