Method and device for activating or deactivating terminal-based traffic steering

1. A method for deactivating, by a user equipment (UE), UE-based traffic steering in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

performing the UE-based traffic steering;

transmitting Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) offloading information indicating a Radio Access Network (RAN)/WLAN interworking state to a network;

receiving a RAN/WLAN aggregation start command from the network; and

deactivating the UE-based traffic steering when there is traffic steered to the WLAN,

wherein the UE-based traffic steering is traffic steering based on a RAN rule or Access Network Discovery and Selection Functions (ANDSFs).

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the UE, a traffic steering deactivation message from the network,

wherein the traffic steering deactivation message is a message for prohibiting the UE-based traffic steering.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising stopping, by the UE, the UE-based traffic steering.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising steering, by the UE, traffic steered to the WLAN to a RAN.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the UE, a traffic steering activation message from the network,

wherein the traffic steering activation message is a message for allowing the UE-based traffic steering.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the traffic steering activation message is a UE-specific message.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising steering, by the UE, the traffic steered to the WLAN to a RAN.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the UE, a RAN/WLAN aggregation stop command from the network.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the WLAN offloading information comprises at least one of serving access point (AP) information, access point name (APN) information steered to the WLAN, packet data network (PDN) information steered to the WLAN, radio bearer information to be steered to the WLAN, evolved packet system (EPS) bearer information to be steered to the WLAN, APN information to be offloadable to the WLAN, PDN information to be offloadable to the WLAN, radio bearer information to be offloadable to the WLAN, EPS bearer information to be offloadable to the WLAN, and quality of service (QoS) information on traffic steered to the WLAN.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the WLAN offloading information comprises an amount of data transmitted or received during a predefined period of time.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the WLAN offloading information is transmitted to the network after the UE initiates a radio resource control (RRC) connection establishment procedure, after the UE has successfully completed the RRC connection establishment procedure, after the UE receives a request for the WLAN offloading information from the network, or after the UE receives a RAN/WLAN aggregation command.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the WLAN offloading information is transmitted to the network when an event report condition for WLAN measurement is satisfied or when the WLAN offloading information is changed.

13. A user equipment (UE) for deactivating UE-based traffic steering in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a memory;

a transceiver; and

a processor connected to the memory and the transceiver,

wherein the processor is configured to:

perform the UE-based traffic steering;

control the transceiver to transmit Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) offloading information indicating a Radio Access Network (RAN)/WLAN interworking state to a network;

control the transceiver to receive a RAN/WLAN aggregation start command from the network; and

deactivate the UE-based traffic steering when there is traffic steered to the WLAN, and

wherein the UE-based traffic steering is traffic steering based on a RAN rule or Access Network Discovery and Selection Functions (ANDSFs).