DEVICES AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING AND UTILIZING NEIGHBORING WLAN INFORMATION FOR LTE LAA OPERATION
First Claim
1. A License Assisted Access (LAA) enhanced NodeB (eNB) comprising:
- a transceiver configured to communicate with an LAA user equipment (UE) operating in an unlicensed band; and
processing circuitry configured to;
configure the transceiver to transmit a request to the UE for information regarding a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) over which the UE is able to communicate, the WLAN information comprising information about the unlicensed band including at least one channel and a time window;
configure the transceiver to receive, from the UE, a report including the WLAN information; and
set network operations involving use of the unlicensed band by the eNB based on the WLAN information.
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Abstract
A License Assisted Access (LAA) enhanced NodeB (eNB), user equipment (UE) and communication methods therebetween operating in a Long Term Evolution unlicensed band (LTE-U) are generally described. The eNB may transmit a request to the UE for information regarding a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) over which the UE may be able to communicate. The WLAN information may include an LTE-U channel and time window for reporting. The UE may obtain the WLAN information through communication with an access point (AP). Measurement information of the LTE-U channel may also be obtained by or on behalf of the UE. The UE may transmit the WLAN information to the eNB. The eNB may use the WLAN information or submit the WLAN information to a network entity to perform channel selection, UE grouping or localization, appointing delegate UEs to perform channel sensing or scheduling UEs in a same group or proximity.
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30 Claims
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1. A License Assisted Access (LAA) enhanced NodeB (eNB) comprising:
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a transceiver configured to communicate with an LAA user equipment (UE) operating in an unlicensed band; and processing circuitry configured to; configure the transceiver to transmit a request to the UE for information regarding a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) over which the UE is able to communicate, the WLAN information comprising information about the unlicensed band including at least one channel and a time window; configure the transceiver to receive, from the UE, a report including the WLAN information; and set network operations involving use of the unlicensed band by the eNB based on the WLAN information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A License Assisted Access (LAA) user equipment (UE) comprising:
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a transceiver configured to communicate with an LAA enhanced NodeB (eNB) using an unlicensed band; and processing circuitry configured to; configure the transceiver to receive a request from the eNB for information regarding a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) with which the UE is able to communicate, the request specifying a manner for which the WLAN information is to be obtained; configure the transceiver obtain the WLAN information through communication with an access point (AP) on a channel of the unlicensed band using the specified manner; and configure the transceiver to transmit a report including the WLAN information to the eNB. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a License Assisted Access (LAA) enhanced NodeB (eNB) to configure the eNB to communicate via a transceiver with an LAA user equipment (UE) operating in an unlicensed band, the one or more processors to configure the eNB to:
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transmit a request to the UE for information regarding a neighboring Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) with which the UE is able to communicate, the WLAN information comprising information available in a WLAN management frame or from a response message sent in response to a request message sent by the UE to an access point (AP) operating over a channel in the unlicensed band; configure the transceiver to receive, from the UE, a report including the WLAN information, and configure the transceiver to submit the WLAN information to a network entity for use in network operations involving use of the unlicensed band by UEs. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for retrieving neighboring Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) information at a License Assisted Access (LAA) enhanced NodeB (eNB) from a LAA user equipment (UE) in an unlicensed band, the method comprising:
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transmitting a request for the WLAN information from the eNB to the UE, the request specifying at least one of a channel and time window for which the WLAN information is to be obtained; receiving the WLAN information from the UE at the eNB, the WLAN information comprising operational information of the unlicensed band for which measurement is not employed; and setting network operations involving use of the unlicensed band by UEs by at least one of; processing the WLAN information at the eNB to set the network operations, and submitting the WLAN information to a network entity for the network entity to set the network operations. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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