Setup of base station connection to wlan
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsSivapathalingham SIVAVAKEESAR, Sadafuku HAYASHI
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Abstract
A system is disclosed in which a base station performs an Automatic Neighbour Relation (ANR) operation in relation to a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and obtains, from a mobile communication device (UE) or a Mobility Management Entity (MME), the Transport Network layer (TNL) address associated with a WLAN Termination node of the WLAN for establishing a connection between the base station and the WLAN Termination node.
Claims12
A method performed by a base station of a communications network, the method comprising:
- establishing an Xw connection with a WLAN Termination, ‘WT’, node of a wireless local area network, ‘WLAN’;
- obtaining, from the WT node, in an Xw Setup Response message or a WT Configuration Update message, information indicating at least one neighbouring base station that has a Xw interface with the WT node;
- and
- considering the at least one neighbouring base station to which the obtained information relates to be a second base station to which the WT node is connected.
A method performed by a WLAN Termination, ‘WT’, node of a wireless local area network, ‘WLAN’, the method comprising:
- establishing an Xw connection with a base station;
- sending, to the base station, in an Xw Setup Response message or a WT Configuration Update message, information indicating at least one neighbouring base station that has a Xw interface with the WT node;
- whereby the base station considers the at least one neighbouring base station to which the information relates to be a second base station to which the WT node is connected.
A base station for a communication network, the base station comprising:
- a base station interface configured to establish an Xw connection with a WLAN Termination, ‘WT’, node of a wireless local area network, ‘WLAN’;
- a memory having stored therein program instructions;
- and
- a controller configured to execute the program instructions stored in the memory and upon execution of the program instructions
- obtaining, from the WT node, in an Xw Setup Response message or a WT Configuration Update message, information indicating at least one neighbouring base station that has a Xw interface with the WT node;
- and
- considering the at least one neighbouring base station to which the obtained information relates to be a second base station to which the WT node is connected.
A WLAN Termination, ‘WT’, node of a wireless local area network, ‘WLAN’, the WT node comprising:
- a transceiver configured to send, to a base station, in an Xw Setup Response message or a WT Configuration Update message, information indicating at least one neighbouring base station that has a Xw interface with the WT node;
- whereby the base station considers the at least one neighbouring base station to which the information relates to be a second base station to which the WT node is connected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.