Method and apparatus for uplink data transmission using multiple radio access technologies
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsPhilippe Leroux, Aaron James Callard
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Abstract
The present application provides a method and apparatus for uplink data transmission from a UE in a communications network, wherein the UE is configured for WLAN connectivity and wherein the UE is in RRC_INACTIVE state. The method comprises an uplink transmission from the UE in RRC_INACTIVE to a WT having a link with a gNB.
Claims12
A method for supporting uplink (UL) data transmission between at least one user equipment (UE) and an access node (AN) in a mobile radio access network (RAN) supporting radio communications between the at least one UE and the AN, comprising actions, at the AN of:
- configuring the at least one UE, along a radio communications link between the at least one UE and the AN, to enter into wireless local area network (WLAN) communication with at least one WLAN termination (WT) node;
- establishing, with the at least one WT node, a common communication link wherein the common communication link conveys data from the at least one WT node to the AN for a plurality of the at least one UEs;
- configuring the at least one UE, along the radio communications link, to enter into an RRC-INACTIVE state in which the at least one UE and the AN store a UE AN context but the radio communications link is inactivated;
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- receiving, using the common communication link, from the at least one WT node, a UL data transmission from the at least one UE to the AN that is transmitted by the at least one UE to the at least one WT node.
An access node (AN) in a mobile radio access network (RAN) supporting radio communications with at least one user equipment (UE), comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transient memory for storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the AN to perform actions, for supporting uplink (UL) data transmission between the at least one UE and the AN, of:
- configuring the at least one UE, along a radio communications link between the at least one UE and the AN, to enter into wireless local area network (WLAN) communication with at least one WLAN termination (WT) node;
- establishing, with the at least one WT node, a common communication link wherein the common communication link conveys data from the at least one WT node to the AN for a plurality of the at least one UEs;
- configuring the at least one UE, along the radio communications link, to enter into an RRC-INACTIVE state in which the at least one UE and the AN maintain context but the radio communications link is inactivated;
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- receiving, using the common communication link, from the at least one WT node, a UL data transmission from the at least one UE to the AN that is transmitted by the at least one UE to the at least one WT node.
A method for supporting uplink (UL) data transmission between a user equipment (UE) and an access node (AN) in a mobile radio access network (RAN) supporting radio communications between the UE and the AN, comprising actions, at the UE of:
- receiving a configuration message, along a cellular radio communications link between the AN and the UE, to enter into wireless local area network (WLAN) communication with at least one WLAN termination (WT) node;
- receiving a configuration message, along the cellular radio communications link, to enter into an RRC-INACTIVE state in which the UE stores a UE AN context but the cellular radio communications link is inactivated, the UE AN context comprising at least a UE AN identifier;
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- transmitting a UL data packet intended for the AN to the at least one WT node, the UL data packet comprising at least the UE AN identifier.
A user equipment (UE) in a mobile radio access network (RAN) supporting radio communications with an access node (AN), comprising:
- a processor;
- a WLAN radio interface;
- a cellular radio interface;
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- a non-transient memory for storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the UE to perform actions, for supporting uplink (UL) data transmission between the UE and the AN, of:
- receiving, from the AN using the cellular radio interface, a configuration message to enter into wireless local area network (WLAN) communication with at least one WLAN termination (WT) node;
- receiving, from the AN using the cellular radio interface, a configuration message to enter into an RRC-INACTIVE state in which the UE stores a UE AN context but cellular radio communications is inactivated, the UE AN context comprising at least a UE AN identifier;
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- transmitting, to the WT node using the WLAN radio interface, a UL data packet intended for the AN, the UL data packet comprising at least the UE AN identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.