Multi-rat carrier aggregation for integrated WWAN-WLAN operation
First Claim
1. An apparatus of a dual mode base station that includes a wireless wide area network (WWAN) access point that is integrated with a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point, the apparatus comprising circuitry configured to:
- perform, via the WWAN access point of the dual mode base station, a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 8, 9 or 10 attach procedure with a WWAN radio of a dual mode user equipment (UE);
perform, via the WWAN access point of the dual mode base station, a WLAN carrier aggregation capability exchange with the WWAN radio of the dual mode UE, wherein the WWAN access point receives a WLAN carrier aggregation capability of the dual mode UE during the WLAN carrier aggregation capability exchange;
determine, at the dual mode base station, whether to turn on the WLAN access point that is integrated in the dual mode base station based on the WLAN carrier aggregation capability to enable WLAN carrier aggregation, wherein traffic for the dual mode UE is offloaded from the WWAN access point to the WLAN access point when the WLAN access point is turned on at the dual mode base station; and
obtain information when the WLAN access point is turned on, wherein the information is related to channel interference within a coverage area of the dual mode base station and a number of WLAN deployments.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for Multi-Radio Access Technology (RAT) Carrier Aggregation (MRCA) wireless wide area network (WWAN) assisted wireless local area network (WLAN) flow mapping and flow routing are disclosed. One system comprises a dynamic flow mapping module that is configured to form a flow-mapping table to dynamically map service flows between the WWAN radio and the WLAN radio in the wireless device. A flow routing module is configured to route data packets to one of the WWAN radio and the WLAN radio in the wireless device based on the flow-mapping table to transmit and receive the data packets via the wireless device.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus of a dual mode base station that includes a wireless wide area network (WWAN) access point that is integrated with a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point, the apparatus comprising circuitry configured to:
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perform, via the WWAN access point of the dual mode base station, a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 8, 9 or 10 attach procedure with a WWAN radio of a dual mode user equipment (UE); perform, via the WWAN access point of the dual mode base station, a WLAN carrier aggregation capability exchange with the WWAN radio of the dual mode UE, wherein the WWAN access point receives a WLAN carrier aggregation capability of the dual mode UE during the WLAN carrier aggregation capability exchange; determine, at the dual mode base station, whether to turn on the WLAN access point that is integrated in the dual mode base station based on the WLAN carrier aggregation capability to enable WLAN carrier aggregation, wherein traffic for the dual mode UE is offloaded from the WWAN access point to the WLAN access point when the WLAN access point is turned on at the dual mode base station; and obtain information when the WLAN access point is turned on, wherein the information is related to channel interference within a coverage area of the dual mode base station and a number of WLAN deployments. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A dual mode wireless device that includes a wireless wide area network (WWAN) radio that is integrated with a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio, the dual mode wireless device comprising one or more processors configured to:
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perform, via the WWAN radio of the dual mode wireless device, a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 8, 9 or 10 attach procedure with a WWAN access point of a dual mode eNodeB; and send, via the WWAN radio of the dual mode wireless device, a WLAN carrier aggregation capability of the dual mode wireless device to the WWAN access point of the dual mode eNodeB, wherein the dual mode eNodeB is configured to determine whether to turn on a WLAN access point that is integrated in the dual mode eNodeB based on the WLAN carrier aggregation capability to enable WLAN carrier aggregation, wherein traffic for the dual mode wireless device is offloaded from the WWAN access point to the WLAN access point when the WLAN access point is turned on at the dual mode eNodeB, wherein the dual wireless device is configured to receive information from the dual mode eNodeB via radio resource control (RRC) signaling when the WLAN access point is turned on at the dual mode eNodeB, wherein the information is related to channel interference within a coverage area of the dual mode eNodeB and a number of WLAN deployments. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon for activating a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point that is integrated in a dual mode base station to enable WLAN carrier aggregation, the instructions when executed by at least one processor of the dual mode base station cause the dual mode base station to perform the following:
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completing, via a wireless wide area network (WWAN) access point of the dual mode base station, a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 8, 9 or 10 attach procedure with a WWAN radio of a dual mode user equipment (UE); performing, via the WWAN access point of the dual mode base station, a WLAN carrier aggregation capability exchange with the WWAN radio of the dual mode UE, wherein the WWAN access point receives a WLAN carrier aggregation capability of the dual mode UE during the WLAN carrier aggregation capability exchange; determining, at the dual mode base station, whether to turn on the WLAN access point that is integrated in the dual mode base station based on the WLAN carrier aggregation capability to enable WLAN carrier aggregation, wherein traffic for the dual mode UE is offloaded from the WWAN access point to the WLAN access point when the WLAN access point is turned on at the dual mode base station; and obtaining, at the dual mode base station, information when the WLAN access point is turned on, wherein the information is related to channel interference within a coverage area of the dual mode base station and a number of WLAN deployments. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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