Method of radio bearer transmission in dual connectivity
AssigneeAcer Incorporated
InventorsHung-Chen Chen, Ching-Wen Cheng
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Abstract
A method of radio bearer transmission in dual connectivity for a network in a long term evolution (LTE) system is disclosed. The method comprises generating at least a packet data convergence protocol protocol data unit (PDCP PDU) by a PDCP entity of the network corresponding to a radio bearer (RB), and assigning each PDCP PDU with an identity, wherein the identity indicates which PDCP entity the PDCP PDU belongs to.
Claims10
A method of radio bearer transmission in dual connectivity for a mobile device in a long term evolution (LTE) system, wherein the mobile device is capable of simultaneously connecting to an access point (AP) of a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a base station of the LTE system, the method comprising:
- receiving, from the base station, an AP failure report configuration, wherein the AP failure report configuration includes throughput, a number of attempts to connect with the AP, and a timer of the attempts to connect with the AP;
- receiving, from the AP, a packet data convergence protocol protocol data unit (PDCP PDU) associated to a radio bearer (RB) with an identity, wherein the identity indicates which PDCP entity the PDCP PDU belongs to;
- removing the identity of the PDCP PDU;
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- delivering the PDCP PDU to a corresponding PDCP entity according to the identity, wherein the step of delivering the PDCP PDU to the corresponding PDCP entity according to the identity comprises:
- determining to perform a reordering function when an RB type of the RB is a split RB,
- determining not to perform the reordering function when the RB type is an assisted RB, and
- determining not to perform the reordering function when the RB type is a normal RB.
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