METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING MULTI-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY CARRIER AGGREGATION
First Claim
1. A method of managing carrier aggregation for a multi-radio access technology (RAT) wireless transmitter/receiver unit (WTRU), the method comprising:
- receiving, by the WRTU over a primary channel associated with a RAT of a first type, provisioning information for provisioning a supplementary channel associated with a RAT of a second type;
establishing the supplementary channel associated with the RAT of the second type based on the received provisioning information; and
wirelessly exchanging, by the WRTU, first data associated with a communication over the primary channel via the RAT of the first type, while wireless exchanging second data associated with the communication over the supplementary channel via the RAT of the second type.
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Abstract
A method of managing carrier aggregation for a multi-radio access technology (RAT) wireless transmitter/receiver unit (WTRU) is disclosed. The method may include: receiving, by the WRTU over a primary channel associated with a RAT of a first type, provisioning information for provisioning a supplementary channel associated with a RAT of a second type; establishing the supplementary channel associated with the RAT of the second type based on the received provisioning information; and wirelessly exchanging, by the WRTU, first data associated with a communication over the primary channel via the RAT of the first type, while wireless exchanging second data associated with the communication over the supplementary channel via the RAT of the second type.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of managing carrier aggregation for a multi-radio access technology (RAT) wireless transmitter/receiver unit (WTRU), the method comprising:
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receiving, by the WRTU over a primary channel associated with a RAT of a first type, provisioning information for provisioning a supplementary channel associated with a RAT of a second type; establishing the supplementary channel associated with the RAT of the second type based on the received provisioning information; and wirelessly exchanging, by the WRTU, first data associated with a communication over the primary channel via the RAT of the first type, while wireless exchanging second data associated with the communication over the supplementary channel via the RAT of the second type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 26)
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10. A method for performing wireless communications using a multi-mode wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) that is configured to for concurrent operation on component carriers (CCs) associated with a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs), the method comprising:
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exchanging information on a first CC in accordance with a first RAT; concurrently exchanging information on a second CC in accordance with a second RAT; and aggregating or segmenting the information exchanged via the first and second CCs. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method for performing wireless communications in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) supporting multi-radio access technology (RAT) carrier aggregation (CA), the method comprising:
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configuring a first medium access control (MAC) entity in the WTRU that is associated with a first RAT; configuring a second medium access control (MAC) entity in the WTRU that is associated with a second RAT; and configuring a plurality of channels associated with the first MAC entity and the second MAC entity. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A method of managing carrier aggregation for a multi-radio access technology (RAT) wireless transmitter/receiver unit (WTRU), the method comprising:
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receiving, by the WRTU over a primary channel associated with a 3GPP RAT, provisioning information for provisioning a supplementary channel associated with a WiFi RAT; establishing the supplementary channel associated with the WiFi RAT based on the received provisioning information; and wirelessly exchanging, by the WRTU, first data associated with a communication over the primary channel via the 3GPP RAT, while wireless exchanging second data associated with the communication over the supplementary channel via the 3GPP RAT. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), comprising:
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a transmit/receive unit configured to receive over a primary channel associated with a RAT of a first type, provisioning information for provisioning a supplementary channel associated with a RAT of a second type; and a processor configured to establish the supplementary channel associated with the RAT of the second type based on the received provisioning information such that the transmit/receive unit wirelessly exchanges first data associated with a communication over the primary channel via the RAT of the first type, while wireless exchanging second data associated with the communication over the supplementary channel via the RAT of the second type. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A multi-mode wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for performing wireless communications and configured to support simultaneous or near-simultaneous operation on component carriers (CCs) associated with a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs), comprising:
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a transmit/receive unit configured to exchange information via a first CC in accordance with a first RAT and to concurrently exchange information via a second CC in accordance with a second RAT; and a processor configured to aggregate or to segment the information exchanged via the first and second CCs.
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