Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of multi-radio interworking in heterogeneous wireless communication networks
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Application No.: US16019537Application Date: 2018-06-27
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Publication No.: US10362521B2Publication Date: 2019-07-23
- Inventor: I-Kang Fu , Chao-Chin Chou
- Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
- Applicant Address: TW HsinChu
- Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
- Current Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
- Current Assignee Address: TW HsinChu
- Agency: Imperium Patent Works
- Agent Zheng Jin; Helen Mao
- Main IPC: H04W36/28
- IPC: H04W36/28 ; H04W36/22 ; H04W48/10 ; H04W12/06 ; H04W48/08 ; H04W48/16 ; H04W88/06 ; H04W52/02 ; H04W84/12 ; H04W12/04

Abstract:
A method of multi-radio interworking to provide integrated cellular and WLAN access for a multi-radio device is provided. A serving base station in a cellular network first obtains wireless local area network (WLAN) information and then forward the WLAN information to a serving device such that the serving device is capable to connect with both the cellular network and a WLAN. The WLAN information may comprise scanning information, WLAN QoS information, WLAN layer-3 information, or additional WLAN access point information. The WLAN information is forwarded based on triggering events associated with the serving base station information, WLAN coverage information, or the serving device information. Based on the received WLAN information, when entering WLAN coverage, the serving device activates its WLAN access to forward traffic from the cellular access network to the WLAN access network. When leaving WLAN coverage, the serving device deactivates its WLAN access to save power consumption.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180310216A1 Method of Multi-Radio Interworking in Heterogeneous Wireless Communication Networks Public/Granted day:2018-10-25
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