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Radio access technology (RAT) aggregation on a shared communication medium

  • US 10,736,125 B2
  • Filed: 05/04/2017
  • Issued: 08/04/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating an access point, comprising:

  • sending, by the access point over a shared communication medium to first and second access terminals, control signaling in accordance with a first Radio Access Technology (RAT);

    selecting, by the access point, one of the first RAT or a second RAT for transmission of data traffic to the first access terminal based on a first set of one or more operating mode criteria,wherein the first set of one or more operating mode criteria comprises a signal quality criterion, a traffic Quality of Service (QoS) criterion, a mobility criterion, or a combination thereof;

    selecting, by the access point, one of the first RAT or the second RAT for transmission of data traffic to the second access terminal based on a second set of one or more operating mode criteria;

    scheduling, by the access point, data traffic for transmission to the first and second access terminals on the respective selected RATs; and

    transmitting, by the access point over the shared communication medium to the first and second access terminals, the scheduled data traffic in accordance with the respective selected RATs,wherein the first set of one or more operating mode criteria comprises a first performance requirement threshold, wherein the first performance requirement threshold is a signal quality threshold and the second set of one or more operating mode criteria comprises a second performance threshold that is different than the first performance requirement threshold, andwherein the selecting for transmission of data traffic to the first access terminal selects the second RAT as the respective selected RAT based on a signal quality of the first access terminal being above the signal quality threshold.

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