Apparatus, system and method of processing pdcp pdus of an e-rab

An apparatus of a User Equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:

• a cellular transceiver to receive from a cellular network one or more first downlink Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) Protocol Data Units (PDUs) of an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) Radio Access Bearer (E-RAB);
• a non-cellular Radio Access Technology (RAT) transceiver to receive via a non-cellular RAT link one or more second downlink PDCP PDUs of the E-RAB;
• and
• a PDCP processor configured to apply a sequence of a plurality of PDCP procedures to the first downlink PDCP PDUs, and to apply no more than a part of the sequence of PDCP procedures, by selecting not to apply one or more of the plurality of PDCP procedures, to the second downlink PDCP PDUs.

A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one computer processor, enable the at least one computer processor to implement one or more operations at an evolved Node B (eNB), the operations comprising:

• receiving from a User Equipment (UE) one or more first uplink Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) Protocol Data Units (PDUs) of an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) Radio Access Bearers (E-RAB);
• receiving via a non-cellular Radio Access Technology (RAT) link one or more second uplink PDCP PDUs of the E-RAB;
• applying a sequence of a plurality of PDCP procedures to the first uplink PDCP PDUs;
• and
• applying no more than a part of the sequence of PDCP procedures, by selecting not to apply one or more of the plurality of PDCP procedures, to the second uplink PDCP PDUs.

A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one computer processor, enable the at least one computer processor to implement one or more operations at a User Equipment (UE), the operations comprising:

• communicating with an Evolved Node B (eNB) via a cellular link;
• communicating over a non-cellular Radio Access Technology (RAT) link;
• processing a plurality of uplink Protocol Data Units (PDUs) of an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) Radio Access Bearer (E-RAB);
• applying a sequence of a plurality of Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) procedures to one or more first uplink PDUs to be transmitted to the eNB via the cellular link;
• and
• applying no more than a part of the sequence of PDCP procedures, by selecting not to apply one or more of the plurality of PDCP procedures, to one or more second uplink PDUs to be sent to the eNB via the non-cellular RAT link.