Mobile terminal and method for data transmission by multiple simultaneous radio access technologies
AssigneeZte Wistron Telecom AB
InventorsAijun Cao, Yonghong Gao, Jan Johansson, Patrick Svedman, Thorsten Schier, Bojidar Hadjiski
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Abstract
A mobile terminal, method and non-transitory computer-readable medium for simultaneously utilizing at least two different radio access technologies (RATs). In one embodiment, the mobile terminal includes: at least one processor configured to control and coordinate first and second radio resource control functions corresponding to first and second RATs, respectively; and map a logical channel to first and second transport channels corresponding to the first and second RATs.
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A mobile terminal that supports at least two different radio access technologies (RATs), comprising:
- at least one processor configured to:
- coordinate first and second radio resource control functions corresponding to a first RAT and a second RAT, respectively;
- map a logical channel to first and second transport channels corresponding to the first RAT and the second RAT;
- communicate with a master node for a network utilizing the first RAT, wherein the first RAT is a default RAT of the mobile terminal;
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- initiate communication with the master node utilizing the second RAT simultaneously with the first RAT based on at least one predetermined criterion, wherein the master node comprises connection contexts to provide an anchor point of the network, and wherein the master node coordinates communication from different transmission nodes utilizing different RATs, respectively.
A method of simultaneously using at least two different radio access technologies (RATs) by a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- coordinating first and second radio resource control functions corresponding to a first RAT and a second RAT, respectively;
- mapping a logical channel to first and second transport channels corresponding to the first RAT and the second RAT;
- communicating with a master node for a network utilizing the first RAT, wherein the first RAT is a default RAT of the mobile terminal;
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- initiating communication with the master node utilizing the second RAT simultaneously with the first RAT based on at least one predetermined criterion, wherein the master node comprises connection contexts to provide an anchor point of the network, and wherein the master node coordinates communication from different transmission nodes utilizing different RATs, respectively.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed perform a method of simultaneously using at least two different radio access technologies (RATs) by a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- coordinating first and second radio resource control functions corresponding to a first RAT and a second RAT, respectively;
- mapping a logical channel to first and second transport channels corresponding to the first RAT and the second RAT;
- communicating with a master node for a network utilizing the first RAT, wherein the first RAT is a default RAT of the mobile terminal;
- and
- initiating communication with the master node utilizing the second RAT simultaneously with the first RAT based on at least one predetermined criterion, wherein the master node comprises connection contexts to provide an anchor point of the network, and wherein the master node coordinates communication from different transmission nodes utilizing different RATs, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.