US 12,273,767 B2
Methods and systems to support wireless local area network (WLAN) quality of service (QoS)
Julio C. Costa, Tampa, FL (US); Sameer Akbar Khan, Overland Park, KS (US); Muralidhar Malreddy, Overland Park, KS (US); and Bhanu Prakash Voruganti, Olathe, KS (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile Innovations LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by T-Mobile Innovations LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/395,245.
Application 18/395,245 is a continuation of application No. 17/475,247, filed on Sep. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,902,823.
Prior Publication US 2024/0129787 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/24 (2018.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/0268 (2013.01) [H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a wireless local area network (WLAN) controller for using an interface between the WLAN controller and a Policy Charging and Rules Function (PCRF) in a core network to provide quality of service (QOS) treatment for a user equipment (UE):
transmitting, by the WLAN controller to the PCRF via the interface between the WLAN controller and the PCRF, a request for a policy associated with the UE, wherein the policy indicates a QoS subscribed for by a user of the UE in the core network;
receiving, by the WLAN controller from the PCRF via the interface between the WLAN controller and the PCRF, the policy associated with the UE; and
managing, by the WLAN controller, resources within the WLAN, based on the policy, to establish a session between the UE and the WLAN.