METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A CIPHERING MODE

    公开(公告)号:US20210289362A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-16

    申请号:US16318032

    申请日:2016-07-15

    Abstract: A method and apparatus may include configuring, by a network node, a user equipment to use an aggregation of radio technologies. At least one radio bearer is established between the user equipment and the network node and is routed over an access point of an alternate wireless network. The method may also include determining whether trustworthy security is provided by the access point of the alternate wireless network. The method may also include instructing the user equipment to turn off ciphering based on the determining, wherein the ciphering is turned off for the at least one radio bearer between the user equipment and the apparatus. The method may also be used for configuring specific ciphering on selective radio bearers.

    POWER EFFICIENCY IN MULTIPLE RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES SCENARIOS

    公开(公告)号:US20190320339A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-17

    申请号:US16302739

    申请日:2016-05-20

    Abstract: There are provided measures for achieving power efficiency in multiple radio access technologies scenarios. Such measures exemplarily comprise, in a communication scenario using a first radio link and for communication using a second radio link, said first radio link and said second radio link utilizing different radio access technologies, estimating a first uplink power efficiency for said first radio link, estimating a second uplink power efficiency for said second radio link, comparing said first uplink power efficiency and said second uplink power efficiency, and selecting said first radio link or said second radio link as a primary radio link to be utilized for an uplink transmission based on a result of said comparing.

    INTERFACE FUNCTIONALITY FOR RAN-WLAN RADIO AGGREGATION

    公开(公告)号:US20170318493A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-02

    申请号:US15522405

    申请日:2014-11-06

    Abstract: There are provided measures for enabling/realizing interface functionality for RAN-WLAN radio aggregation, i.e. radio level integration/aggregation between a cellular radio access network and a wireless area network. Such measures exemplarily comprise user-plane data forwarding from a cellular radio access network over a wireless local area network to a terminal, both the cellular radio access network and the wireless local area network providing radio level connectivity for the terminal, wherein in the user-plane data forwarding user-plane data packets according to a cellular data convergence protocol are transported, at least partly, using a reliable transport protocol over the wireless local area network to the terminal, providing feedback on performance of user-plane data packets transport using the reliable transport protocol, at least partly, from the wireless local area network to the cellular radio access network, and executing flow control on the basis of the performance feedback.

    RADIO AGGREGATION
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    发明申请
    RADIO AGGREGATION 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180220474A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-02

    申请号:US15747665

    申请日:2015-08-11

    Abstract: A technique comprising: transmitting one or more radio signals comprising information for use by a communication device camped in idle mode on a first node operating according to a first radio access technology or connected to said first node, which information comprises information facilitating the prioritisation at the communication device of initiating an association with a node operating according to a second radio access technology and having a capability of functioning as a slave node in a radio aggregation technique involving said first node as a master node, over initiating an association with a node operating to said second radio access technology without said aggregation capability.

    CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION DEVICES BY ACTIONS TRIGGERED BY PAGING

    公开(公告)号:US20170311281A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-26

    申请号:US15513422

    申请日:2014-10-06

    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for controlling communications devices. An access node can generate a message for at least one communication device for transmission at a resource determined at least partly on the basis of a first identifier value assigned to said at least one communication device. The generation comprises including in the message at least one other identifier value, wherein the other identifier values are assigned to communication devices for a purpose of addressing messages to communication devices. The at least one other identifier value is used exclusively for said at least one communication device at said resource and is recognisable to said at least one communication device as instruction to take one or more actions associated with the at least one other identifier value. A communication device can check for a message at the resource, the checking comprising checking in the message for the one or more other identifier values. In response to detecting one or more of said one or more other identifier values, said communication device can take one or more actions associated with said detected one or more of said one or more other identifier values.

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