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20090010259 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CLASSIFICATION OF COMMUNICATION TRAFFIC - Device, system, and method of classification of communication traffic. For example, a communication traffic classifier includes: a dynamically configurable port and address classifier to classify an unclassified packet based on port and address configuration information received from an application protocol classifier. | 01-08-2009 |
20130007729 | Method and System for virtualization assisted remote access system designed For e-Support - A system for remote computer access, for configuration, monitoring and repair, designed for computer technical remote support. A standalone system not affected by operating system (OS) or any other software modules malfunctions which runs in protected environment which enables the system to operate even in the case of severe personal computer (PC) failures, including a loss of network connectivity, operating system (OS) failure to boot and including some hardware failures. A system enabling a remote human technician with an authorization access to the user PC remotely; | 01-03-2013 |
20140043993 | INTELLIGENT P-GW RELOCATION FOR SIPTO SERVICE CONTINUITY - Intelligent packet data network gateway (P-GW) relocation for selected internet protocol traffic offload (SIPTO) service continuity is described. A user equipment (UE) application monitoring module, can monitor the network session state for a UE. A transition window can be determined based on both the network session state and a session continuity impact metric. A new packet data network gateway (P-GW) can be associated to the UE during the transition window in response to a determination that a current P-GW of the UE is less optimal, in at least one performance metric, than the new P-GW. | 02-13-2014 |
20140092828 | OS LEVEL WLAN/CELLULAR AGGREGATION FOR INTEGRATED FEMTO AND AP DEPLOYMENTS - Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine readable mediums for utilizing both wireless links simultaneously in an efficient and seamless manner. A virtual network interface at the Operating System level of both the femto base station and the mobile station may multiplex and demultiplex packets across both wireless links, thus increasing bandwidth, all while keeping the existence of these multiple links hidden to the application layers, which allows flexibility and increases reliability. | 04-03-2014 |
20140177590 | WIRELESS MODULE AND METHOD FOR LOCAL IP ACCESS PACKET DATA NETWORK RELEASE - Various embodiments include systems, wireless modules, and methods for local IP access packet data network release. Handover data can be received at a target wireless module as part of a user equipment handover operation. The user equipment can include an active packet data network session associated with a source local home network. A determination that the target wireless module is not in the source local home network can be made based on the handover data. The target wireless module can trigger deactivation of the packet data network session in response to the determination that the target wireless module is not in the source local home network. | 06-26-2014 |
20140253385 | COMMUNICATION STATION AND METHOD FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT POSITIONING USING COOPERATING STATIONS - Embodiments of a communication station and method for time-of-flight (ToF) positioning in a wireless network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a ToF cooperation table may be received by a positioning station from an access point. The ToF cooperation table may identify one or more cooperating stations and may include information about each cooperating station for ToF positioning. A ToF positioning protocol may be performed with at least some of the cooperating stations identified in the ToF cooperation table using the information in the ToF cooperation table. During the ToF positioning protocol, a current position and a station positional accuracy may be received from each cooperating station. The current position may be a position when ToF is measured. A location of the positioning station may be determined based on the current positions and the ranges to each of the cooperating stations determined from the ToF positioning protocol. | 09-11-2014 |
20150327142 | APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND METHOD TO SUPPORT LOW COMPLEXITY USER EQUIPMENT - Apparatus, computer-readable medium, and method to support low complexity user equipment are disclosed. A wireless communication device including circuitry is disclosed. The circuitry may be configured to determine support of a target evolved nodeB (eNB) for a low complexity user equipment (LC-UE), and handover the LC-UE to the target eNB if the support of the target eNB indicates the target eNB supports LC-UE. The wireless communication device may be a long term evolution (LTE) wireless communication device. The wireless communication device may be one of the following a source eNB, a core network entity, a LC-UE, a source radio network controller (RNC), a base station, a source base service set (BSS). The circuitry may be configured to determine support of the target eNB for the LC-UE based on a configuration or information from the target eNB. | 11-12-2015 |
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20130084867 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM OF MEMBERSHIP VERIFICATION - Devices, systems and methods of membership verification during handover to a target cell are presented. The target cell triggers membership verification (MV) process during handover, accepting user equipment (UE) as a non-member and upgrading it to a full member, e.g., if the membership verification process is successful. | 04-04-2013 |
20130301423 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS OF TIME-DIVISION-DUPLEX (TDD) UPLINK-DOWNLINK (UL-DL) INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of Time-Division Duplexing (TDD) Uplink-Downlink (UL-DL) interference management. Some embodiments include transmitting a message including a channel quality parameter and a Time-Division-Duplex (TDD) configuration update to at least one other base station of a cellular cell, deciding if the cellular cell is to be operated in a cluster based on the channel quality parameter value, and coordinating an adjustment of uplink-downlink configuration according to a traffic condition. | 11-14-2013 |
20130301489 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS OF TIME-DIVISION-DUPLEX (TDD) UPLINK-DOWNLINK (UL-DL) CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of Time-Division Duplexing (TDD) Uplink-Downlink (UL-DL) configuration management. For example, a node may communicate a message including a cell identifier identifying a first cell controlled by the node, and a TDD configuration update to update at least one other node, which controls at least one second cell, with a TDD UL-DL configuration allocated by the node for communication within the first cell. | 11-14-2013 |
20130322238 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS OF WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) COMMUNICATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH CELLULAR COMMUNICATION - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of Wireless-Local-Area-Network (WLAN) communication in conjunction with cellular communication. For example, an apparatus may include a wireless communication unit to receive WLAN load information indicating a load of at least one WLAN controlled by at least one access point (AP), and, based on the WLAN load information, to select between connecting to the AP and connecting to a cellular node. | 12-05-2013 |
20140099957 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM OF MEMBERSHIP VERIFICATION - Devices, systems and methods of membership verification during handover to a target cell are presented. The target cell triggers membership verification (MV) process during handover, accepting user equipment (UE) as a non-member and upgrading it to a full member, e.g., if the membership verification process is successful. | 04-10-2014 |
20140153511 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USER-EQUIPMENT (UE) CENTRIC ACCESS NETWORK SELECTION - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems of User Equipment (UE) centric access network selection. For example, a cellular node may include a transmitter to transmit to a User Equipment (UE) a cellular communication message over a cellular communication medium, the message including a value of a predefined parameter, which is based on a cellular network load of a cellular network controlled by the cellular node. | 06-05-2014 |
20140161103 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CELLULAR NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS CORRESPONDING TO A NON-CELLULAR NETWORK - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or cellular network communications corresponding to a non-cellular network. For example, an Evolved Node B (eNB) may be configured to transmit to a User Equipment (UE) at least one configuration message to configure one or more measurements to be performed by the UE with respect to at least Wireless-Local-Area-Network (WLAN), to receive from the UE at least one report message including measurement information corresponding to the WLAN, to trigger the UE to start or stop offloading to the WLAN, and/or to transmit to the UE network assistance information corresponding to the WLAN. | 06-12-2014 |
20150016413 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF LAWFUL INTERCEPTION (LI) IN A CELLULAR NETWORK - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of Lawful Interception (LI). For example, a device may communicate a message addressed to an Evolved Node B (eNB) over a cellular communication core network, the message including a Lawful Interception (LI) Information Element (IE) indicating that content corresponding to one or more User Equipment (UEs) connected to the eNB is to be subject to LI. | 01-15-2015 |
20150043447 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF STEERING DATA RADIO BEARER TRAFFIC TO A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK LINK - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems of steering data radio bearer traffic to a wireless local area network link. For example, a User Equipment (UE) may include a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) transceiver; a cellular transceiver to communicate traffic of a plurality of Data Radio Bearers (DRBs) via a cellular link between the UE and an evolved Node B (eNB); and a controller to establish at least one Point-to-Point (P2P) link with the eNB via a WLAN link between the UE and a WLAN Access Point (AP), and to steer traffic of one or more of the DRBs from the cellular link to the P2P link. | 02-12-2015 |
20150055524 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS OF TIME-DIVISION-DUPLEX (TDD) UPLINK-DOWNLINK (UL-DL) CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of Time-Division Duplexing (TDD) Uplink-Downlink (UL-DL) configuration management. For example, a node may communicate a message including a cell identifier identifying a first cell controlled by the node, and a TDD configuration update to update at least one other node, which controls at least one second cell, with a TDD UL-DL configuration allocated by the node for communication within the first cell. | 02-26-2015 |
20150109997 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INTERFACING BETWEEN A CELLULAR MANAGER AND A WLAN ACCESS DEVICE - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of interfacing between a cellular manager and a Wireless Local Area network (WLAN) access device. For example, a WLAN access device, e.g., an Access Point (AP) or an Access Controller (AC), and a cellular manager, e.g., an evolved Node B (eNB) or a Radio Network Controller (RNC), may be configured to communicate via a direct link between the cellular manager and the WLAN access device. | 04-23-2015 |
20150181565 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRIGGERING A WIRELESS-LOCAL-AREA-NETWORK (WLAN) ACTION OF A USER EQUIPMENT (UE) - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of triggering a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) action of a wireless communication device, e.g., a User Equipment (UE). For example, an Evolved Node B (eNB) may include a radio to transmit a control message to a UE, the control message including a WLAN trigger to trigger one or more actions by a WLAN transceiver of the UE. | 06-25-2015 |
20150189549 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS OF WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) COMMUNICATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH CELLULAR COMMUNICATION - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of Wireless-Local-Area-Network (WLAN) communication in conjunction with cellular communication. For example, an apparatus may include a wireless communication unit to receive WLAN load information indicating a load of at least one WLAN controlled by at least one access point (AP), and, based on the WLAN load information, to select between connecting to the AP and connecting to a cellular node. | 07-02-2015 |
20150195743 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING OFFLOADABILITY INFORMATION TO A USER-EQUIPMENT (UE) - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of providing offloadability information to a User Equipment (UE). For example, a core network (CN) may provide to the UE Packet Data Network (PDN) offloadability information corresponding to one or more PDN connections of the UE, the PDN offloadability information indicating which PDN connection of the one or more PDN connections is able to be offloaded to a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). | 07-09-2015 |
20150195759 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACCESS NETWORK DISCOVERY AND SELECTION FUNCTION (ANDSF) FOR TRAFFIC OFFLOADING - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) for traffic offloading. For example, an ANDSF Management Object (MO) may include one or more ANDSF policies, at least one ANDSF policy including ANDSF selection criteria to offload traffic between a cellular network and a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN); and a preference indicator to indicate a preference between the ANDSF selection criteria and Radio Access Network (RAN) selection criteria from the cellular network. | 07-09-2015 |
20150215777 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SECURING COMMUNICATIONS OF A USER EQUIPMENT (UE) IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems of securing communications of a User Equipment (UE) in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). For example, a cellular node may transmit to a UE a cellular message including a UE security key, and a WLAN access device may communicate with the cellular node security information including the UE security key. The WLAN access device may communicate with the UE based on the UE security key, e.g., to authenticate the UE and/or encrypt communications with the UE. | 07-30-2015 |
20150215835 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY (RAT) COMMUNICATION MANAGERS - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of controlling Radio Access Technology (RAT) communication managers. For example, a RAT controller may communicate with a plurality of RAT communication managers to receive measurement information from one or more of the RAT communication managers, and, based on the measurement information, to send traffic steering information to at least one RAT communication manager. | 07-30-2015 |
20150215934 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM OF INTER-NODE COMMUNICATION - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of inter-node communication. For example, a first node may communicate with a second node, e.g., via a backhaul link, one or more messages including a restriction recommendation and/or a restriction setting, for example, a precoding restriction, a Relative Narrowband TX Power indication (RNTP) setting, and/or a Relative Wideband Transmit Power (RWTP) setting. | 07-30-2015 |
20150312841 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM OF ESTABLISHING A CONNECTION BETWEEN A CELLULAR NODE AND A CORE NETWORK - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of establishing a connection between a cellular node and a core network. For example, a first Evolved Node B (eNB) may include a cellular transceiver to communicate with a User Equipment (UE); an X2 interface to communicate with at least one second eNB; and a controller to send to the second eNB a first message including a core network node discovery request, to receive from the second eNB a second message including a core network node identifier, and to establish an S1 connection between the first eNB and a core network using the core network node identifier. | 10-29-2015 |
20150327117 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) OFFLOADING INFORMATION BETWEEN CELLULAR MANAGERS - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) offloading information between cellular managers. For example, a first cellular manager of a first cellular network may send to a second cellular manager of a second cellular network one or more WLAN offload parameters corresponding to Radio Access Network (RAN) assisted WLAN interworking information, which is sent to one or more User Equipment (UE) in the first cellular network. | 11-12-2015 |
20150327212 | REDUCTION OF POWER CONSUMPTION AND TIME FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT POSITIONING VIA NEIGHBOR LIST - Systems and methods are directed to use of a neighbor list for wireless indoor navigation. The neighbor list may include related information regarding all neighboring access points (APs). The neighbor list can be transmitted, at least partially, to include the related information of a desired number of or all APs in the neighbor list from one AP to a wireless device. The neighbor list can be transmitted in a Neighbor Report Response (NRR) or a time-of-flight (ToF) Response and allow the wireless device to scan for minimal number of APs for ToF measurements. By using the neighbor list, power consumption and time can be significantly reduced during wireless indoor navigation. | 11-12-2015 |
20150382281 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING NON-CELLULAR ACCESS NETWORK INFORMATION OVER A CELLULAR NETWORK - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating non-cellular access network information via a cellular network. For example, an Evolved Node B (eNB) may include a radio to transmit a control message over a cellular communication medium, the control message including access network information of at least one non-cellular network within a coverage area of the eNB. | 12-31-2015 |
20160007346 | ESTABLISHMENT OF CONNECTION TO THE INTERNET IN CELLULAR NETWORK - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods to establish a connection to the Internet via a local gateway (L-GW) function for a LIPA or a SIPTO@LN. The establishment of the connection to the Internet may be performed, for example, by at least one of an E-RAB SETUP procedure, an INITIAL CONTEXT SETUP procedure, an INITIAL UE MESSAGE procedure or an UPLINK NAS TRANSPORT procedure. | 01-07-2016 |
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20130115999 | Techniques for Mitigating Interference Associated with Downlink Transmissions from a Base Station - Examples are disclosed for causing one or more subframes to be transmitted from a base station for a wireless network based on beamforming or transmission power characteristics. In some examples, an interference report may be received at a base station via a backhaul communication link. The interference report may indicate measured interference from the base station as measured at one or more wireless devices. The base station may transmit subsequent subframes in a manner to mitigate the previously reported interference. Other examples are described and claimed. | 05-09-2013 |
20130215742 | EXTENDED ACCESS BARRING (EAB) SIGNALING FOR A CORE NETWORK (CN) AND NODE - Technology for core network signaling of an extended access barring (EAB) action between a node (e.g., an eNodeB) and a core network (CN) entity (e.g., a mobility management entity (MME)) is disclosed. One method can include a node receiving from a core network entity an EAB action in an overload start message. The node can transmit EAB configuration information from the node to a wireless device based on the received EAB action. | 08-22-2013 |
20130258923 | TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVED ENERGY-SAVINGS MANAGEMENT - Techniques for improved energy-savings management are described. In various embodiments, for example, a network management node includes a processor circuit, a communication component arranged for execution by the processor circuit to receive device tracking information from a device tracking node, and a determination component arranged for execution by the processor circuit to determine whether an eNodeB is to enter an energy-saving mode based on the device tracking information. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-03-2013 |
20140286159 | WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) TRAFFIC OFFLOADING - Technology for communicating access point (AP) information for traffic offloading is disclosed. A request may be received, at a wireless local area network (WLAN) domain manager (DM) from an evolved node B (eNB), for access point (AP) information about one or more WLAN access points (APs) for traffic offloading. The access point (AP) information may be obtained for the one or more WLAN APs, at the WLAN DM, based on at least in part operations and management (OAM) reports from the one or more WLAN APs containing the AP information. The AP information may be communicated, from the WLAN DM to the eNB via a network manager (NM), about the one or more WLAN APs to enable traffic offloading from the eNB to at least one of the ALAN APs. | 09-25-2014 |
20140295849 | HANDOVER OF USER EQUIPMENT WITH NON-GBR BEARERS - Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for handover of user equipment (UE) having non-guaranteed bit rate (non-GBR) bearers. In some embodiments, an access node (AN) may include UE logic to identify a UE having at least one non-GBR bearer, target AN logic to identify a target AN to take over service of the UE from the AN, and handover source logic, coupled with the UE logic and the target AN logic, to provide handover request information to the target AN. The handover request information may include a value representative of realized throughput of the at least one non-GBR bearer. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 10-02-2014 |
20150092553 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TRAFFIC OFFLOADING - Wireless communication traffic can be offloaded from a user equipment (UE) to two wireless points of access. For example, user equipment (UE) is connected to a radio access network (RAN) using a radio access technology (RAT) such as a long term evolution (LTE) network. The UE can determine which network capabilities are available for traffic offloading and adapt to the capabilities presented. In one embodiment, the UE can determine whether the network supports three different configurations and configure traffic offloading to operate within the network conditions: (1) RAN rules without access network detection and selection function (ANDSF), (2) ANDSF in conjunction with RAN rules or (3) enhanced ANDSF with RAN assistance. | 04-02-2015 |
20150139087 | LAWFUL INTERCEPTION FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE (D2D) COMMUNICATION - Technology for a lawful interception of a proximity service (e.g., device-to-device (D2D) communication) provided to user equipments (UEs) is disclosed. In an example, a method can include an evolved Node B (eNB) transmitting a proximity service setup message to a first UE to setup D2D communication with a second UE. The eNB can transmit a lawful interception message to the first UE or the second UE to provide lawful interception of the D2D communication. The eNB can receive packets associated with the D2D communication from the first UE or the second UE. The eNB can communicate the received packets from the first UE and the second UE to the core network (CN) to be copied. | 05-21-2015 |
20150195706 | AUTONOMOUS ENHANCED NODE B - Embodiments allow one or more eNBs that become isolated from core network entities (e.g., evolved packet core entities such as mobility management entity, serving gate way, packet data network gateway, and so forth) to form a resilient mode network. Such a network can function in a limited fashion and provide for UE to UE communications within the resilient mode network coverage area. One or more of the eNBs function as an autonomous eNB and provide a subset of core network functions that allow UE to UE communications within the resilient mode network coverage area. Embodiments disclosed herein select which eNB functions as the autonomous eNB and then the other eNBs establish an S1-MME and/or S1-U interface with the autonomous eNB. | 07-09-2015 |
20150264726 | BEARER MOBILITY AND SPLITTING IN A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK-BASED, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT NETWORK HAVING AN INTEGRATED WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - A wireless local area network (WLAN) point-to-point communications link between an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network node B (eNB) and a user equipment device (or simply UE) is identified by UE/eNB media access control (MAC) identifiers on a per UE or per data radio bearer (DRB) basis for offloading cellular data from a long term evolution (LTE) link to the WLAN point-to-point communications link. A wireless local area network tunneling protocol (WLTP) includes packet formats and network protocol stack arrangements to support functions facilitated by the WLAN point-to-point communications link, such as, for example, identification of control and data traffic messages, DRB identification for WLTP packets, quality of service (QoS) delay and packet loss measurement, support of bearer splitting, and support of a general framework for offloading cellular traffic at different depths of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) network protocol stack. | 09-17-2015 |
20150271729 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR INTERWORKING BETWEEN A UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (UMTS) NETWORK AND A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems, devices, and methods for interworking between a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) network and a wireless local area network (WLAN). Various embodiments may include utilizing traffic steering rules based on radio access network assistance parameters to perform traffic steering between the UMTS network and the WLAN. Other embodiments may be described or claimed. | 09-24-2015 |
20150327139 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR LONG TERM EVOLUTION AND WIRELESS LOCAL AREA INTERWORKING - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems, devices, and methods for long-term evolution and wireless local area interworking. Various embodiments may include utilizing access network selection and traffic steering rules based on radio access network assistance parameters. Other embodiments may be described or claimed. | 11-12-2015 |
20150350953 | RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL (RRC) PROTOCOL FOR CELL SELECTION AND TRAFFIC STEERING FOR INTEGRATED WLAN/3GPP RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES - An integrated WLAN/WWAN Radio Access Technology (RAT) architecture is described in which signaling used to control the integration of the WLAN/WWAN architecture is performed over the Radio Resource Control (RRC) plane. The integrated architecture may allow for User Equipment (UE) assistance in cell selection and traffic steering. In particular, UE-assisted RRC signaling is described for managing inter-RAT session transfers and secondary cell (SCell) selection. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350988 | RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL (RRC) PROTOCOL FOR INTEGRATED WLAN/3GPP RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES - An integrated WLAN/WWAN Radio Access Technology (RAT) architecture is described in which signaling used to control the integration of the WLAN/WWAN architecture is performed over the Radio Resource Control (RRC) plane. The integrated architecture may provide a network-controlled framework for performing traffic steering and radio resource management. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350989 | INTERWORKING/CO-EXISTENCE OF INTEGRATED WLAN/3GPP RAT ARCHITECTURES WITH LEGACY WLAN/3GPP INTERWORKING SOLUTIONS - An integrated WLAN/WWAN architecture is described, in which signaling used to control the integration of the WLAN/WWAN architecture is performed over the Radio Resource Control (“RRC”) plane. The integrated architecture may provide a network-controlled framework for performing traffic steering and radio resource management. Additionally, according to the disclosure provided herein, the integrated architecture may interwork with legacy systems (e.g., architectures that do not support the integrated WLAN/WWAN architecture). | 12-03-2015 |
20150351079 | IN-BAND CONTROL SIGNALING FOR INTEGRATED WLAN/3GPP RAT ARCHITECTURES - An integrated WLAN/WWAN Radio Access Technology (“RAT”) architecture is described, in which signaling used to control the integration of the WLAN/WWAN architecture is performed over the Packet Data Convergence Protocol (“PDCP”) layer, and/or at other layers (e.g., a layer between the PDCP layer and the Internet Protocol (“IP”) layer). When involving the PDCP layer, non-standard PDCP packets, including variable length PDCP packets, may be used. The integrated architecture may provide a network controlled framework for performing traffic steering and radio resource management. | 12-03-2015 |