Wireless network connection setup using multiple radio access technologies

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016270141-A1
Application number	US-201514811211-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 28, 2015
Priority date	Mar 12, 2015
Publication date	Sep 15, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method of wireless communication includes establishing, by a mobile device, an access connection to a first mobile network for network connectivity of the mobile device to the first mobile network. The mobile device includes a first transceiver of a first radio access technology (RAT) type and a second transceiver of a second RAT type, where establishing the access connection comprises performing a plurality of connection setup procedures. At least one of the connection setup procedures is communicated with the first transceiver over the first RAT type and at least another one of the connection setup procedures is communicated with the second transceiver over the second RAT type.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of wireless communication, the method comprising:
establishing, by a mobile device, an access connection to a first mobile network for network connectivity of the mobile device to the first mobile network, wherein the mobile device comprises a first transceiver of a first radio access technology (RAT) type and a second transceiver of a second RAT type, and wherein establishing the access connection comprises performing a plurality of connection setup procedures, wherein at least one of the connection setup procedures is communicated with the first transceiver over the first RAT type and at least another one of the connection setup procedures is communicated with the second transceiver over the second RAT type.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first mobile network comprises a Neutral Host Long-Term Evolution (NH-LTE) network.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first RAT type is Long-Term Evolution (LTE) wireless communication and wherein the second RAT type is Wi-Fi wireless communication.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising communicating, via the first transceiver of the mobile device, with a base station of a second mobile network, while simultaneously communicating one or more of the connection setup procedures, via the second transceiver of the mobile device, with the first mobile network.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of connection setup procedures includes at least two connection setup procedures selected from the group consisting of: network discovery, credential provisioning, policy provisioning, and authentication.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein performing, by the mobile device, the plurality of connection setup procedures to establish the access connection includes performing credential provisioning of a user of the mobile device based on input received at the mobile device from the user.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the input received at the mobile device from the user includes at least one of a username, password, and payment information.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the plurality of connection setup procedures includes:
communicating via the first transceiver of the mobile device over the first RAT type to perform network discovery; communicating via the second transceiver of the mobile device over the second RAT type to perform credential provisioning and policy provisioning; and communicating via the first transceiver of the mobile device over the first RAT type to perform authentication and data traffic.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the plurality of connection setup procedures includes:
communicating via the second transceiver of the mobile device over the second RAT type to perform network discovery, credential provisioning and policy provisioning; and communicating via the first transceiver of the mobile device over the first RAT type to perform authentication and data traffic.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the plurality of connection setup procedures includes:
communicating via the first transceiver of the mobile device over the first RAT type to perform network discovery; communicating via the second transceiver of the mobile device over the second RAT type to perform credential provisioning; and communicating via the first transceiver of the mobile device over the first RAT type to perform authentication, policy provisioning and data traffic.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the plurality of connection setup procedures includes:
communicating via the first transceiver of the mobile device over the first RAT type to perform network discovery; and communicating via the second transceiver of the mobile device over the second RAT type to perform credential and policy provisioning, authentication and data traffic.

12 . A method of wireless communication, the method comprising:
establishing, by one or more access points of a first mobile network, an access connection to a mobile device for network connectivity of the mobile device to the first mobile network, wherein the one or more access points of the first mobile network comprise a first transceiver of a first radio access technology (RAT) type and a second transceiver of a second RAT type, and wherein establishing the access connection comprises performing a plurality of connection setup procedures, wherein at least one of the connection setup procedures is communicated with the first transceiver over the first RAT type and at least another one of the connection setup procedures is communicated with the second transceiver over the second RAT type.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the first mobile network comprises a Neutral Host Long-Term Evolution (NH-LTE) network.

14 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the first RAT type is Long-Term Evolution (LTE) wireless communication and wherein the second RAT type is Wi-Fi wireless communication.

15 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of connection setup procedures includes at least two connection setup procedures selected from the group consisting of: network discovery, credential provisioning, policy provisioning, and authentication.

16 . The method of claim 12 , wherein performing the plurality of connection setup procedures includes:
communicating via the first transceiver of the first mobile network over the first RAT type to perform network discovery; communicating via the second transceiver of the first mobile network over the second RAT type to perform credential and policy provisioning; and communicating via the first transceiver of the first mobile network over the first RAT type to perform authentication and data traffic.

17 . The method of claim 12 , wherein performing the plurality of connection setup procedures includes:
communicating via the second transceiver of the first mobile network over the second RAT type to perform network discovery, credential provisioning and policy provisioning; and communicating via the first transceiver of the first mobile network over the first RAT type to perform authentication and data traffic.

18 . The method of claim 12 , wherein performing the plurality of connection setup procedures includes:
communicating via the first transceiver of the first mobile network over the first RAT type to perform network discovery; communicating via the second transceiver of the first mobile network over the second RAT type to perform credential provisioning; and communicating via the first transceiver of the first mobile network over the first RAT type to perform authentication, policy provisioning and data traffic.

19 . The method of claim 12 , wherein performing the plurality of connection setup procedures includes:
communicating via the first transceiver of the first mobile network over the first RAT type to perform network discovery; and communicating via the second transceiver of the first mobile network over the second RAT type to perform credential and policy provisioning, authentication and data traffic.

20 . A mobile device, comprising:
a first transceiver of a first radio access technology (RAT) type; a second transceiver of a second RAT type; memory adapted to store program code; and a processing unit coupled to the memory to access and execute instructions included in the program code to direct the mobile device to:
establish an access connection to a first mobile network for network connectivity of the mobile device to t

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Sharma Manu
• Lee Jangwon
• Prakash Rajat
• Ahmavaara Kalle Ilmari
• Radulescu Andrei Dragos

Classifications

• H04W76/16 Primary

  Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer · CPC title

• H04W88/06

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

• H04W76/026 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic