MOBILE NETWORK OPERATOR (MNO) CONTROL OF WIFI QOS VIA EAP/DIAMETER

摘要

To provide mobile network operator (MNO) control of WIFI QOS via the EAP/Diameter.SOLUTION: A mobile network operator (MNO) may control WiFi QoS. 3GPP has specified control mechanisms for various levels of quality of service (QoS) over the cellular access and core network. Embodiments described herein provide differentiation of WiFi QoS on the basis of MNO requirements. In particular, extensible authentication protocol (EAP) and diameter messages may be extended to include a wireless local area network QoS parameter. This may be used by user equipment to set the uplink 802.11e User Priority (UP) for offloaded or evolved packet core-routed WiFi traffic.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2