Apparatus, system and method of communicating non-cellular access network information over a cellular network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9525538-B2
Application number	US-201314129295-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 14, 2013
Priority date	Jan 17, 2013
Publication date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Dec 20, 2016

Abstract

Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating non-cellular access network information via a cellular network. For example, an Evolved Node B (eNB) may include a radio to transmit a control message over a cellular communication medium, the control message including access network information of at least one non-cellular network within a coverage area of the eNB.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:
a wireless receiver to receive, in a radio transmission of an evolved NodeB (eNB) of a long term evolution (LTE) network, a message that includes a system information block (SIB) that includes access network information related to a wireless local area network (WLAN), wherein the access network information includes a service set identifier (SSID) of an access point (AP) of the WLAN or a basic SSID (BSSID) of the AP, the access network information includes security information related to a secure connection of the WLAN; and
a controller coupled with the wireless receiver, the controller to identify, based on the message, that the UE is to connect to the WLAN AP.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the message is a radio resource control (RRC) message.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the wireless receiver is to receive the message when the UE is in an idle mode.

4. The UE of claim 1 , further comprising a wireless transmitter coupled with the controller, the wireless transmitter to transmit an access request to the WLAN AP based on the access network information.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the access network information includes information related to a security mode of the WLAN or security credentials of the WLAN.

6. An evolved NodeB (eNB) comprising:
a controller to identify access network information of a wireless local area network (WLAN) that includes a service set identifier (SSID) of an access point (AP) of the WLAN or a basic SSID (BSSID) of the AP, the access network information includes security information related to a secure connection of the WLAN; and
a wireless transmitter coupled with the controller, the wireless transmitter to transmit a message that includes a system information block (SIB) that includes the access network information.

7. The eNB of claim 6 , wherein the wireless transmitter is to transmit the message to a user equipment (UE) when the UE is in an idle mode.

8. The eNB of claim 7 , wherein the message includes an identifier of the UE.

9. The eNB of claim 6 , wherein the access network information includes information related to a security mode of the WLAN or security credentials of the WLAN.

10. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions to cause a user equipment (UE), upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of the UE, to:
identify, from a radio transmission of an evolved NodeB (eNB) of a long term evolution (LTE) network, a system information block (SIB) that includes access network information of a wireless local area network (WLAN), wherein the access network information includes a service set identifier (SSID) of an access point (AP) of the WLAN or a basic SSID (BSSID) of the AP, the access network information includes security information related to a secure connection of the WLAN; and
identify, based on the SIB, that the UE is to connect to the WLAN.

11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the radio transmission is a broadcast transmission of the eNB.

12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the instructions are further to facilitate transmission of an access request to the WLAN AP based on the access network information.

13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the access network information includes information related to a security mode of the WLAN or security credentials of the WLAN.

14. A method comprising:
generating, by an evolved NodeB (eNB), a radio resource control (RRC) message that includes a system information block (SIB) that includes access network information of a wireless local area network (WLAN), wherein the access network information includes a service set identifier (SSID) of an access point (AP) of the WLAN or a basic SSID (BSSID) of the AP, the access network information includes security information related to a secure connection of the WLAN; and
transmitting, by the eNB, the RRC message in a wireless signal of a long term evolution (LTE) network.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising transmitting, by the eNB, the RRC message to a user equipment (UE) when the UE is in an idle mode.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the RRC message includes an identifier of the UE.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the access network information includes information related to a security mode of the WLAN or security credentials of the WLAN.

18. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions to cause an evolved NodeB (eNB), upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of the eNB, to:
generate a radio resource control (RRC) message that includes a system information block (SIB) that includes access network information of a wireless local area network (WLAN), wherein the access network information includes a service set identifier (SSID) of an access point (AP) of the WLAN or a basic SSID (BSSID) of the AP, the access network information includes security information related to a secure connection of the WLAN; and
facilitate transmission of the RRC message in a wireless signal of a long term evolution (LTE) network.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are further to transmit the RRC message to a user equipment (UE) when the UE is in an idle mode.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 19 , wherein the RRC message includes an identifier of the UE.

21. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18 , wherein the access network information includes security information related to a security mode of the WLAN or security credentials of the WLAN.

22. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18 , wherein the transmission is a broadcast transmission.

Assignees

• Sirotkin Alexander
• Intel Ip Corp

Inventors

• Sirotkin Alexander

Classifications

• H04L5/0076

  Allocation utility-based · CPC title

• H04L5/0035 Primary

  Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment · CPC title

• H04W84/045

  using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B · CPC title

• H04L1/18

  Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems · CPC title

• H04L2209/80

  Wireless · CPC title