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US 10,219,305 B2Granted
Communication apparatus
AssigneeBao Tran
InventorsDoron Shaul Shalev, Jacob Fastovsky, Aliza Breuer
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Abstract
A communication system includes a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Core Network (CN); a 3GPP Home Node-B GateWay (HNB-GW); a Communication Apparatus (CA) coupled to the CN and embedded in a Communication Device (CD), wherein said CA transforms a 3GPP Home Node-B (HNB) into a mobile or location independent portable entity, wherein said CA interconnects to the CN by interconnecting to the HNB-GW over a 3GPP Iuh Interface, wherein said CA includes multi-layered protocol stacks for implementing 3GPP control plane functionality, user plane functionality and management functionality.
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A communication system, comprising:
- a cellular Core Network (CN);
- a plurality of cellular base stations (BS);
- a cellular GateWay (GW);
- a Communication Device (CD) with an embedded Home Node-B (HNB) or cellular Small Cell Base Station (SC-BS) as a mobile or location independent portable entity with interprocess communication (IPC), wherein said CD interconnects to the CN by interconnecting to the GW over an Internet Protocol Network (IP NW) in cellular-IP transfer, wherein said CD includes a Communication Apparatus (CA) comprising multi-layered protocol stacks for implementing control plane functionality, user plane functionality and management functionality with a backhaul link between the SC-BS and the CN;
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- a terminal equipment (TE) including:
- a Terminal Equipment Transport Layer (T-TrL) providing transport links for Logical Channels (LCHs) between the TE and access termination (AT);
- a Terminal Equipment Link Control (T-LC) layer for providing a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) user equipment (UE) Radio Link Control (RLC) functionality, wherein said T-LC includes a subset of said RLC;
- a Terminal Equipment Resource Control (T-RC) layer for providing a 3GPP UE Radio Resource Control (RRC) functionality, wherein said T-RC includes a subset of said RRC;
- a Terminal Equipment Packet Data Convergence Protocol (T-PDCP) layer for providing a 3GPP UE PDCP functionality;
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- a Terminal Equipment Upper Application Layers (T-UPLR) for providing a 3GPP UE Non Access Stratum (NAS), Packet Switched (PS) and Circuit Switched (CS) functionalities.
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A communication system, comprising:
- a mobile device including an operation mode controller coupled to a cellular module with embedded Home Node-B (HNB) and to a client over (W)LAN protocol module, wherein the (W)LAN is either Local Area Network (LAN) or Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN);
- an access network (AN) coupled to the cellular module and the (W)LAN protocol module, the AN including a (W)LAN access point, a cellular base station (BS), a cellular gateway (GW), and a network controller (NC);
- a core network (CN) coupled to the AN with a backhaul link between the HNB and the CN;
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- a terminal equipment (TE) including:
- a Terminal Equipment Transport Layer (T-TrL) providing transport links for Logical Channels (LCHs) between the TE and access termination (AT);
- a Terminal Equipment Link Control (T-LC) layer for providing a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) user equipment (UE) Radio Link Control (RLC) functionality, wherein said T-LC includes a subset of said RLC;
- a Terminal Equipment Resource Control (T-RC) layer for providing a 3GPP UE Radio Resource Control (RRC) functionality, wherein said T-RC includes a subset of said RRC;
- a Terminal Equipment Packet Data Convergence Protocol (T-PDCP) layer for providing a 3GPP UE PDCP functionality;
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- a Terminal Equipment Upper Application Layers (T-UPLR) for providing a 3GPP UE Non Access Stratum (NAS), Packet Switched (PS) and Circuit Switched (CS) functionalities.
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A communication method, comprising:
- embedding a Home Node B (HNB) into a communication device (CD) as a mobile or location independent portable entity with interprocess communication (IPC);
- controlling network access for a device using cellular protocol and a client-over-(W)LAN-protocol;
- communicating cellular protocol data with an access network (AN) having a cellular base station (BS), and a network controller (NC);
- communicating cellular protocol data or over (W)LAN protocol data with an access network (AN) having a (W)LAN access point, and a cellular gateway (GW);
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- communicating AN data with a core network (CN) with a backhaul link between the HNB and the CN;
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- a terminal equipment (TE) including:
- a Terminal Equipment Transport Layer (T-TrL) providing transport links for Logical Channels (LCHs) between the TE and access termination (AT);
- a Terminal Equipment Link Control (T-LC) layer for providing a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) user equipment (UE) Radio Link Control (RLC) functionality, wherein said T-LC includes a subset of said RLC;
- a Terminal Equipment Resource Control (T-RC) layer for providing a 3GPP UE Radio Resource Control (RRC) functionality, wherein said T-RC includes a subset of said RRC;
- a Terminal Equipment Packet Data Convergence Protocol (T-PDCP) layer for providing a 3GPP UE PDCP functionality;
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- a Terminal Equipment Upper Application Layers (T-UPLR) for providing a 3GPP UE Non Access Stratum (NAS), Packet Switched (PS) and Circuit Switched (CS) functionalities.
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