Method for performing a cooperative operation between heterogeneous networks and device for same

• US 10,015,698 B2
• Filed: 06/09/2016
• Issued: 07/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yuk, Youngsoo, Kwak, Jinsam, Lee, Eunjong, Cho, Heejeong
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Mong-Thuy
• Application Number:
  US15/177,824
• Publication Number:
  US 20160295460A1
• Time in Patent Office: 754 Days
• Field of Search: 455434, 370338
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0864 of different hierarchy levels, e.g. Master Evolved Node B [MeNB] or Secondary Evolved node B [SeNB]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/00 Synchronisation arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for performing a cooperative operation between heterogeneous networks and a device for same. A method for a first type base station to perform a cooperative operation between heterogeneous networks in a wireless communication system includes receiving a downlink synchronization channel from at least one second type base station; obtaining an identifier (ID) of the second type base station by using the received downlink synchronization channel; and transmitting at least one of a channel number and a bandwidth of a center frequency of the first type base station and the cell ID of the second type base station to a server. The first type base station and the second type base station use different wireless communication methods or wireless access methods.

Claims

1. A method for offloading uplink data by a user equipment in a wireless communication system that performs cooperative operations between heterogeneous networks, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, first information related to a set of candidate access points (APs) configured by the base station;

measuring the set of candidate APs;

transmitting a measurement report to the base station;

receiving, from the base station, a command, the command instructing the user equipment to offload uplink data to a wireless LAN (WLAN),

wherein the command is transmitted from the base station when a signal strength of the WLAN is greater than a predefined threshold value;

receiving, from the base station, second information related to at least one access point (AP), the at least one AP is configured for offloading by the base station;

performing a connection procedure with an AP of the at least one AP based on the received second information;

determining traffic having a specific quality of service (QoS) which is offloadable to the WLAN; and

offloading the uplink data corresponding to the determined traffic to the AP according to the command while maintaining a connection state with the base station.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

when the connection procedure with the AP is completed, transmitting an assigned IP address to the base station.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first information related to the set of candidate APs comprise at least one identifier (ID) of the set of candidate APs.

4. A user equipment for offloading uplink data in a wireless communication system that performs cooperative operations between heterogeneous networks, the user equipment comprising:

a receiver;

a transmitter; and

a processor operatively connected to the receiver and the transmitter, the processor configured to;

receive, from a base station, first information related to a set of candidate access points (APs) configured by the base station;

measure the set of candidate APs;

transmit a measurement report to the base station;

receive, from the base station, a command, the command instructing the user equipment to offload uplink data to a wireless LAN (WLAN),

wherein the command is transmitted from the base station when a signal strength of the WLAN is greater than a predefined threshold value;

receive, from the base station, second information related to at least one access point (AP), the at least one AP is configured for offloading by the base station;

perform a connection procedure with an AP of the at least one AP based on the received second information;

determine traffic having a specific quality of service (QoS) which is offloadable to the WLAN; and

offload the uplink data corresponding to the determined traffic to the AP according to the command while maintaining a connection state with the base station.

5. The user equipment according to claim 4,

wherein the processor is further configured to transmit an assigned IP address to the base station when the connection procedure with the AP is completed.

6. The user equipment according to claim 4, wherein the first information related to the set of candidate APs comprise at least one identifier (ID) of the set of candidate APs.