Apparatus system and method of cellular network communications corresponding to a non-cellular network

• US 10,194,361 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2017
• Issued: 01/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Sirotkin, Alexander, Fong, Mo-Han, Himayat, Nageen, Talwar, Shilpa, Yeh, Shu-Ping
• Primary Examiner(s): Ghowrwal, Omar J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Detse, Kokou R
• Application Number:
  US15/715,463
• Publication Number:
  US 20180020383A1
• Time in Patent Office: 490 Days
• Field of Search: 370332
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0088 Scheduling hand-off measurements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or cellular network communications corresponding to a non-cellular network. For example, an Evolved Node B (eNB) may be configured to transmit to a User Equipment (UE) at least one configuration message to configure one or more measurements to be performed by the UE with respect to at least Wireless-Local-Area-Network (WLAN), to receive from the UE at least one report message including measurement information corresponding to the WLAN, to trigger the UE to start or stop offloading to the WLAN, and/or to transmit to the UE network assistance information corresponding to the WLAN.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to cause an evolved Node B (eNB) to;

transmit a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message in a radio transmission to a User Equipment (UE), the RRC message comprising a measurement configuration information element to configure one or more measurements to be performed by the UE, the measurement configuration information element comprising a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) measurement object (MeasObjectWLAN) comprising information of at least one WLAN, the WLAN measurement object comprises at least one WLAN identifier to identify the at least one WLAN, the WLAN measurement object comprising WLAN band information to indicate a WLAN band, and the WLAN measurement object comprising WLAN channel information to indicate one or more WLAN channels, the measurement configuration information element comprising reporting criterion information and reporting format information, the reporting criterion information to indicate a criterion to trigger the UE to send a measurement report, the reporting format information to indicate measurement results corresponding to the WLAN to be included in the measurement report; and

process a measurement report from the UE, the measurement report comprising the measurement results corresponding to the WLAN, the measurement report comprising the at least one WLAN identifier; and

a memory to store the measurement report.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one WLAN identifier comprises at least one of a Service Set Identifier (SSID), a Basic SSID (BSSID), or an Extended SSID (ESSID).

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the measurement report comprises a Receive Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) corresponding to the WLAN.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the measurement report comprises an available admission capacity corresponding to the WLAN.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the measurement report comprises a parameter based on a load of the WLAN.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the measurement report comprises the WLAN band information to indicate the WLAN band.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the measurement report comprises the WLAN channel information to indicate the one or more WLAN channels.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reporting criterion information comprises one or more threshold values of one or more respective measurement reporting events to trigger reporting the measurement results corresponding to the WLAN.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the one or more threshold values comprise a WLAN Receive Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) threshold value.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the measurement configuration information element comprises a Report Configuration Inter-RAT (ReportConfigInterRAT) information element to specify criteria for triggering an inter-RAT measurement reporting event, the ReportConfigInterRAT information element comprising the one or more threshold values.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the measurement configuration information element comprises a list of measurement objects (MeasObjectToAddModList) comprising the WLAN measurement object.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the RRC message comprises an RRC Connection Reconfiguration (RRCConnectionReconfiguration) message.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a radio to transmit the RRC message and to receive the measurement report.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising one or more antennas.

15. A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one processor, enable the at least one processor to cause an evolved node B (eNB) to:

transmit a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message in a radio transmission to a User Equipment (UE), the RRC message comprising a measurement configuration information element to configure one or more measurements to be performed by the UE, the measurement configuration information element comprising a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) measurement object (MeasObjectWLAN) comprising information of at least one WLAN, the WLAN measurement object comprises at least one WLAN identifier to identify the at least one WLAN, the WLAN measurement object comprising WLAN band information to indicate a WLAN band, and the WLAN measurement object comprising WLAN channel information to indicate one or more WLAN channels, the measurement configuration information element comprising reporting criterion information and reporting format information, the reporting criterion information to indicate a criterion to trigger the UE to send a measurement report, the reporting format information to indicate measurement results corresponding to the WLAN to be included in the measurement report; and

process a measurement report from the UE, the measurement report comprising the measurement results corresponding to the WLAN, the measurement report comprising the at least one WLAN identifier.

16. The product of claim 15, wherein the measurement report comprises an available admission capacity corresponding to the WLAN.

17. The product of claim 15, wherein the measurement report comprises at least one of a Receive Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) corresponding to the WLAN, or a parameter based on a load of the WLAN.

18. The product of claim 15, wherein the measurement report comprises the WLAN band information to indicate the WLAN band, and the WLAN channel information to indicate the one or more WLAN channels.

19. The product of claim 15, wherein the reporting criterion information comprises one or more threshold values of one or more respective measurement reporting events to trigger reporting the measurement results corresponding to the WLAN.

20. The product of claim 19, wherein the one or more threshold values comprise a WLAN Receive Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) threshold value.