Apparatus, method and computer program for non-stand-alone wireless communications
AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorsMikko Komulainen, Hannu Pirila, Juha Hallivuori
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Abstract
An apparatus including control circuitry; first radio circuitry for communicating with a first radio circuitry of a first base station; second radio circuitry for communicating with second radio circuitry of a second base station; wherein the control circuitry is configured to use information received from a user equipment, for configuring the second radio circuitry of the apparatus such that a connection can be established between the second radio circuitry of the apparatus and the second radio circuitry of a base station.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- control circuitry within the housing;
- first radio circuitry within the housing configured to communicate with first radio circuitry of a base station via a first radio link, wherein the first radio link is a 4G link and is configured to communicate control plane signaling;
- second radio circuitry within the housing configured to communicate with second radio circuitry of a base station via a second radio link, wherein the second radio link is a 5G link and is configured to communicate user plane signaling and/or data;
- wherein the control circuitry is configured to use information received from a user equipment, to configure the second radio circuitry of the apparatus such that a connection can be established between the second radio circuitry of the apparatus and the second radio circuitry of a base station.
A method comprising:
- controlling first radio circuitry within a housing of an apparatus, the first radio circuitry of the apparatus configured to communicate with first radio circuitry of a base station via a first radio link, wherein the first radio link is a 4G link and is configured to communicate control plane signaling;
- controlling second radio circuitry within the housing of the apparatus, the second radio circuitry of the apparatus configured to communicate with second radio circuitry of a base station via a second radio link, wherein the second radio link is a 5G link and is configured to communicate user plane signaling and/or data;
- wherein the controlling second radio circuitry of the apparatus comprises using information received from a user equipment to configure the second radio circuitry of the apparatus such that a connection can be established between the second radio circuitry of the apparatus and the second radio circuitry of a base station.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when the program is executed by a computer cause an apparatus to perform at least the following:
- controlling first radio circuitry within a housing of the apparatus, the first radio circuitry of the apparatus configured to communicate with first radio circuitry of a base station via a first radio link, wherein the first radio link is a 4G link and is configured to communicate control plane signaling;
- controlling second radio circuitry within the housing of the apparatus, the second radio circuitry of the apparatus configured to communicate with second radio circuitry of a base station via a second radio link, wherein the second radio link is a 5G link and is configured to communicate user plane signaling and/or data;
- wherein the controlling second radio circuitry of the apparatus comprises using information received from a user equipment to configure the second radio circuitry of the apparatus such that a connection can be established between the second radio circuitry of the apparatus and the second radio circuitry of the base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.