US 12,363,669 B2
Traffic steering and switching between multiple access networks
Guanzhou Wang, Brossard (CA); Saad Ahmad, Montreal (CA); Khalid Anwar, Montreal (CA); Behrouz Aghili, Commack, NY (US); Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Saint-Lazare (CA); and Mahmoud Watfa, Saint Leonard (CA)
Assigned to InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Feb. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/591,831.
Application 18/591,831 is a continuation of application No. 16/636,399, granted, now 11,950,198, previously published as PCT/US2018/046231, filed on Aug. 10, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/587,639, filed on Nov. 17, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/571,500, filed on Oct. 12, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/544,122, filed on Aug. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0205861 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/16 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 60/005 (2013.01) [H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 76/16 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:
sending a first request to a first access network, wherein the first request comprises an indication that the WTRU is requesting a protocol data unit (PDU) session and information indicating a PDU session ID;
sending a second request to a second access network, wherein the second request comprises an indication that the WTRU is requesting a PDU session and information indicating the PDU session ID;
responsive to the second request, receiving a message indicating that a multi-access PDU session has been established; and
sending a first PDU associated with the multi-access PDU session over the first access network and sending a second PDU associated with the multi-access PDU session over the second access network.