摘要:
In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to determine to use carrier aggregation for signaling with a user equipment in a communication network; based on the determining, activate selected bearers in the communication network for the carrier aggregation; and coordinate the carrier aggregation in the communication network over the selected bearers comprising sharing responsibilities of packet data protocols handling user data and radio link control functions over the selected bearers.
摘要:
In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to determine to use carrier aggregation for signaling with a user equipment in a communication network; based on the determining, activate selected bearers in the communication network for the carrier aggregation; and coordinate the carrier aggregation in the communication network over the selected bearers comprising sharing responsibilities of packet data protocols handling user data and radio link control functions over the selected bearers.
摘要:
A method includes using a set of information for a plurality of different access networks, said plurality of networks including at least one cellular network and at least one local wireless network and a current priority associated with a user equipment to provide access network selection information to said user equipment for one or more of said a plurality of said network and causing said access network selection information to be provided to said user equipment. The set of information may include a set of priority information and/or a set of network access information.
摘要:
The application relates to the Access Network Discovery and Selection Function ANDSF as specified by 3GPP in TS 23.402 and TS 24.302. Currently, the 3GPP standard describes some ANDSF functionality provided by an ANDSF server. Currently, the ANDSF server contains all of the ANDSF functionality. However, the application proposes a hierarchical ANDSF approach in order to provide more online control over user device network/selection. In some embodiments an overall ANDSF server (12) may be a separate ANDSF server or integrated with an ANDSF server in the RAN (16). In a network of one operator there may be one or more ANDSF and/or RAN-ANDSF servers, for example one RAN-ANDSF server per cell/location/tracking/routing area. Furthermore, a network operator may wish to offload selected users to a Wi-Fi network (6, 8) only when certain conditions are satisfied. For example, if there is congestion in the mobile network, the network operator may wish to offload some of the users to a Wi-Fi network. Therefore, the [RAN-]ANDSF prepares new network selection policies encouraging Wi-Fi usage to the selected users and transmits the policies to the user devices.
摘要:
It is provided an apparatus, comprising monitoring means adapted to monitor a state of a first network element of a first radio access network; detecting means adapted to detect if the state fulfills a condition; enabling means adapted to enable, if the state fulfills the condition, that a user equipment having interfaces for attaching to the first network element and for attaching to a second network element of a second radio access network different from the first radio access network, may attach to the second network element.
摘要:
The present invention provides apparatuses, methods, computer programs, computer program products and computer-readable media regarding radio access network (RAN) controlled access of user equipment (UE) to wireless communication networks. The method includes receiving, at a base station or controller of a cellular communication network, a request to offload traffic to a wireless communication network from an access point of the wireless communication network regarding user equipment served by the base station or controller, determining, at the base station or controller, whether to permit the user equipment to offload traffic to the wireless communication network, and transmitting a message indicating whether it is permitted to offload traffic to the access point of the wireless communication network.
摘要:
Automatic Learning of Wi-Fi Neighbors and Network Characteristics Communication systems may benefit from additional network information. For example, certain networks or user equipment may benefit from automatic learning of Wi-Fi neighbors and network characteristics. A method may include monitoring (510) network neighborhood for a non-cellular access point. The method may also include storing (520) an identifier of a non-cellular access point. The method may further include associating (530) at least one characteristic of the non-cellular access point with the identifier. The method may additionally include reporting (540) the identifier and the at least one characteristic.
摘要:
Various communication systems may benefit from traffic steering. For example, radio access network based traffic steering can be used to benefit of communications by steering traffic to Wi-Fi leveraging Hotspot 2.0. A method can include determining that an off-load condition exists in an area of a radio access network. The method can also include commanding a user equipment to off-load to non-cellular radio access based on the determining.