User terminal and access point

• US 10,231,276 B2
• Filed: 05/25/2017
• Issued: 03/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Fujishiro, Masato, Nagasaka, Yushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Javaid, Jamal
• Application Number:
  US15/605,612
• Publication Number:
  US 20170265241A1
• Time in Patent Office: 656 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/19 Connection re-establishment
• 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]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

In a communication system according to an embodiment, a base station transmits first information for establishing a second data bearer, to a user terminal in a state where a predetermined data bearer is established. The predetermined data bearer is a first data bearer passes through the base station without passing through an access point. The second data bearer: passes through the base station and the access point; and is for aggregation in which the cellular communication and the WLAN communication are used to communicate data of the user terminal. The first information includes a bearer identifier indicating the predetermined data bearer and type information associated with the bearer identifier. The user terminal starts control to change the predetermined data bearer from the first data bearer to the second data bearer if the type information indicates a change from the first data bearer to the second data bearer.

Claims

1. A communication system in which supports cellular communication in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) communication, comprising:

a base station; and

a user terminal, wherein

the base station transmits first information to the user terminal in a state where a predetermined data bearer is established, wherein the predetermined data bearer is a first data bearer between the base station and the user terminal, and the first information is for establishing a second data bearer between the base station and the user terminal,

the user terminal receives the first information from the base station in the state where the predetermined data bearer is established,

the first data bearer passes through the base station without passing through an access point,

the second data bearer;

passes through the base station and the access point; and

is for aggregation in which the cellular communication and the WLAN communication are used to communicate data of the user terminal,

the first information includes a bearer identifier indicating the already established predetermined data bearer and type information associated with the bearer identifier, and

the user terminal starts control to change the predetermined data bearer from the first data bearer to the second data bearer if the type information indicates a change from the first data bearer to the second data bearer.

2. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the base station transmits second information to the user terminal in a state where the predetermined data bearer being the second data bearer between the base station and the user terminal is established, wherein the second information is for releasing the second data bearer,

the user terminal receives the second information from the base station in the state where the predetermined data bearer is established,

the second information includes a bearer identifier indicating the already established predetermined data bearer and type information associated with the bearer identifier, and

the user terminal starts control to change the predetermined data bearer from the second data bearer to the first data bearer if the type information indicates a change from the second data bearer to the first data bearer.

3. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the base station sends a request of the WLAN communication to an entity controlling the aggregation, via a Xw interface between the base station and the entity, before establishing the second data bearer,

the base station receives a response to the request of the WLAN communication,

the base station transmits the first information to the user terminal in response to the response being an acknowledgment.

4. The communication system according to claim 3, wherein

the request includes a bearer identifier indicating the predetermined data bearer.

5. The communication system according to claim 3, wherein

the request includes identifier indicating communication pass for transferring date of the user terminal between the base station and the entity.

6. The communication system according to claim 3, wherein

the response includes identifier identifying the user terminal and allocated by the entity.

7. The communication system according to claim 3, wherein

the response includes a list of an bearer identifier which the entity is not admit.

8. The communication system according to claim 3, wherein

the response includes a cause for rejecting the request if the response is a negative acknowledgment.

9. The communication system according to claim 3, wherein

the request includes information to be used to check the user terminal by the entity, and

the user terminal transmits the information in response to receiving the first information received from the base station.

10. A user terminal supporting cellular communication in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) communication, comprising:

a receiver; and

a controller, wherein

the receiver is configured to receive first information from a base station in a state where a predetermined data bearer is established, wherein the predetermined data bearer is a first data bearer between the base station and the user terminal, and the first information is for establishing a second data bearer between the base station and the user terminal,

the first data bearer passes through the base station without passing through an access point,

the second data bearer;

passes through the base station and the access point; and

is for aggregation in which the cellular communication and the WLAN communication are used to communicate data of the user terminal,

the first information includes a bearer identifier indicating the already established predetermined data bearer and type information associated with the bearer identifier, and

the controller is configured to control to change the predetermined data bearer from the first data bearer to the second data bearer if the type information indicates a change from the first data bearer to the second data bearer.

11. A base station, comprising:

a transmitter; and

a controller, wherein

the transmitter is configured to transmit first information to a user terminal in a state where a predetermined data bearer is established, wherein the predetermined data bearer is a first data bearer between the base station and the user terminal, and the first information is for establishing a second data bearer between the base station and the user terminal,

the first data bearer passes through the base station without passing through an access point,

the second data bearer;

passes through the base station and the access point; and

is for aggregation in which cellular communication in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) communication are used to communicate data of the user terminal, and

the controller is configured to include a bearer identifier and type information in the first information, wherein the bearer identifier indicates the already established predetermined data bearer and the type information is associated with the bearer identifier.