BEARER OFFLOAD IN DUAL CONNECTIVITY OPERATION

摘要

An embodiment is a method for bearer offload from a RAN node referred to as Master RAN node such as Master eNB ( MeNB) for E-UTRAN, to a RAN node referred to as Secondary RAN node such as Secondary eNB (SeNB) for E-UTRAN, in dual connectivity operation, wherein before said offload said bearer is or had been handled by said Master RAN node and involves a Local Gateway LGW collocated with said Master RAN node, said method including: - providing that after said offload said bearer is handled by said Secondary RAN node and involves said Local Gateway LGW collocated with said Master RAN node.