Connectivity to a local area network via a cellular radio access technology

A method of wireless communication comprising:

• establishing, by a cellular access node (AN), a signaling radio link with a user equipment (UE) via a cellular radio access technology (RAT);
• receiving, via the signaling radio link, a connectivity request for establishing connectivity to a local area network (LAN);
• forwarding the connectivity request to a network node;
• establishing a data radio link with the UE based at least in part on receiving an acceptance of the connectivity request from the network node, wherein the acceptance of the connectivity request comprises at least one parameter for configuring the connectivity to the LAN;
• and
• forwarding data link layer packets of a data flow between the data radio link and a bridging function to the LAN.

An apparatus for wireless communication comprising:

• means for establishing, by a user equipment (UE), a signaling radio link with a cellular access node (AN) via a cellular radio access technology (RAT);
• means for transmitting, to a network node via the signaling radio link, a connectivity request comprising a connectivity type for establishing connectivity to a local area network (LAN);
• means for establishing a data radio link with the cellular AN based at least in part on an acceptance of the connectivity request, wherein the acceptance of the connectivity request comprises at least one parameter for configuring the connectivity to the LAN;
• and
• means for establishing a data flow for exchanging data link layer packets with the LAN via the data radio link.

An apparatus for wireless communication comprising:

• means for establishing, by a cellular access node (AN), a signaling radio link with a user equipment (UE) via a cellular radio access technology (RAT);
• means for receiving, via the signaling radio link, a connectivity request for establishing connectivity to a local area network (LAN);
• means for forwarding the connectivity request to a network node;
• means for establishing a data radio link with the UE based at least in part on receiving an acceptance of the connectivity request from the network node, wherein the acceptance of the connectivity request comprises at least one parameter for configuring the connectivity to the LAN;
• and
• means for forwarding data link layer packets of a data flow between the data radio link and a bridging function to the LAN.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:
• establish, by a user equipment (UE), a signaling radio link with a cellular access node (AN) via a cellular radio access technology (RAT);
• transmit, to a network node via the signaling radio link, a connectivity request comprising a connectivity type for establishing connectivity to a local area network (LAN);
• establish a data radio link with the cellular AN based at least in part on an acceptance of the connectivity request, wherein the acceptance of the connectivity request comprises at least one parameter for configuring the connectivity to the LAN;
• and
• establish a data flow for exchanging data link layer packets with the LAN via the data radio link.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:
• establish, by a cellular access node (AN), a signaling radio link with a user equipment (UE) via a cellular radio access technology (RAT);
• receive, via the signaling radio link, a connectivity request for establishing connectivity to a local area network (LAN);
• forward the connectivity request to a network node;
• establish a data radio link with the UE based at least in part on receiving an acceptance of the connectivity request from the network node, wherein the acceptance of the connectivity request comprises at least one parameter for configuring the connectivity to the LAN;
• and
• forward data link layer packets of a data flow between the data radio link and a bridging function to the LAN.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable to:

• establish, by a user equipment (UE), a signaling radio link with a cellular access node (AN) via a cellular radio access technology (RAT);
• transmit, to a network node via the signaling radio link, a connectivity request comprising a connectivity type for establishing connectivity to a local area network (LAN);
• establish a data radio link with the cellular AN based at least in part on an acceptance of the connectivity request, wherein the acceptance of the connectivity request comprises at least one parameter for configuring the connectivity to the LAN;
• and
• establish a data flow for exchanging data link layer packets with the LAN via the data radio link.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable to:

• establish, by a cellular access node (AN), a signaling radio link with a user equipment (UE) via a cellular radio access technology (RAT);
• receive, via the signaling radio link, a connectivity request for establishing connectivity to a local area network (LAN);
• forward the connectivity request to a network node;
• establish a data radio link with the UE based at least in part on receiving an acceptance of the connectivity request from the network node, wherein the acceptance of the connectivity request comprises at least one parameter for configuring the connectivity to the LAN;
• and
• forward data link layer packets of a data flow between the data radio link and a bridging function to the LAN.