Long-term evolution (LTE) and wireless local area network (WLAN) aggregation (LWA) connection procedures

An apparatus of an eNodeB, the eNodeB configured to perform long-term evolution (LTE) and wireless local area network (WLAN) aggregation (LWA) with a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising one or more processors and memory configured to:

• Identify one or more protocol data units (PDUs) to be scheduled for communication over a cellular interface and one or more PDUs communicated over a wireless local area network (WLAN) in a LWA session;
• process a request, received from the UE, to suspend communication of the one or more PDUs on the WLAN for the LWA session without terminating the LWA session;
• schedule all PDUs for the LWA session for communication through a cellular interface without terminating the LWA session;
• and
• process a request, using radio resource control (RRC) signaling received from the UE, to suspend or resume the communication of the one or more PDUs on the WLAN for the LWA session, wherein the RRC signaling is the enhanced WLAN Connection Status Report message.

A least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon for performing long-term evolution (LTE) and wireless local area network (WLAN) aggregation (LWA) with a user equipment (UE), the instructions when executed by one or more processors and memory perform the following:

• determining to suspend communication on a wireless local area network (WLAN) of one or more protocol data units (PDUs) for a LWA session without terminating the LWA session;
• processing, a request, received from the UE, to suspend communication of the one or more PDUs on the WLAN for the LWA session without terminating the LWA session;
• suspending communication of the one or more PDUs on the WLAN for the LWA session;
• scheduling all PDUs for the LWA session for communication through a cellular interface without terminating the LWA session;
• resuming communication of the one or more PDUs on the WLAN for the LWA session upon receiving a resume communication request from the UE or upon expiration of a selected period of time;
• and
• processing a request, using radio resource control (RRC) signaling received from the UE, to suspend or resume the communication of the one or more PDUs on the WLAN for the LWA session, wherein the RRC signaling is the enhanced WLAN Connection Status Report message.