Mechanisms for differentiated treatment of offloaded traffic

摘要

Communication using a radio access network RAN (404) including a primary cell (406) for license spectrum access and a secondary cell (408) for unlicensed spectrum access may be improved to provide optimal performance while considering characteristics of the primary cell (406) and the secondary cell (408). The apparatus may be a core network entity (410). The core network entity (410) is connected to a RAN (404) including a primary cell (406) utilizing a licensed spectrum and a secondary cell (408) utilizing an unlicensed spectrum. The core network entity (410) determines an authorization for data traffic to be offloaded to the secondary cell (408) based on data traffic characteristics. The core network (410) transmits an indication of the authorization to the RAN (404).