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US 11,540,108 B2Granted
Communication apparatus and communication method
AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorsRakash SivaSiva Ganesan, Christian Markwart, Borislava Gajic, Christian Mannweiler, Peter Rost
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Abstract
There is provided an apparatus comprising means for: translating between a first communication apparatus and a first wireless communication network operating as at least part of a bridge between the first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus; determining that the first and/or second communication apparatus is undergoing or has undergone a mobility event; and executing at least part of a mobility procedure resulting from the mobility event.
Claims18
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
- translating between a first communication apparatus and a first wireless communication network operating as at least one device of a bridge between the first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus;
- determining that the first communication apparatus or the second communication apparatus is undergoing or has undergone a mobility event;
- and
- executing at least part of a mobility procedure resulting from the mobility event, wherein the at least part of the mobility procedure comprises:
- receiving communication traffic from one of the first communication apparatus or the second communication apparatus,
- determining whether the apparatus currently is in an active communication path to the other of the first communication apparatus or the second communication apparatus via a second wireless communication network,
- when the apparatus is in the current active communication path, forwarding the received communication traffic to the other of the first communication apparatus or the second communication apparatus, and
- when the apparatus is not in the current active communication path, discarding the received communication traffic.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
- simultaneously connecting to multiple devices of a bridge, wherein one of said devices is in a currently active communication path between the apparatus and a second communication apparatus;
- receiving information from at least one of said devices indicating which one of said devices is in the currently active communication path;
- determining one of said devices is in the active communication path based on the received information;
- when the one of said devices is in the current active communication path, forwarding the received information to at least one other device of said multiple devices of the bridge;
- and
- when said devices are not in the current active communication path, discarding the received information.
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A method, comprising:
- translating, by an apparatus, between a first communication apparatus and a first wireless communication network operating as at least one device of a bridge between the first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus;
- determining, by the apparatus, that the first communication apparatus or the second communication apparatus is undergoing or has undergone a mobility event;
- and
- executing, by the apparatus, at least part of a mobility procedure resulting from the mobility event, wherein the at least part of the mobility procedure comprises:
- receiving communication traffic from one of the first communication apparatus or the second communication apparatus,
- determining whether the apparatus currently is in an active communication path to the other of the first communication apparatus or the second communication apparatus via a second wireless communication network,
- when the apparatus is in the current active communication path, forwarding the received communication traffic to the other of the first communication apparatus or the second communication apparatus, and
- when the apparatus is not in the current active communication path, discarding the received communication traffic.
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A method, comprising:
- simultaneously, by an apparatus, connecting to multiple devices of a bridge, wherein one of the multiple devices is in a currently active communication path between the apparatus and a second communication apparatus;
- receiving, by the apparatus, information from at least one of the multiple devices indicating which one of the multiple devices is in the currently active communication path;
- determining one of the multiple devices is in the active communication path based on the received information;
- when the one of the multiple devices is in the current active communication path, forwarding, by the apparatus, the received information to at least one other device of the multiple devices of the bridge;
- and
- when the multiple devices are not in the current active communication path, discarding the received information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.