Device and method for handling dual cellular system aggregation

• US 10,660,025 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2017
• Issued: 05/19/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Wu, Chih-Hsiang
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kim, Harry H
• Application Number:
  US15/628,608
• Publication Number:
  US 20170374607A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,064 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0091 Signaling for the administration of the divided path
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0247 based on conditions of the access network or the infrastructure network central resource management H04W28/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/00692 using simultaneous multiple data streams, e.g. cooperative multipoint [CoMP], carrier aggregation [CA] or multiple input multiple output [MIMO] allocation of physical resources in CoMP or in CA H04L5/0035
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/00698 using different RATs
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/144 over a different radio air interface technology
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/12 based on transmission quality or channel quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1215 for collaboration of different radio technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/54 based on quality criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/16 Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer
• 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: H04W 88/10 adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points

Abstract

A communication device for handling dual cellular system aggregation includes a storage device for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device. The communication device connects to a network via a first radio access technology (RAT); transmitting a “first RAT-second RAT” joint aggregation capability and at least one of a first RAT sole aggregation capability and a second RAT sole aggregation capability to the network; receiving a second RAT configuration configuring a “first RAT-second RAT” joint aggregation; connecting to the network via a second RAT according to the second RAT configuration; and receiving a first data via the first RAT and a second data via the second RAT, after connecting to the network via both of the first RAT and the second RAT.

Claims

1. A communication device for handling dual cellular system aggregation, comprising:

a storage device, for storing instructions of;

connecting to a network via a first radio access technology (RAT);

transmitting a “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation capability and at least one of a first RAT sole aggregation capability and a second RAT sole aggregation capability to the network, when connecting to the network;

receiving a second RAT configuration configuring a “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation from the network;

connecting to the network via a second RAT according to the second RAT configuration while connecting to the network via the first RAT; and

receiving a first data via the first RAT and a second data via the second RAT, after connecting to the network via both of the first RAT and the second RAT;

wherein the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation capability indicates a “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation combination supported by the communication device, the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation combination indicates at least one of a first number of a plurality of first carriers of the first RAT and a second number of a plurality of second carriers of the second RAT;

wherein the first RAT sole aggregation capability indicates a first RAT sole aggregation combination supported by the communication device, and the first RAT sole aggregation combination indicates a third number of a plurality of third carriers of the first RAT; and

a processing circuit, coupled to the storage device, configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage device.

2. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation combination indicates a plurality of first bands and a plurality of first bandwidths for the a plurality of first carriers of the first RAT, and a plurality of second bands and a plurality of second bandwidths for the a plurality of second carriers of the second RAT.

3. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation capability indicates a first maximum number of Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) layers for the first RAT in the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation combination, and indicates a second maximum number of MIMO layers for the second RAT in the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation combination.

4. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation capability indicates at least one first beamforming capability for the second RAT in the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation combination.

5. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the second RAT sole aggregation capability indicates a second RAT sole aggregation combination supported by the communication device, wherein the second RAT sole aggregation combination indicates a fourth number of a plurality of fourth carriers of the second RAT, and indicates a plurality of fourth bands and a plurality of fourth bandwidths for the a plurality of four carriers of the second RAT.

6. The communication device of claim 5, wherein the second RAT sole aggregation capability indicates at least one second beamforming capability for the second RAT sole aggregation combination.

7. A network for handling dual cellular system aggregation, comprising:

a storage device, for storing instructions of;

connecting to a communication device via a first radio access technology (RAT);

receiving a “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation capability and at least one of a first RAT sole aggregation capability and a second RAT sole aggregation capability from the communication device, when connecting to the communication device;

transmitting a second RAT configuration configuring a “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation to the communication device according to the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation capability;

connecting to the communication device via a second RAT while connecting to the communication device via the first RAT, in response to transmitting the second RAT configuration, wherein the instruction of connecting to the communication device comprises performing a first transmission to the communication device via the second RAT, after transmitting the second RAT configuration or receiving a confirmation from the communication device for confirming that the communication device receives the second RAT configuration; and

transmitting a first data via the first RAT and a second data via the second RAT to the communication device, after connecting to the communication device via both of the first RAT and the second RAT; and

a processing circuit, coupled to the storage device, configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage device.

8. The network of claim 7, wherein the first transmission requests the communication device to transmit a random access preamble, requests the communication device to transmit a protocol data unit (PDU), and requests the communication device to receive a time resource or a frequency resource.

9. The network of claim 7, wherein the storage device further stores the instructions of:

transmitting a first measurement configuration for configuring the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation to the communication device via the first RAT, according to the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation capability, wherein the first measurement configuration indicates a first measured carrier of the second RAT and a first measurement reporting event.

10. The network of claim 7, wherein the storage device further stores the instructions of:

transmitting a second measurement configuration for configuring the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation to the communication device, wherein the second measurement configuration indicates a second measured carrier of the second RAT and a second measurement reporting event.

11. The network of claim 7, wherein the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation capability indicates a “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation combination supported by the communication device, wherein the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation combination indicates at least one of a first number of a plurality of first carriers of the first RAT and a second number of a plurality of second carriers of the second RAT; and

the first RAT sole aggregation capability indicates a first RAT sole aggregation combination supported by the communication device, wherein the first RAT sole aggregation combination indicates a third number of a plurality of third carriers of the first RAT.

12. The network of claim 11, wherein the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation combination indicates a plurality of first bands and a plurality of first bandwidths for the a plurality of first carriers of the first RAT, and a plurality of second bands and a plurality of second bandwidths for the a plurality of second carriers of the second RAT.

13. The network of claim 11, wherein the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation capability indicates a first maximum number of MIMO layers for the first RAT in the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation combination, and indicates a second maximum number of MIMO layers for the second RAT in the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation combination.

14. The network of claim 11, wherein the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation capability indicates at least one first beamforming capability for the second RAT in the “

first RAT-second RAT”

joint aggregation combination.