Service data offloading method, access network device, and terminal

1. A method, comprising:

sending, by a base station in a radio access network, a local area network configuration message and a bearer configuration message to a terminal;

configuring, by the base station, a local area network for the terminal according to the local area network configuration message; and

configuring, by the base station, a radio bearer for the terminal according to the bearer configuration message, wherein the local area network is associated with the radio bearer;

wherein the bearer configuration message comprises a downlink-only data reception indication, to indicate to the terminal to receive, in the local area network, downlink data of the radio bearer, and prohibit, in the local area network, sending uplink data of the radio bearer; and

wherein the radio bearer is configured to transmit downlink data of the radio bearer to the terminal using the local area network and transmit uplink data from the terminal using the radio access network, and wherein the downlink data transmitted to the terminal using the local area network is transmitted from the base station to the terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein sending the local area network configuration message and configuring the local area network for the terminal comprises:

sending, by the base station, an assisted cell addition message, wherein the assisted cell addition message comprises a wireless fidelity (WIFI) indication; and

adding, by the base station, a wireless local area network (WLAN) network for the terminal according to the assisted cell addition message comprising the WIFI indication;

wherein the WIFI indication indicates that an added assisted cell is a WLAN network.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein sending the bearer configuration message and configuring the radio bearer for the terminal comprises:

sending, by the base station, a dedicated radio bearer configuration message to the terminal; and

configuring, by the base station, a dedicated radio bearer for the terminal according to the dedicated radio bearer configuration message;

wherein the dedicated radio bearer configuration message comprises an identifier of the WLAN network and a downlink-only WIFI indication, so that the terminal only receives downlink data of the dedicated radio bearer in the WLAN network according to the downlink-only WIFI indication and the identifier of the WLAN network; and

wherein the downlink-only WIFI indication indicates that the dedicated radio bearer is downlink-only, so that the terminal receives the downlink data of the dedicated radio bearer and prohibits sending uplink data of the dedicated radio bearer.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein sending the local area network configuration message and configuring the local area network for the terminal comprises:

sending, by the base station, an assisted cell modification message to the terminal, wherein the assisted cell modification message comprises a wireless fidelity (WIFI) indication; and

modifying a wireless local area network (WLAN) network for the terminal according to the assisted cell modification message comprising the WIFI indication;

wherein the WIFI indication indicates that a modified assisted cell is a WLAN network.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein sending the bearer configuration message and configuring the radio bearer for the terminal comprises:

sending, by the base station, a dedicated radio bearer configuration message to the terminal; and

configuring, by the base station, a dedicated radio bearer for the terminal according to the dedicated radio bearer configuration message;

wherein the dedicated radio bearer configuration message comprises an identifier of the WLAN network and a downlink-only WIFI indication, so that the terminal only receives downlink data of the dedicated radio bearer in the WLAN network according to the downlink-only WIFI indication and the identifier of the WLAN network; and

wherein the downlink-only WIFI indication indicates that the dedicated radio bearer is downlink-only, so that the terminal receives the downlink data of the dedicated radio bearer and prohibits sending uplink data of the dedicated radio bearer.

6. A service data offloading method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal, a local area network configuration message sent by a base station in a radio access network access;

receiving, by the terminal, a bearer configuration message sent by the base station, and learning, by the terminal, a radio bearer configured by the base station, wherein a local area network is associated with the radio bearer, wherein the bearer configuration message comprises a downlink-only data reception indication to indicate to the terminal to receive downlink data of the radio bearer using the local area network and prohibit sending uplink data of the radio bearer using the local area network, and wherein the downlink data transmitted to the terminal using the local area network is transmitted from the base station to the terminal;

receiving, by the terminal according to the downlink-only data reception indication comprised in the bearer configuration message, downlink data of the radio bearer in the local area network; and

prohibiting sending uplink data of the radio bearer in the local area network associated with the radio bearer;

wherein the radio bearer is configured to transmit downlink data of the radio bearer to the terminal using the local area network and transmit uplink data from the terminal using the radio access network.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the local area network is a wireless local area network (WLAN) network.

8. The method according to claim 6 , the method further comprising:

sending, by the terminal to the base station, an acknowledge frame indicating a downlink data reception success.

9. A device, comprising:

a transmitter, configured to transmit a local area network configuration message and a bearer configuration message to a terminal using a radio access network;

a processor configured to:

configure a local area network for the terminal according to the local area network configuration message; and

configure a radio bearer for the terminal according to the bearer configuration message;

wherein the local area network is associated with the radio bearer; and

wherein the bearer configuration message comprises a downlink-only data reception indication to indicate to the terminal to receive downlink data of the radio bearer in the local area network and prohibit sending uplink data of the radio bearer in the local area network; and

wherein the radio bearer is configured to transmit downlink data of the radio bearer to the terminal using the local area network and transmit uplink data from the terminal using the radio access network, and wherein the downlink data that is transmitted to the terminal using the local area network is transmitted from the device to the terminal.

10. The device according to claim 9 , wherein:

the transmitter is further configured to send an assisted cell addition message or an assisted cell modification message to the terminal, wherein the assisted cell addition message or the assisted cell modification message comprises a wireless fidelity (WIFI) indication;

the processor is further configured to add a first WLAN network for the terminal according to the assisted cell addition message comprising the WIFI indication, or modify the first WLAN network for the terminal according to the assisted cell modification message comprising the WIFI indication; and

the WIFI indication indicates that an added assisted cell or a modified assisted cell is a WLAN network.

11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein:

the transmitter is further configured to send a dedicated radio bearer configuration message to the terminal;

the processor is further configured to configure a dedicated radio bearer for the terminal according to the dedicated radio bearer configuration message;

the dedicated radio bearer configuration message comprises an identifier of the first WLAN network associated with the dedicated radio bearer and a downlink-only WIFI indication for the terminal only to receive downlink data of the dedicated radio bearer in the first WLAN network according to the downlink-only WIFI indication and the identifier of the first WLAN network; and

the downlink-only WIFI indication indicates that the dedicated radio bearer is downlink-only for the terminal to receive the downlink data of the dedicated radio bearer and prohibit sending uplink data of the dedicated radio bearer.

12. A terminal, comprising:

a receiver configured to:

receive a local area network configuration message sent from a base station in a radio access network; and

receive a bearer configuration message to learn a radio bearer configured by the base station, wherein a local area network is associated with the radio bearer, and wherein the bearer configuration message comprises a downlink-only data reception indication to indicate to the terminal to receive downlink data of the radio bearer using the local area network and prohibit sending uplink data of the radio bearer using the local area network; and

a processor configured to:

receive, in the local area network associated with the radio bearer according to the downlink-only data reception indication comprised in the bearer configuration message, downlink data of the radio bearer in the local area network, wherein the downlink data transmitted using the local area network is transmitted from the base station to the terminal; and

prohibit sending uplink data of the radio bearer in the local area network associated with the radio bearer;

wherein the radio bearer is configured to transmit downlink data of the radio bearer to the terminal using the local area network and transmit uplink data from the terminal using the radio access network.

13. The terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the local area network is a wireless local area network (WLAN) network.

14. The terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the terminal further comprises:

a transmitter configured to transmit, to the base station, an acknowledge frame indicating a downlink data reception success.