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US 2016/0255632 A1Published application
LTE/WI-FI Aggregation For Existing Network Nodes
AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorMika Forssell
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Abstract
In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to determine to use carrier aggregation for signaling with a user equipment in a communication network; based on the determining, activate selected bearers in the communication network for the carrier aggregation; and coordinate the carrier aggregation in the communication network over the selected bearers comprising sharing responsibilities of packet data protocols handling user data and radio link control functions over the selected bearers.
Claims25
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least:
- determine to use carrier aggregation for signaling with a user equipment in a communication network;
- based on the determining, activate selected bearers in the communication network for the carrier aggregation;
- and
- coordinate the carrier aggregation in the communication network over the selected bearers comprising sharing responsibilities of packet data protocols handling user data and radio link control functions over the selected bearers.
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A method comprising:
- determining, by a network node, to use carrier aggregation for signaling with a user equipment in a communication network;
- based on the determining, activating selected bearers in the communication network for the carrier aggregation;
- and
- coordinating the carrier aggregation in the communication network over the selected bearers comprising sharing responsibilities of packet data protocols handling user data and radio link control functions over the selected bearers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.