Method for operating a new entity for LTE-WLAN aggregation system and a device therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10051679-B2
Application number	US-201615091498-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 5, 2016
Priority date	Apr 8, 2015
Publication date	Aug 14, 2018
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for operating a new entity for LTE-WLAN aggregation system, the method comprising: receiving, by a LTE-WLAN Aggregation Adaptation Protocol (LWAAP) entity, an LWAAP Service Data Unit (SDU) from an upper layer entity; generating, by the LWAAP entity, a LWAAP Protocol Data Unit (PDU) that includes the LWAAP SDU and an identifier identifying a radio bearer to which the upper layer entity belongs; and submitting the LWAAP PDU to a lower layer entity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for a transmitter operating in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, by a LTE-WLAN Aggregation Adaptation Protocol (LWAAP) entity from a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity, an LWAAP Service Data Unit (SDU) via a radio bearer;
generating, by the LWAAP entity, a LWAAP Protocol Data Unit (PDU) that includes the LWAAP SDU and a Data radio Bearer (DRB) ID identifying the radio bearer to which the PDCP entity belongs; and
delivering the LWAAP PDU to a lower layer entity,
wherein the radio bearer is associated with the PDCP entity which is associated with an radio link control (RLC) entity for a LTE network and the LWAAP entity for a WLAN network.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the lower layer entity is a wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) entity.

3. A method for a receiver operating in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, by a LTE-WLAN Aggregation Adaptation Protocol (LWAAP) entity from a lower layer entity, a LWAAP Protocol Data Unit (PDU) that includes a Data radio Bearer (DRB) ID, wherein the DRB ID identifies a radio bearer to which a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity belongs;
identifying, by the LWAAP entity, the PDCP entity to which the LWAAP PDU should be delivered based on the DRB ID included in a LWAAP header;
generating, by the LWAAP entity, a LWAAP Service Data Unit (SDU) by removing the LWAAP header from the LWAAP PDU; and
delivering the LWAAP SDU to the PDCP entity identified by the DRB ID,
wherein the radio bearer is associated with the PDCP entity which is associated with an radio link control (RLC) entity for a LTE network and the LWAAP entity for a WLAN network.

4. A Base Station (BS) operating in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor configured to control the transceiver and being further configured to:
receive, by a LTE-WLAN Aggregation Adaptation Protocol (LWAAP) entity from a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity, an LWAAP Service Data Unit (SDU) via a radio bearer;
generate, by the LWAAP entity, a LWAAP Protocol Data Unit (PDU) that includes the LWAAP SDU and a Data Radio Bearer (DRB) ID identifying the radio bearer to which the PDCP entity belongs; and
deliver the LWAAP PDU to a lower layer entity,
wherein the radio bearer is associated with the PDCP entity which is associated with an radio link control (RLC) entity for a LTE network and the LWAAP entity for a WLAN network.

5. The BS according to claim 4 , wherein the lower layer entity is a wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) entity.

6. A User Equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor configured to control the transceiver and being further configured to:
receive, by a LTE-WLAN Aggregation Adaptation Protocol (LWAAP) entity from a lower layer entity, a LWAAP Protocol Data Unit (PDU) that includes a Data Radio Bearer (DRB) ID, wherein the DRB ID identifies a radio bearer to which a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity belongs;
identify, by the LWAAP entity, the PDCP entity to which the LWAAP PDU should be delivered based on the DRB ID included in the LWAAP header;
generate a LWAAP Service Data Unit (SDU) by removing a LWAAP header from the LWAAP PDU; and
deliver the LWAAP SDU to the PDCP entity identified by the DRB ID,
wherein the radio bearer is associated with the PDCP entity which is associated with an radio link control (RLC) entity for a LTE network and the LWAAP entity for a WLAN network.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Yi Seungjune
• Lee Sunyoung

Classifications

• H04W84/042

  Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems · CPC title

• H04W72/1215

  for collaboration of different radio technologies · CPC title

• H04W88/06

  adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals · CPC title

• H04W80/02

  Data link layer protocols · CPC title

• H04W88/10

  adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points · CPC title