Using radio resource control (RRC) procedures to access different radio access technologies

• US 10,448,444 B2
• Filed: 09/02/2016
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Adjakple, Pascal M, Watfa, Mahmoud, Olvera-Hernandez, Ulises, Wang, Peter S, Liu, Kai, Ahmad, Saad, Pelletier, Ghyslain
• Primary Examiner(s): Pezzlo, John
• Application Number:
  US15/255,904
• Publication Number:
  US 20160374137A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• Field of Search: 370329, 370331, 370252, 370386
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/005 Multiple registrations, e.g. multihoming
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections

Abstract

A WTRU may send a registration message to a core network (CN) that is associated with a first cell of a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second cell of a second RAT. The WTRU may receive, on the first cell of the first RAT with a first radio resource control (RRC) protocol, a RRC reconfiguration message that includes information for communications with the second cell of the second RAT. The first cell of the first RAT may be utilized for mobility management and a second RRC protocol may be utilized with the second cell of the second RAT.

Claims

1. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:

a processor; and

a transceiver; and

wherein the processor is configured to send a registration message to a core network (CN), wherein the CN is associated with a first cell of a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second cell of a second RAT;

the transceiver is configured to receive, on the first cell of the first RAT with a first radio resource control (RRC) protocol, a RRC reconfiguration message that includes information for communications with the second cell of the second RAT, wherein the first cell of the first RAT is utilized for mobility management and wherein a second RRC protocol is utilized with the second cell of the second RAT; and

the transceiver is further configured to receive traffic simultaneously from the first cell of the first RAT and the second cell of the second RAT.

2. The WTRU of claim 1, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a message to detach from the second cell of the second RAT, wherein the WTRU detaches from the second cell of the second RAT in response to the message to detach.

3. The WTRU of claim 1, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a message to detach from the second cell of the second RAT, wherein the WTRU detaches from the second cell of the second RAT and continues to communicate with the first cell of the first RAT in response to the message to detach.

4. The WTRU of claim 1, wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit a single message to attach to both a network of the first cell of the first RAT and another network of the second cell of the second RAT.

5. The WTRU of claim 1, wherein the first cell of the first RAT is associated with at least two CN parts of the CN.

6. A method performed by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

sending, by the WTRU, a registration message to a core network (CN), wherein the CN is associated with a first cell of a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second cell of a second RAT;

receiving, by the WTRU on the first cell of the first RAT with a first radio resource control (RRC) protocol, a RRC reconfiguration message that includes information for communications with the second cell of the second RAT, wherein the first cell of the first RAT is utilized for mobility management and wherein a second RRC protocol is utilized with the second cell of the second RAT; and

receiving, by the WTRU, traffic simultaneously from the first cell of the first RAT and the second cell of the second RAT.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

receiving, by the WTRU, a message to detach from the second cell of the second RAT, wherein the WTRU detaches from the second cell of the second RAT in response to the message to detach.

8. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

receiving, by the WTRU, a message to detach from the second cell of the second RAT, wherein the WTRU detaches from the second cell of the second RAT and continues to communicate with the first cell of the first RAT in response to the message to detach.

9. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

transmitting, by the WTRU, a single message to attach to both a network of the first cell of the first RAT and another network of the second cell of the second RAT.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the first cell of the first RAT is associated with at least two CN parts of the CN.