Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Offloading traffic via a wireless peer-to-peer connection
- Patent Title (中): 通过无线对等连接卸载流量
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Application No.: US14158237Application Date: 2014-01-17
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Publication No.: US09585078B2Publication Date: 2017-02-28
- Inventor: Ajoy K. Singh , Syed A. Mujtaba , Wen Zhao
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Downey Brand LLP
- Main IPC: H04W88/04
- IPC: H04W88/04 ; H04B7/155 ; H04W40/22

Abstract:
A method for offloading data traffic from a cellular connection to a WLAN connection via a wireless P2P connection is disclosed. The method can include the wireless communication device accessing offloading coordination information from an offload coordination service server, including information about at least one neighboring wireless communication device being within sufficient proximity of the wireless communication device to establish a wireless P2P connection and having access to a WLAN access point; using the offloading coordination information to select a relay device from the at least one neighboring wireless communication device; establishing a wireless P2P connection with the relay device; and offloading data traffic from the cellular connection to the wireless P2P connection so that the data traffic is relayed from the relay device to a network via a WLAN access point accessible to the relay device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140204834A1 OFFLOADING TRAFFIC VIA A WIRELESS PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION Public/Granted day:2014-07-24
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