Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Improving communication reliability
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Application No.: US16498485Application Date: 2017-05-02
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Publication No.: US10973071B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Vinh Van Phan , Zexian Li , Ling Yu , David Navratil
- Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
- Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Nokia Technologies Oy
- International Application: PCT/FI2017/050334 WO 20170502
- International Announcement: WO2018/202933 WO 20181108
- Main IPC: H04W76/16
- IPC: H04W76/16 ; H04W28/02 ; H04W28/18

Abstract:
There is provided a method, comprising: at least partially controlling, by a network node, transmissions in a plural of radio access technologies, RATs, each RAT being capable of providing at least one communication link to a same user equipment; deciding to transmit a packet to the user equipment at least via a first RAT; requesting a transmission of the packet additionally via at least one other RAT; determining capability information corresponding to the requested transmission of the packet via the at least one other RAT; determining transmission setup for the packet to be transmitted via the first RAT based on the capability information, wherein the transmission set-up defines at least the number of transmissions to be performed for the packet by the first RAT; and instructing the transmission of the packet via the first RAT according to the determined transmission level.
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