Base station initiated control mechanism for supporting supplemental link
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsJung Ryu, Sundar Subramanian, Ashwin Sampath, Junyi Li
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for a base station initiated control mechanism for supporting supplemental a link. In some aspects, control information associated with a directional, first radio access technology (RAT) for a user equipment (UE) may be identified at a first base station, the first base station configured to communicate with the UE using the directional, first RAT, and the control information associated with the directional, first RAT may be transmitted to a second base station to forward to the UE using a second RAT.
Claims16
A method for wireless communication, comprising:
- receiving, by a user equipment (UE), control information from a second base station via an LTE-based communication link;
- using the control information to configure a millimeter wave-based communication between the UE and a first base station;
- and
- transmitting response information to the second base station via the LTE-based communication link, the response information being forwarded from the second base station to the first base station based at least in part on the control information.
A method for wireless communication, comprising:
- receiving, by a second base station, control information from a first base station for configuring a millimeter wave-based communication between a user equipment (UE) and the first base station, wherein the second base station is configured to communicate with the UE via a LTE-based communication link;
- transmitting, by the second base station, the control information to the UE via the LTE-based communication link;
- receiving, by the second base station, response information from the UE via the LTE-based communication link;
- and
- forwarding, by the second base station, the response information to the first base station based at least in part on the control information.
An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
- a processor;
- memory in electronic communication with the processor;
- and
- instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to:
- receive, by a user equipment (UE), control information from a second base station via an LTE-based communication link;
- use the control information to configure a millimeter wave-based communication between the UE and a first base station;
- and
- transmit response information to the second base station via the LTE-based communication link, the response information being forwarded from the second base station to the first base station based at least in part on the control information.
An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
- a processor;
- memory in electronic communication with the processor;
- and
- instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to:
- receive, by a second base station, control information from a first base station for configuring a millimeter wave-based communication between a user equipment (UE) and the first base station, wherein the second base station is configured to communicate with the UE via a LTE-based communication link;
- transmit, by the second base station, the control information to the UE via the LTE-based communication link;
- receive, by the second base station, response information from the UE via the LTE-based communication link;
- and
- forward, by the second base station, the response information to the first base station based at least in part on the control information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.