WLAN mobility for LTE/WLAN aggregation
AssigneeIntel IP Corporation
InventorsAlexander Sasha Sirotkin, Nageen Himayat
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Abstract
A network device (e.g., an evolved Node B (eNB), user equipment (UE) or the like) can operate wireless local area network (WLAN) mobility between groups of WLAN access points (APs) in LTE/WLAN aggregation based on control by the eNB and further between WLAP APs within a particular group based on control by the UE. A long term evolution (LTE) link can communicate a first set of WLAN data related to a first set of WLAN access points (APs) that enables the UE to generate a WLAN mobility operation from a first WLAN AP to a second WLAN AP within the first set of WLAN APs based on a determination generated by the UE. The UE can be prompted by the eNB to also select another WLAN AP of the second set of WLAN APs coupled to a different WLAN Termination or logic node.
Claims23
A system for a user equipment (UE) device, coupled to a heterogeneous network of a radio access network (RAN), comprising:
- a memory storing executable instructions that execute one or more computer executable components;
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- a processor configured to execute the executable instructions for the one or more executable components comprising:
- a long term evolution (LTE) communication component configured to receive a set of wireless local area network (WLAN) data related to a first set of WLAN access points (APs) that enables a WLAN mobility operation among the first set of WLAN APs;
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- a WLAN component configured to communicatively couple to a first WLAN AP of the first set of WLAN APs, generate a determination of whether a second WLAN AP satisfies a communication criteria more than the first WLAN AP, and, in response to the determination, initiate the WLAN mobility operation to switch from being communicatively coupled to the first WLAN AP to being communicatively coupled to the second WLAN AP by utilizing the set of WLAN data;
- wherein the LTE communication component is further configured to communicate a suspend command to an evolved NodeB (eNB) to stop traffic via a first WiFi network of the first WLAN AP and communicate a resume command to the eNB to resume traffic via a second WiFi network of the second WLAN AP.
A system for an evolved NodeB (eNB) communicatively coupled to a heterogeneous network of a radio access network (RAN), comprising:
- a memory storing executable instructions that execute one or more computer executable components;
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- a processor configured to execute the executable instructions for the one or more executable components comprising:
- a long term evolution (LTE) communication component configured to receive a first set of wireless local area network (WLAN) measurement data related to a first plurality of WLAN access points (APs) and a second set of WLAN measurement data related to a second plurality of WLAN APs;
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- a WLAN component configured to generate a determination of whether the second plurality of WLAN APs satisfies a criteria more than the first plurality of WLAN APs with respect to a user equipment (UE) device based on the first set of WLAN measurement data and the second set of WLAN measurement data, and, in response to the determination, initiate a WLAN mobility operation to switch from being communicatively coupled to the first plurality of WLAN APs to being communicatively coupled to the second plurality of WLAN APs.
A non-transitory computer-readable media comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system for an evolved NodeB (eNB) comprising one or more processors to perform operations in a heterogeneous network of a radio access network (RAN) for WLAN mobility in LTE/WLAN aggregation, comprising:
- communicating, via a long term evolution (LTE) link, a first set of wireless local area network (WLAN) data related to a first set of WLAN access points (APs) that enables a user equipment (UE) device to generate a WLAN mobility from a first WLAN AP to a second WLAN AP of the first set of WLAN APs based on a determination by the UE device;
- indicating, via a WLAN Termination logical node link, a second set of WLAN data that enables a WLAN Termination logical node to configure a second set of WLAN APs for a WLAN connection with the UE device;
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- prompting, via the long term evolution link, the UE device to select another WLAN mobility from the second WLAN AP of the first set of WLAN APs to another WLAN AP of the second set of WLAN APs.
A non-transitory computer-readable media comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system for a user equipment (UE) comprising one or more processors to perform operations in a heterogeneous network of a radio access network (RAN) for WLAN mobility in LTE/WLAN aggregation, comprising:
- receiving, via a long term evolution (LTE) link, a first set of wireless local area network (WLAN) data related to a first set of WLAN access points (APs);
- communicatively coupling, via a WLAN connection, to a first WLAN AP;
- selecting, via the one or more processors, a second WLAN AP from among the first set of WLAN APs based on a measurement of one or more properties of the first set of WLAN APs;
- generating, via the UE device, a WLAN mobility operation that switches the WLAN connection from a first WLAN AP of the first set of WLAN APs to a second WLAN AP of the first set of WLAN APs based on the first set of WLAN data;
- communicating to the eNB communicatively coupled to the first set of WLAN APs and the second set of WLAN APs, via a WLAN termination, a suspend command before the WLAN mobility operation or before the another WLAN mobility operation;
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- after the WLAN mobility operation or the another WLAN mobility operation, communicating a resume command.
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