CN104010334A

CN104010334A - Cellular network interworking including radio access network extensions

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Publication number: CN104010334A
Application number: CN201410062653.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 法鲁克·贝勒古勒; 卡迈什·梅达帕尔利
Original assignee: Zyray Wireless Inc
Current assignee: Broadcom Corp; Zyray Wireless Inc
Priority date: 2013-02-25
Filing date: 2014-02-24
Publication date: 2014-08-27
Also published as: DE102014203233A1

Abstract

A communication device and method for offloading one or more communications from a communication network to one or more other communication networks. The offloading can be controlled by one or more service providers that instruct the communication device to perform the handoff of communications. For example, the one or more service providers can generate one or more commands that instruct the communications device to scan for one or more networks, identify one or more networks, analyze one or more of the identified networks, generate one or more reports based on the analysis, and/or provide the generated reports to the service provider(s).

Description

Comprise the cellular network intercommunication of Radio Access Network expansion

The cross reference of related application

Present patent application requires the U.S. Patent application the 14/181st of submitting on February 14th, 2014, submit the U.S. Provisional Patent Application the 61/769th that exercise question is " WLAN/3GPP Cellular Network Interworking Including RAN Extensions(comprises the WLAN/3GPP cellular network intercommunication of RAN expansion) " in No. 361 and on February 25th, 2013, the interests of No. 097, are herein incorporated its full content by reference.

Technical field

The application relates generally to comprise the radio communication unloading between the system in communication environment.

Background technology

Cellular network industry and service provider unload solution always between development system, with by for example, alleviating the congested of communication environment inside by being at first sent to one or more other ancillary techniques (Wi-Fi) for the data of cellular network.The unloading of system can reduce congestion problems and be provided for the flexible bandwidth of load balance.

Summary of the invention

According to the embodiment of the present invention, provide a kind of base station, having comprised: transceiver, has been configured to communicate via the first communication network and communication equipment; And controller, be configured to: the one or more network characterizations from described communication equipment reception with second communication network associate; And unloading order is offered to described communication equipment to indicate described communication equipment that the communication on described the first communication network is unloaded to described second communication network, and wherein, the described one or more network characterizations of described unloading order based on receiving.

Further, described controller is also configured to: analyze described one or more network characterization; And described analysis based on described one or more network characterizations generates described unloading order.

Further, described controller is also configured to: the function information based on receiving from described communication equipment generates measuring command, and described function information comprises one or more radio functions of described communication equipment; And described measuring command is offered to described communication equipment to indicate described communication equipment that described one or more network characterizations are offered to described base station.

Further, described controller is also configured to: receive the measurement report that generated by described communication equipment, described measurement report comprise with the mark of described second communication network associate and with described one or more network characterizations of described second communication network associate.

Further, described measurement report also comprises and the analysis of described one or more network characterizations of described second communication network associate.

Further, described one or more network characterization comprises: Network Recognition information, signal strength information, Signal Interference and Noise Ratio (SINR), radio bearers information, wide area network (WAN) information, service provider's identifying information, data-rate information, service quality (QoS) information, network type information or place information.

Further, described controller is also configured to: select one or more license communication networks to generate the list of described one or more license communication networks; And the described list of described one or more license communication networks is provided to described communication equipment, wherein, described second communication network is included in the described list of described one or more license communication networks.

Further, described the first communication network is that third generation partner program (3GPP) communication network and described second communication network are non-3GPP communication network.

According to another embodiment of the invention, a kind of method for utilizing communication equipment and base station to communicate is provided, described method comprises: receive the function information from described communication equipment, described function information and second communication network associate via described the first communication network in described base station; Based on described function information, via described the first communication network, measuring command is offered to described communication equipment; One or more network characterizations based on described measuring command from described communication equipment reception and described second communication network associate; Described one or more network characterizations by described base station based on receiving determine whether the communication on described the first communication network are offloaded to described second communication network; And via described the first communication network, unloading order is offered to described communication equipment in the time making a determination, described communication is unloaded to described second communication network.

Further, described function information indicates described communication equipment to be configured to communicate via described second communication network.

Further, the method also comprises: analyze the described one or more network characterizations that receive; And described analysis based on described one or more network characterizations generates described unloading command.

Further, the method also comprises: receive the measurement report that generated by described communication equipment, described measurement report comprise with the mark of described second communication network associate and with described one or more network characterizations of described second communication network associate.

Further, the method also comprises: select one or more license communication networks to generate the list of described one or more license communication networks; And the described list of described one or more license communication networks is provided to described communication equipment, wherein, described second communication network is included in the described list of described one or more license communication networks.

According to another embodiment of the invention, a kind of communication equipment is provided, comprising: first transceiver, is configured to utilize the first communication network to communicate; Second transceiver, is configured to utilize second communication network to communicate; And controller, be configured to: function information is offered to the base station associated with described the first communication network, the instruction that described function information provides described communication equipment can utilize described second communication network to communicate; Receive measuring command from described base station, described measuring command is based on described function information; Based on described measuring command, measurement report is offered to described base station; Receive unloading order from described base station via described the first telecommunication network, described unloading order is generated based on described measurement report by described base station; And described unloading order based on receiving, control described first transceiver the communication on described the first communication network is offloaded to described second communication network.

Further, described controller is also configured to just determine described function information in the time that described communication equipment enters open state.

Further, in response to described measuring command, described controller is also configured to: determine the one or more network characterizations with described second communication network associate; Analyze described one or more network characterization; And described analysis based on described one or more network characterizations generates described measurement report.

Further, described measurement report comprises one or more network characterizations, and described one or more network characterizations comprise: Network Recognition information, signal strength information, Signal Interference and Noise Ratio (SINR), radio bearers information, wide area network (WAN) information, service provider's identifying information, data-rate information, service quality (QoS) information, network type information or place information.

Brief description of the drawings

The accompanying drawing being incorporated into herein and form this specification part shows embodiments of the present invention, and together with explanation, is further used for explaining the principle of present embodiment, thereby makes those skilled in the art can manufacture and use these execution modes.

Fig. 1 illustrates example network environment.

Fig. 2 shows base station according to an illustrative embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 3 shows access point according to an illustrative embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 4 shows mobile device according to an illustrative embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 5 shows the flow chart of discharging method according to an illustrative embodiment of the invention.

Embodiments of the present invention describe with reference to the accompanying drawings.Wherein, the accompanying drawing that element occurs is first conventionally by the leftmost numeral in respective drawings mark.

Embodiment

In the following description, many details are set forth, to the comprehensive understanding to embodiments of the present invention is provided.But, it should be apparent to those skilled in the art that the execution mode that comprises structure, system and method can implement in the situation that there is no these details.Description herein and expression are that those of this area have experience or the conventional means of those skilled in the art, to pass on most effectively their work essence to others skilled in the art.In other examples, known method, process, assembly and circuit are not described in detail, to avoid the unnecessarily aspect of obscure present disclosure.

In disclosure below, sometimes use the term by Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard definition.For example, term " eNode " and " eNB " are used to refer to the equipment that is often described as base station (BS) or base transceiver station (BTS) in other standards.Term " subscriber equipment (UE) " is used to refer to the equipment that is conventionally described to travelling carriage (MS) or mobile terminal in other standards.LTE standard is by third generation partner program (3GPP) exploitation, and at 3GPP specification and international mobile telecommunication-2000(IMT-2000) to describe in standard, all these is incorporated into its full content herein by reference.In addition, 3GPP refers to a kind of communication network, as UTRAN(Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) terrestrial radio access network), the UTRAN of E-UTRAN(evolution) and/or GERAN(strengthen the global system for mobile communications (GSM) of data transfer rate GSM evolution (EDGE) radio access network), so that some examples to be provided.

Although described illustrative embodiments with reference to LTE, unless otherwise indicated, more general term used herein " mobile device " and " base station " refer to respectively LTE term " subscriber equipment (UE) " and " eNodeB/ base station ".

Those skilled in the art based on instruction herein be it is evident that, illustrative embodiments is not limited to LTE standard, and can be applied to other cellular standards, include, but is not limited to the high-speed packet access (HSPA+) of evolution, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) access (W-CDMA), CDMA2000, TD SDMA access (TD-SCDMA), global system for mobile communications (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), enhanced data rates for gsm evolution (EDGE) and worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) are (IEEE802.16), so that some examples to be provided.In addition, illustrative embodiments is not limited to cellular communications networks, and can for or be embodied as the radio communication access network of other kind, include, but is not limited to WLAN(IEEE802.11), bluetooth, near-field communication (NFC) (ISO/IEC18092), ZigBee(IEEE802.15.4) and/or radio frequency identification (RFID), so that some examples to be provided.The standard that these are different and/or agreement are incorporated herein by reference with its full content separately.

Fig. 1 shows the exemplary communications environment 100 that comprises base station 120, mobile device 140 and access point (AP) 150.Each of base station 120, mobile device 140 and AP150 comprises and is configured to the suitable logic, circuit and/or the code that communicate via one or more wireless technologys, and mobile device 140 is also configured to support the radio communication coexisting.Mobile device 140 can comprise: for example, have the transceiver that is configured to send and/or receive via one or more wireless technologys suitable logic, circuit and/or the code of radio communication in communication environment 100.Each of base station 120 and AP150 comprises suitable logic, circuit and/or code, these logics, circuit and/or code are configured to: (1) (for example receives one or more wire communications via one or more known cable technologys, core (backhaul) network), and in communication environment 100, receive one or more radio communications via one or more wireless technologys via one or more wireless technologys one or more corresponding radio communications of transmission (2) in communication environment 100, and in core network, send one or more corresponding wire communications via one or more known wired end, and (3) send and/or receive radio communication in communication environment 100 via one or more wireless technologys.Wireless technology can comprise one or more wireless protocols discussed above.

Mobile device 140 can be configured to communicate in the Serving cell of communication environment 100 or sector 110 with base station 120, and/or communicates in wireless lan (wlan) 112 with access point (AP) 150.For example, mobile device 140 receives the signal on one or more down links (DL) channel and on one or more corresponding up links (UL) channel, this signal is sent to base station 120 and/or access point 150.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention embodiment, and as discussed in detail below, communication environment 100 can utilize between the system between 3GPP and non-3 GPP access network network and unload.For example, the radio communication that communication environment 100 can be configured to unload in Long Term Evolution (LTE) access network arrives wireless lan (wlan), and the radio communication in unloading WLAN is in LTE, or both combinations.Here, mobile device 140 can be configured to one or more communication is unloaded to from 3GPP access network to non-3 GPP access network network, is unloaded to 3GPP access network from non-3 GPP access network network, or both combinations.For example, WLAN access network is arrived in one or more communications that mobile device 140 can be configured to unload in LTE access network.

Further, one skilled in the art should appreciate that, between system, unloading is not limited to the unloading between 3GPP and non-3 GPP access network network, and unloading can comprise the unloading between unloading, the first non-3 GPP access network network and the second non-3 GPP access network network between a 3GPP access network and the 2nd 3GPP access network, and/or both combinations.In addition, for the object of discussing, between system, unloading is described from the angle that communication is unloaded to AP150 from base station 120.But, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art, this unloading is not limited to this angle, and communication can be unloaded to base station 120 from AP150.

In the exemplary embodiment, base station 120 comprise be configured to meet 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) specification (for example, base station is LTE base station) suitable logic, circuit and/or the code of communication, AP150 comprise be configured to meet IEEE 802.11WLAN specification (for example, access point 150 is WLAN access points) suitable logic, circuit and/or the code of communication, and mobile device 140 comprises suitable logic, circuit and/or the code of communicating by letter that are configured to meet the LTE specification of 3GPP and the 802.11WLAN specification of IEEE.That is to say, mobile device 140 be configured to utilize 3GPP LTE specification base station 120 radio communications and carry out radio communication with the AP150 of the 802.11WLAN specification of utilizing IEEE.Here, Serving cell or 110ShiLTE Serving cell, sector or sector and WLAN112 are the WLAN utilizing in 802.11WLAN specification.One skilled in the art should appreciate that, base station 120, access point 150 and mobile device 140 are not limited to these exemplary 3GPP and non-3GPP wireless protocols, and except or alternately meet wireless protocols as herein described, base station 120, AP150 and/or mobile device 140 can be configured to meet one or more other 3GPP and/or the radio communication of non-3GPP wireless protocols.

The example of mobile device 140 includes, but is not limited to such as the mobile computing device of notebook computer, panel computer, mobile phone or smart phone, " dull and stereotyped mobile phone ", PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), mobile media player etc. and such as the computing equipment worn of computerization wrist-watch or " intelligence " watch, computerized glasses etc.In some embodiments, mobile device 140 can be permanent plant, for example, comprising: fixing computing equipment, such as personal computer (PC), desktop computer, computerized telephone booth, automobile/aviation/sea-freight flush type meter plate terminal etc.

Fig. 2 shows base station 120 according to an illustrative embodiment of the invention.For example, base station 120 can comprise the transceiver 200 that is couple to communicatedly controller 240.

Transceiver 200 comprises and is configured to via one or more wireless technologys in the interior transmission of communication environment 100 and/or receives suitable logic, circuit and/or the code of radio communication.Especially, transceiver 200 can comprise reflector 210 and receiver 220, and they have respectively the suitable logic, circuit and/or the code that are configured to via one or more antenna 230 sending and receiving radio communications.One skilled in the art should appreciate that, can include, but is not limited to modulation and/or demodulation, digital-to-analogue (DAC) and/or modulus (ADC) conversion and/or the frequency inverted of Digital Signal Processing, data for sending and/or receive the processing of radio communication, so that some examples to be provided.Further, one skilled in the art will understand that antenna 230 can comprise the integer array of antenna, and this antenna 230 can transmit and receive wireless communication signals.For example, base station 120 can be configured to utilize multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) configuration to carry out radio communication.

In the exemplary embodiment, transceiver 200 is configured to meet the radio communication of the one or more wireless protocols that defined by 3GPP.For example, transceiver 200 is configured to the radio communication of the LTE specification that meets 3GPP.In this example, transceiver 200 can be called as LTE transceiver 200.Should be understood that, transceiver 200 can be called by another 3GPP agreement in execution mode, and wherein, transceiver 200 is configured to meet other communication of other 3GPP agreements.

Controller 240 comprises suitable logic, circuit and/or the code of the integrated operation that is configured to the base station 120 of controlling the operation that comprises transceiver 200.Controller 240 can comprise one or more processors (CPU) 250, is configured to carry out arithmetic, logic and/or I/O (I/O) operation of instruction with one or more elements of execution base station 120 and/or base station 120.This controller 240 can also comprise memory 260, and it comprises the suitable logic, circuit and/or the code that are configured to store data and/or instruction.Memory 260 can be any known volatibility and/or nonvolatile memory, comprise: for example, read-only memory (ROM), random-access memory (ram), flash memory, magnetic storage medium, CD, Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EPROM (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (prom) etc.Memory 260 can be immovable, movably or both combinations.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention embodiment, base station 120 is configured to control the unloading of the communication of being undertaken by mobile device 140.For example, controller 240 is configured to generate one or more unloading orders, and this unloading order is offered to mobile device 140.This unloading order instruction mobile device 140 by communication from one or more 3GPP agreements be unloaded to one or more non-3GPP wireless protocols, from one or more non-3GPP wireless protocols be unloaded to one or more 3GPP agreements, from one or more 3GPP agreements be unloaded to one or more other 3GPP agreement, be unloaded to one or more other non-3GPP agreements from one or more non-3GPP agreements, or their combination in any.In the exemplary embodiment, base station 120, in response to the one or more wireless support report receiving from mobile device 140, generates one or more unloading orders and provides it to mobile device 140.As discussed in more detail below, one or more radio functions (wireless capability) of wireless support report instruction mobile device 140.This unloading order can be stored in memory 260, and is accessed and carried out by CPU250, to realize the unloading of communication.

In the exemplary embodiment, unloading order can comprise one or more measuring command, and this measuring command instruction mobile device 140 is collected the network information of one or more available communication networks and its collected information is offered to base station 120.Further, measuring command can indicate mobile device 140 to generate the measurement report that comprises collected information.Be described in greater detail below measurement report.Controller 240 can be configured to receive and/or process collected information and/or measurement report (comprising the information of collection).Collected information and/or measurement report that controller 240 can be configured to receive based on base station 120 judge whether mobile device 140 should be offloaded to communication one or more other communication networks.Judge in the unloading of being undertaken by base station 120, base station 120 can provide another unloading order to mobile device 140, to indicate mobile device 140 that communication is unloaded to other communication networks.For example, controller 240 can be configured to generate and provide the first order (for example, measuring command) to mobile device 140, to indicate mobile device 140 to carry out collecting network information and collected information is offered to base station 120.Then, controller 240 can generate and provide the second order (for example, unloading order), for example, to indicate mobile device 140 that communication is unloaded to alternative communication network (, AP150).

In the exemplary embodiment, base station 120 can be configured to indicate mobile device 140 for example to open or close the power supply of one or more wireless transceivers, one or more expection communication networks of radio communication are carried out in scanning and/or identification, measure one or more network characterizations of one or more identified communication networks, analyze one or more network characterizations of the communication network of identifying, and/or collected information is offered to base station 120.

In the exemplary embodiment, base station 120 can be limited this cordless communication network mobile device 140 and utilized.For example, controller 240 can be configured to select the licensed one or more cordless communication networks that used by mobile device 140, to generate in the list of license network.Then, the list of one or more license networks can be offered to mobile device 140.This list storage can be visited and carries out at memory 260 and by CPU250.For example, base station 120 can be mobile device 140(for example, via LTE) list of one or more cordless communication networks (for example, non-3GGP WAP (wireless access point)) of the authorized radio communications that may use of mobile device 140 is provided.This list can be stored in memory 260, and is accessed and carried out by CPU250, to realize the collection of communication network information of one or more mandates.In addition, can be by controller 240 position based on mobile device 140 and/or motion produce the network list of authorizing.For example, authorisation network can be limited in the network of the current location of proximate mobile devices 140.In the exemplary embodiment, authorisation network list can be broadcasted to one or more mobile devices by base station 120.

Fig. 3 shows access point (AP) 150 according to an illustrative embodiment of the invention.For example, access point 150 can comprise the transceiver 300 that is couple to communicatedly controller 340.

Transceiver 300 is similar in appearance to transceiver 200 and comprise and be configured to via one or more wireless technologys in the interior transmission of communication environment 100 and/or receive suitable logic, circuit and/or the code of radio communication.Especially, transceiver 300 can similarly comprise reflector 310 and receiver 320, and they have respectively the suitable logic, circuit and/or the code that are configured to via one or more antenna 330 sending and receiving radio communications.It will be understood by those of skill in the art that antenna 330 can comprise the integer array of antenna, and this antenna 330 can transmit and receive wireless communication signals.For example, access point 150 can be configured to utilize multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) configuration to carry out radio communication.

In the exemplary embodiment, transceiver 300 is configured to meet the radio communication of one or more non-3GPP agreements.For example, transceiver 300 is configured to the radio communication of the 802.11WLAN specification that meets IEEE.Herein, this transceiver 300 can be called as WLAN transceiver 300.

Controller 340 is similar in appearance to controller 240 and comprise suitable logic, circuit and/or the code of integrated operation that is configured to the AP150 that controls the operation that comprises transceiver 300.Controller 340 can comprise one or more processors (CPU) 350, is configured to carry out arithmetic, logic and/or I/O (I/O) operation of instruction with one or more elements of execution AP150 and/or AP150.This controller 340 can also comprise memory 360, and it comprises the suitable logic, circuit and/or the code that are configured to store data and/or instruction.Memory 360 can be any known volatibility and/or the nonvolatile memory similar in appearance to above-mentioned memory 260.Similarly, memory 360 can be immovable, movably or both combinations.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention embodiment, AP150 is configured to control the unloading of the communication that mobile device 140 carries out.For example, controller 340 is configured to generate one or more unloading orders, and unloading order is provided to mobile device 140.This unloading order instruction mobile device 140 by communication from one or more 3GPP agreements be unloaded to one or more non-3GPP wireless protocols, from one or more non-3GPP wireless protocols be unloaded to one or more 3GPP agreements, from one or more 3GPP agreements be unloaded to one or more other 3GPP agreement, be unloaded to one or more other non-3GPP agreements from one or more non-3GPP agreements, or its any combination.In the exemplary embodiment, reported in response to the one or more wireless support receiving from mobile device 140 by AP150, generate one or more unloading orders and provide it to mobile device 140.This unloading order can be stored in memory 360, and is accessed and carried out by CPU350, to realize the unloading of communication.It will be understood by those of skill in the art that about the unloading processing of being carried out by base station 120 (comprising associated processing), similar configuration AP150(comprises controller 340 as described above).For simplicity, this similar discussion is omitted from this invention.

Fig. 4 shows mobile device 140 according to an illustrative embodiment of the invention.Mobile device 140 can comprise the controller 440 that is couple to communicatedly LTE transceiver 400 and WLAN transceiver 430.Mobile device 140 can be configured to meet the radio communication of the one or more wireless protocols that defined by 3GPP and/or one or more non-3GPP wireless protocols.In the exemplary embodiment, mobile device 140 is configured to the radio communication of the LTE specification that meets 3GPP and meets the radio communication of 802.11WLAN specification of IEEE.Those skilled in the art is to be understood that, mobile device 140 is not limited to these exemplary 3GPP and non-3GPP wireless protocols, and except or alternately meet wireless protocols as herein described, mobile device 140 can be configured to meet one or more other 3GPP and/or the radio communication of non-3GPP wireless protocols.

LTE transceiver 400 comprises the suitable logic, circuit and/or the code that are configured to send and/or receive the radio communication of the LTE specification that meets 3GPP.Particularly, LTE transceiver 400 can comprise LTE reflector 410 and LTE receiver 420, and they have respectively the suitable logic, circuit and/or the code that are configured to meet via one or more antenna 435 sending and receivings the radio communication of the LTE specification of 3GPP.As understood by those skilled in the art, transceiver 400 is not necessarily limited in LTE, and can operate according to another cellular standards.

WLAN transceiver 430 comprises the suitable logic, circuit and/or the code that are configured to send and/or receive the radio communication of the 802.11WLAN specification that meets IEEE.Particularly, WLAN transceiver 430 can comprise WLAN reflector 415 and WLAN receiver 425, and they have respectively the suitable logic, circuit and/or the code that are configured to meet via one or more antenna 445 sending and receivings the radio communication of the 802.11WLAN specification of IEEE.

About LTE transceiver 400 and WLAN transceiver 430, can include, but is not limited to for the processing that sends and/or receive radio communication: the modulation of Digital Signal Processing, data and/or demodulation, DAC and/or ADC conversion and/or frequency inverted, so that some examples to be provided.Further, it will be understood by those of skill in the art that antenna 435 and/or 445 can comprise the integer array of antenna, and this antenna can transmit and receive wireless communication signals.

Controller 440 comprises the suitable logic, circuit and/or the code that are configured to the integrated operation of controlling the mobile device 140 that comprises LTE transceiver 400 and WLAN transceiver 430.Controller 440 can comprise one or more processors (CPU) 450, is configured to carry out arithmetic, logic and/or I/O (I/O) operation of instruction with one or more elements of 140 and/or the mobile device 140 of execution mobile device.Controller 440 can also comprise similar in appearance to memory 260 and 360, and comprise the memory 460 that is configured to suitable logic, circuit and/or the code of storing data and/or instruction.Similarly, memory 460 can be any known volatibility and/or nonvolatile memory, and can be immovable, movably or both combinations.

In the exemplary embodiment, mobile device 140 comprises and is configured to one or more other transceivers of for example, communicating via one or known communication techniques (, CDMA, GSM etc.).One or more other transceivers also can be configured to utilize one or more known navigation system for navigation purpose, navigation system comprises Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), russian system (GLONASS), the Japanese accurate zenith satellite system in European Union Galileo navigation system (GALILEO) (QZSS), Chinese triones navigation system and/or India's area navigation satellite system (IRNSS), so that some examples to be provided.In addition, mobile device 140 can comprise for example realize one or more positions in (and/or communicating with) mobile device 140 and/or motion sensor 470(, GPS, accelerometer, gyro sensor etc.).Here, the position of mobile device 140 and/or motion can utilize and be configured for one or more transceivers of navigation purpose, one or more position and/or motion sensor 470 and/or utilize with respect to one or more location determinations of the signal characteristic of one or more base stations and/or access point and determine.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention embodiment, controller 440 be configured to determine mobile device 140 one or more radio functions (for example, function information, capability information), and determined radio function is offered to one or more service providers (for example, base station 120).For example, mobile device 140 can be configured to meet the radio communication of the one or more wireless protocols that defined by 3GPP and/or one or more non-3GPP wireless protocols.In the exemplary embodiment, mobile device 140 is configured to the radio communication of the LTE specification that meets 3GPP and meets the radio communication of 802.11WLAN specification of IEEE.In this case, mobile device 140 can determine that mobile device 140 is configured to the WLAN communication except (or substituting) LTE communication, and for example determined function is for example offered to base station 120(, service provider with the form of function information).

In addition, mobile device 140 is configured to generate wireless support report, and it comprises one or more 3GPP and/or the non-3GPP wireless protocols supported by mobile device 140.Then, wireless support report can be provided for one or more service providers (for example, base station 120) to indicate the one or more 3GPP and/or the non-3GPP wireless protocols that supported by mobile device 140.The generation of the judgement of the radio function of mobile device 140, wireless support report, and provide wireless support report can be referred to as radio function processing to service provider.

In the exemplary embodiment, power up and reach open state and/or open state transition period at mobile device 140, mobile device 140 is configured to determine the radio function of mobile device 140, generate wireless support report, and wireless support report is offered to service provider (for example, base station 120).As understood by those skilled in the art, powering up of mobile device can be from off-mode, holding state, sleep state and/or any other power supply status.It is to be further understood that radio function processing can be in the time of the power-off of mobile device 140 and/or open state transition period carry out.In the exemplary embodiment, radio function processing can becheduled for one or more scheduled times, date etc.Predetermined wireless processing capacity can be dispatched by base station 120, AP150 and/or mobile device 140.

In the exemplary embodiment, mobile device 140 can be configured to motion and/or the position based on mobile device 140, based on one or more communication networks one or more radio characteristics of (comprising current connection and/or anticipation network), and/or to apparent any other background of those skilled in the art and/or environmental information, in response to for example, carrying out radio function processing from one or more orders of service provider (, base station 120).

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention embodiment, the one or more service providers associated with mobile device 140 (for example, base station 120) be configured to provide one or more unloading orders to mobile device 140, with instruction mobile device 140, communication is unloaded to one or more non-3GPP wireless protocols from one or more 3GPP agreements, be unloaded to one or more 3GPP agreements from one or more non-3GPP wireless protocols, be unloaded to one or more other 3GPP agreements from one or more 3GPP agreements, be unloaded to one or more other non-3GPP agreements from one or more non-3GPP agreements, or its any its combination.In the exemplary embodiment, service provider, in response to the one or more wireless support report receiving from mobile device 140, produces one or more unloading orders, and provides it to mobile device 140.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention embodiment, mobile device 140 be configured to by communication from one or more 3GPP agreements be unloaded to one or more non-3GPP wireless protocols, from one or more non-3GPP wireless protocols be unloaded to one or more 3GPP agreements, from one or more 3GPP agreements be unloaded to one or more other 3GPP agreement, be unloaded to one or more other non-3GPP agreements from one or more non-3GPP agreements, or its any their combination.For example, mobile device 140 can be configured to communication from LTE one or Wi-Fi transceiver 400,430 to be unloaded to other LTE and Wi-Fi transceiver 400,430.Unloading can be based on for example, offering mobile device 140 and receive via LTE transceiver 400 and/or Wi-Fi transceiver 430 by one or more service providers (, base station 120) one or more unloading orders.That is to say, the requirement that unloading can for example, based on one or more service providers (, base station 120), and the one or more unloading orders that received from one or more service providers in response to mobile device by mobile device 140 realize.In addition, can be stored in memory 460 in unloading order, and access and carry out by CPU450, to realize the unloading of communication.For example, controller 440 can be configured to control mobile device 140 based on one or more unloading orders and will be unloaded to the communication of AP150 with communicating by letter of base station 120.

In the exemplary embodiment, unloading order can comprise instruction mobile device 140 and collect the network information of one or more available communication network, and collected information is offered to one or more measuring command of one or more service providers.Mobile device 140 can be configured to generate in response to one or more unloading orders the measurement report that comprises collected information.Then, information and/or the measurement report (comprising the information of collection) collected can be reported to service provider (for example, base station 120).Then, service provider (for example, base station 120) can judge whether mobile device 140 should be offloaded to communication one or more other communication networks by collected information.For example, after service provider's (, base station 120) makes and determining, service provider can provide another unloading order to mobile device 140, to indicate mobile device 140 that communication is unloaded to other communication networks.For example, base station 120 can provide the first order to mobile device 140, to indicate mobile device 140 to carry out collecting network information and collected information is offered to base station 120.Then, base station 120 can provide the second order, for example, to indicate mobile device 140 that communication is unloaded to alternative communication network (, AP150).In the exemplary embodiment, providing of the collection of the network information and this information is that backstage in the operating system of mobile device 140 automatically performs, and need to be from the user of mobile device 140 mutual.

In collecting network information, mobile device 140 for example can be configured to (but being not limited to), power up or the one or more wireless transceivers of power-off, scanning and/or identification are for one or more expection communication networks of radio communication, measure the one or more network characterizations in one or more identified communication networks, analyze one or more network characterizations of determined communication network (multiple), and/or provide collected information to one or more service providers.In addition, collected information can be stored and/or maintain in server, this server via one or more communication be couple to mobile device 140.

In the exemplary embodiment, which cordless communication network mobile device 140 one or more service providers (for example, base station 120) can limit and utilize.For example, base station 120 can be configured to offer the licensed one or more cordless communication networks that used by mobile device 140 of mobile device 140.That is to say, base station 120 can be to mobile device 140(for example, via LTE) one or more cordless communication networks (for example, non-3GGP WAP (wireless access point)) list of authorizing mobile device 140 operable radio communications is provided.This list can be stored in memory 460, and is accessed and carried out by CPU450, to realize the collection of one or more authorized communication network informations.In addition, can for example, by service provider (, base station 120) position based on mobile device 140 and/or motion generate the network list of mandate.For example, the network of mandate can be limited to the network of the current location of proximate mobile devices 140.In the exemplary embodiment, authorisation network list can be broadcasted to one or more mobile devices by service provider.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention embodiment, the one or more unloading orders that offer mobile device 140 comprise one or more Radio Resource controls (RRC) measurement control message that for example, is offered mobile device 140 by one or more service providers (, base station 120).RRC measures control message and comprises and control mobile device 140 and collect one or more orders and/or the instruction of the network information of one or more available communication network.RRC measures control message and can also comprise and control mobile device 140 and collected information is offered to one or more service providers' one or more orders and/or instruction.In the exemplary embodiment, RRC measures control message instruction mobile device 140 and powers up or the one or more wireless transceivers of power-off, scanning and/or identification promote one or more expection communication networks of radio communication, measure one or more network characterizations of one or more institutes identification communication network, analyze one or more network characterizations of the communication network of identifying, generation comprises the measurement report that institute's recognition network is measured and/or analyzed, and/or collected information and/or measurement report are offered to one or more service providers.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention embodiment, network characterization can include, but is not limited to, for example:

Network Recognition information,

Signal strength information,

Instruction and the noise of network associate and/or the noise of interference and/or interferometry,

Radio bearers information,

Support wide area network (WAN) information (for example, trunk information) of one or more access points,

Service provider's identifying information, the current data transmission rate of support and/or network,

Service quality (QoS) information of network,

The location information of network type and/or network, and/or

Without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, to apparent any other network characterization of those skilled in the art, comprising: one or more network parameters of indicating the condition (health) of potential communication network.

In the exemplary embodiment, Network Recognition information can comprise HESSID(homogeneity ESSID), BSSID(BSSID) and/or SSID(service set identifier), so that some examples to be provided.This HESSID is media interviews control (MAC) address identical on all access points that belong to particular network.Equally, BSSID and SSID are for example, identifiers for identifying Basic Service Set (, access point and one or more station).For example, BSSID identifies this Basic Service Set (BSS) uniquely, and be the MAC Address of the WAP (wireless access point) that generates of 24 bit identifiers that for example, distributed by the 24 bit organization unique identifiers (, the identity of manufacturer) of the radio chip collection for access point and manufacturer.SSID is the character string of 1 to 32 byte, and is normally often called as the human readable character string of " user name ".HESSID, BSSID and SSID are further defined in IEEE802.11 standard, by reference its full content are incorporated into this.

Signal strength information can comprise the signal strength signal intensity for the wireless connections between mobile device 140 and one or more potential communication network instruction (RSSI) threshold value (dB) for example receiving, and/or any other known parameters of the instruction wireless signal strength understood of those skilled in the art.

Noise and/or interferometry can comprise noise in the Signal Interference and Noise Ratio (SINR) of the instruction Noise and Interference associated with one or more expection communication networks and/or instruction wireless environment that those skilled in the art understands and/or any other known parameters of interference.

Radio bearers information can comprise: for example, utilize other equipment populations of one or more expection cordless communication networks, the channel utilization of potential network, and/or the instruction understood of those skilled in the art load associated with one or more wireless environments and/or any other congested known parameters.

Wide area network (WAN) information can comprise: any information about support corresponding to wide area network (WAN) link of one or more WAP (wireless access point) of one or more expection communication networks., WLAN information comprises the information about the backbone network of the specific WAP (wireless access point) of support.In the exemplary embodiment, WLAN link information comprises the access network vlan query protocol VLAN (ANQP) or the WLAN associated with it tolerance that meet IEEE802.11u standard definition, by reference its full content is incorporated into this.

Service provider's identifying information can comprise: for example, identify the service provider's associated with one or more expection communication networks identifying information.

Service quality (QoS) information can comprise the information that the QoS being provided by one or more expection communication networks is for example provided.In the exemplary embodiment, QoS information comprises WLAN multimedia (WMM) map information.WMM information can include, but is not limited to: for example, and packet-priority information, grouping error Loss Rate information and/or packetization delay budget information.In addition, in the exemplary embodiment, WMM information is similar in appearance to QoS classification logotype symbol (QCI) mapping defining in 3GPP specification.Use WWM information, mobile device 140 can determine whether expection cordless communication network will provide identical with LTE network or better QoS, and this provides the low delay of real-time transport protocol (rtp) stream (for example, voice and/or video flowing) conventionally.In the exemplary embodiment, QoS information can comprise the information of the data estimator speed of one or more expection communication networks.Here, the any well-known data rate that one or more WAP (wireless access point) can be configured to understand with those skilled in the art and/or channel usage method of estimation are estimated data rate and the channel usage on wireless medium, comprise, for example, at K.Medepalli and F.A.Tobagi, Proceedings of IEEE Globecom2005 " Throughput Analysis of IEEE802.11Wireless LANs using Average Cycle Time Approach, " in exercise question that discuss and that submit on January 7th, 2014 U.S. Patent application the 14/149th that is " Mobile Device With Cellular-WLAN Offload Using Passive Load Sensing Of WLAN(utilizes mobile device and the honeycomb of the passive load sensing of WLAN-WLAN to unload) ", the estimation of the method based on " mean circle time " of discussing in No. 390, by it, the full content of each is incorporated into this by reference.

This network type information can comprise: for example, identify the information of the network type of one or more expection communication networks.Network type can comprise: for example, and the network of any other type that public network, free net, personal network, emergency networks, government network and/or those skilled in the art understand.

Place information can comprise: for example, the information in the place of one or more other expection communication networks is wherein disposed in identification.Place information can comprise: for example, and house, commercial space (as, enterprise), hospital, hotel, school, municipal space, and/or any other the Site Type understood of those skilled in the art.Place can contribute to determine the wireless coverage of related network.For example, be deployed in the place information of municipal space or school for this network of instruction, place information can indicate communication network to be likely to provide to cover continuously the expanding communication network (for example, network in municipal wireless network, campus-wide etc.) of multiple access points.

In the exemplary embodiment, one or more other communication networks that communication are offloaded to based on the one or more operational factors, strategy and/or the condition that are provided to mobile device 140 by one or more providers can alternately or be additionally provided mobile device 140.Operational factor, strategy and/or condition herein can be referred to as operation frame.Operation frame can receive via for example LTE transceiver 400 and/or Wi-Fi transceiver 430 mobile devices 140, and/or can and/or be updated periodically by for example service provider and/or mobile device producer pre-installation.Here, operation frame can provide the guiding about when unloading communication to mobile device 140.That is to say, mobile device 140 utilizes in the illustrative embodiments of operation frame therein, mobile device 140 is configured to (for example determine whether to carry out handover operation, unloading communication) to one or more other communication networks, on the contrary or additionally, the requirement based on service provider and carry out handover operation in response to one or more unloading orders.Operation frame can be stored in memory 460, and is accessed and carried out to realize the unloading of communicating by letter by CPU450.For example, controller 440 can be configured to the tactful mobile device 140 of controlling of one or more unloadings based on operation frame definition and will be offloaded to AP150(vice versa with communicating by letter of base station 120).

In the exemplary embodiment, operation frame can define the one or more network characterizations that will be collected in response to the one or more unloading orders that offer mobile device 140 by mobile device 140.That is to say, one or more unloading orders can comprise operation frame, and which network characterization it defines will be collected and be provided for one or more service providers by mobile device 140.

In operation, operation frame can define, one or more communication networks that for example, can be used by mobile device 140, for the one or more strategies that unload between system between one or more 3GPP and/or non-3GPP communication network and/or the one or more network characterizations that will collect and provide it to by mobile device 104 one or more service providers.Between system, unloading strategy can be used for controlling the communication of being undertaken by mobile device 140 and unloads, and comprising: for example, communication is unloaded to AP150, is unloaded to base station 120 or both combinations from AP150 from base station 120.For example, mobile device 140 can be configured to offer unloading strategy between one or more systems of operation frame definition of mobile device 140 based on one or more service providers and will be offloaded to AP150 with communicating by letter of base station 120.In the exemplary embodiment, operation frame can remain on via the one or more communication associated with one or more service providers be couple in the server of mobile device 140.

In the exemplary embodiment, operation frame is the expansion of access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) framework of 3GPP TS24.312 normalized definition, by reference its full content is incorporated into this.This ANDSF framework is to be positioned at the entity of introducing for the 3GPP of the part of a set of specification of the conduct of the evolution block core (EPC) of the System Architecture Evolution (SAE) of 3GPP compatible communication network the 8th edition.ANDSF framework assist mobile equipment 140 is found (for example to remove one or more 3GPP communication networks, LTE, HSPA etc.) outside the one or more non-3GPP communication network that can be used for data communication (for example, WLAN, WIMAX etc.), and offer the rule (for example, policy condition) that mobile device 140 controls to the connection of 3GPP and/or non-3GPP communication network.Operational factor in the operation frame unloading between system, strategy and/or the use of condition, and operation frame is further described in to the transmission of mobile device the U.S. Patent application the 14/149th that the exercise question submitted on January 7th, 2014 is " Systems And Methods For Network Discovery And Selection Using Contextual Information(utilizes the Network finding of contextual information and the System and method for of selection) ", No. 681 and the exercise question submitted on January 29th, 2014 be the U.S. Patent application the 14/167th of " System And Methods For Anonymous Crowdsourcing Of Network Condition Measurements(is for the System and method for of network condition strategy anonymity mass-rent) ", No. 615, by it, the full content of each is incorporated to herein by reference.

ANDSF framework is that this ANDSF management object generates and provide it to mobile device 140 by the service provider of one or more 3GPP communication networks by one or more ANDSF management objects (MO) definition.The MO of this ANDSF framework can the configuration based on service provider provide mobile device 140 following information:

The no more than efficient communication network of mobility strategy (ISMP) between 1 system-have connects the network selective rule of the mobile device of (for example, LTE or WLAN).

The potential more than one efficient communication network of routing policy between 2 systems (ISRP)-have connects the network selective rule of the mobile device of (for example, LTE and WLAN).Here, mobile device can adopt IP stream migration (IFOM), multiple access accessing group data net (PDN) connectivity (MAPCON) or unload according to carrier policy and the non-seamless WLAN of user preference.

3 discovery information-mobile devices can with network list and mobility-aid apparatus accelerate to be connected to these network informations.

The network information that 4 network informations-mobile device will be collected and/or other types information.

Here, ANDSF framework assist mobile equipment 140 is found near communication network mobile device 140, and the preferential connection of managing this communication network, and one or more parameters associated with the network information to be collected are provided.The strategy of setting forth in ANDSF framework is can be on mobile device pre-configured or dynamically upgraded by service provider statically, and via by OMA DM working group and the synchronous specified Open Mobile Alliance of (DS) working group (OMA) equipment control of data, (DM agreement provides it to mobile device 140.By reference the full content of OMA DM agreement is incorporated herein.

ANDSF framework can be described as ANDSF management object (MO), and it comprises various rules, condition, parameter and is organized into other information of one or more " nodes " can with one or more " leaf objects " from its descending.The various rules of node and leaf object definition, condition, parameter etc., the network information that their mobile devices 140 are collected in order to managing I SMP, ISRP, discovery and mobile device 140.For example, ANDSF MO in order to for example, to set up communication via one or more non-3GPP communication networks (, the wlan network on AP150), and is unloaded to for example access point 150 to realize by 140 communications of mobile device via base station 120 by mobile device 140.Similarly, ANDSF MO by service provider in order to indicate mobile device 140 which type of communication network information will be collected and offer service provider.

ANDSF MO can safeguard by the ANDSF server that is couple to communicatedly mobile device 140 via one or more communication networks associated with one or more service providers (for example,, via base station 120).Various rules in ANDSF MO and information can static state be pre-configured to be on mobile device 140 or be dynamically upgraded and provided it to mobile device 140 by service provider.ANDSF MO can be stored in the memory 460 of mobile device 140, and accesses and carry out to realize ISMP, ISRP, discovery, Network Information Gathering and/or unloading by CPU450 and process.

Fig. 5 shows the flow chart 500 of the method unloading between system according to an illustrative embodiment of the invention.The method of flow chart 500 continues to describe referring to figs. 1 through Fig. 4.The method step of flow chart 500 is not limited to the order of the following stated, and each step can be carried out with different orders.In addition, also can be each other two or more steps of the method for flowchart 500 simultaneously.

The method of flow chart 500 starts from step 510, and wherein, mobile device 140 is carried out radio function processing.In the exemplary embodiment, radio function processing comprises: one or more radio functions of determining mobile device 140, generate wireless support report, the radio function of this report instruction mobile device, and utilize for example LTE transceiver 400 that wireless support report is offered to service provider (for example, base station 120).In the exemplary embodiment, radio function is processed and is entered open state, open state transition period at mobile device 140, or carries out when both combinations.Alternately or additionally, radio function processing can or have under any other state of power consumption of region open state at holding state, sleep state and carries out.

After step 510, flow chart 500 is transferred to step 520, and wherein, one or more service providers (for example, base station 120) generate one or more measuring command, and measuring command is provided to mobile device 140.In the exemplary embodiment, the network information that measuring command instruction mobile device 140 is collected one or more expection communication networks, and collected information is offered to one or more service providers.In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention embodiment, one or more service providers (for example, base station 120) are configured to that one or more Radio Resource controls (RRC) are measured to control message and offer mobile device 140.RRC measures control message and comprises and control mobile device 140 and collect one or more orders and/or the instruction of the network information (for example, RSSI, SINR, SSID etc.) of one or more available communication networks.In execution mode, RRC control message can comprise or utilize: such as the operation frame of ANDSF with transmission measurement order.

After step 520, flow chart 500 forwards step 530 to, and wherein, mobile device 140 is collected the network information of one or more expection communication networks.In the exemplary embodiment, collecting network information for example can include, but is not limited to, and power supply, scanning and/or the identification that opens or closes one or more wireless transceivers can promote one or more expection communication networks of radio communication, one or more network characterizations of one or more communication networks and/or one or more network characterizations of the communication network that analysis is identified that measurement is identified.

After step 530, flow chart 500 forwards step 540 to, wherein, and the one or more measurement reports of the Information generation of mobile device 140 based on collected.For example, mobile device 140 can be configured to generate measurement report, and it comprises the analysis of the measurement of network characterization of one or more identified expection communication networks, one or more identified communication networks and/or the feature of the network of the communication network identified.

After step 540, flow chart 500 forwards step 550 to, and wherein, mobile device 140 for example, provides one or more measurement reports to one or more service providers (, base station 120).For example, mobile device 140 can be configured to utilize LTE transceiver 400 to send measurement report to base station 120.

After step 550, flow chart 500 is transferred to step 560, and wherein, service provider (for example, base station 120) determines whether mobile device 140 should be unloaded to communication one or more communication networks of identifying in the measurement report receiving.In the exemplary embodiment, one or more network characterizations of the communication network of base station 120 based on identified and/or the analysis of one or more network characterizations determine whether communication to be unloaded to one or more communication networks.For example, one or more the identified network that base station 120 can treat communication to be unloaded to from mobile device 140, select the network characterization that wherein this selection can be based on corresponding identified communication network and the analysis of network characterization.

After step 560, flow chart 500 is transferred to step 570, and wherein, service provider (for example, base station 120) determines to generate one or more unloading orders based on unloading.Then, unloading order is offered mobile device 140 by service provider (for example, base station 120).In the exemplary embodiment, communication is unloaded to one or more communication networks that mobile device 140 is identified by unloading command instruction mobile device 140.For example, unloading command can be from being selected to indicate one or more networks for institute's recognition network of the unloading of communicating by letter by base station 120.

After step 570, flow chart 500 forwards step 580 to, and wherein, communication is unloaded to one or more selected communication networks by mobile device 140.For example, mobile device 140 can be unloaded to AP150 from base station 120 by communication.

Conclusion

The foregoing description of embodiment will fully disclose general essence of the present invention, other people can be through easily not revising and/or be adapted to various application by the knowledge in the technical scope of application this area in the situation of creative test, for example embodiment, and do not depart from total design of the present invention.Therefore, this adjustment and amendment are intended to instruction based on herein and guiding and fall in the implication and equivalency range of embodiment of the present invention.But should be appreciated that the object that word herein or term are used to describe rather than limit, make the term of this specification or word should be by technical staff according to described instruction with instruct and explain.

The described execution mode of expression such as " execution mode ", " execution mode ", " illustrative embodiments " that this specification relates to can comprise special characteristic, structure or characteristic, but each execution mode can comprise this special characteristic, structure or characteristic.In addition this phrase same execution mode of definiteness that differs.In addition,, in the time that special characteristic, structure or characteristic are illustrated in conjunction with execution mode, will be understood that this is to affect this feature, structure or characteristic in conjunction with other execution modes (no matter clearly whether describing) in the knowledge of those skilled in the range.

It is not unrestricted for the object illustrating that illustrative embodiments as herein described is provided.Other illustrative embodiments are also feasible, and can complete amendment to illustrative embodiments within the spirit and scope of the present invention.Therefore, this specification do not mean that restriction the present invention.On the contrary, scope of the present invention only limits according to claims and equivalent thereof.

Execution mode can for example, be realized in hardware (, circuit), firmware, software or their combination in any.Execution mode also can be implemented as the instruction being stored on machine readable media, and it can be read and be carried out by one or more processors.Machine readable media can comprise the form storage for example, with machine (, computing equipment) readable or any mechanism of transmission information.For example, machine readable media can comprise: read-only memory (ROM), random-access memory (ram), magnetic disk storage medium, optical storage media, flash memory device and electricity, transmitting signal light, sound or other form (for example, carrier wave, infrared signal, digital signal etc.) etc.In addition, firmware, software, program, instruction can be described as in this article and carry out some action.But, should be appreciated that these descriptions are only used to conveniently, and in fact these actions are produced by computing equipment, processor, controller or other equipment of carrying out described firmware, software, program, instruction etc., in addition, any implementation modification can be carried out by all-purpose computer.

Should be appreciated that embodiment part instead of summary of the invention and summary part, be intended to for explaining claim.Summary of the invention and summary part can be illustrated the contemplated of the present invention one or more instead of all illustrative embodiments of inventor, and are not therefore intended to limit by any way the present invention and claims.

By the formation function module of enforcement that its specific function and relation are shown, invention has been described.For convenience of description, the boundary of these formation function modules is defined arbitrarily herein.As long as specific function and relation thereof are suitably carried out and just can be defined alternative boundary.

Claims

1. a base station, comprising:

Transceiver, is configured to communicate via the first communication network and communication equipment; And

Controller, is configured to:

One or more network characterizations from described communication equipment reception with second communication network associate; And

Unloading order is offered to described communication equipment to indicate described communication equipment that the communication on described the first communication network is unloaded to described second communication network, wherein, the described one or more network characterizations of described unloading order based on receiving.

2. base station according to claim 1, wherein, described controller is also configured to:

Analyze described one or more network characterization; And

Described analysis based on described one or more network characterizations generates described unloading order.

3. base station according to claim 1, wherein, described controller is also configured to:

Function information based on receiving from described communication equipment generates measuring command, and described function information comprises one or more radio functions of described communication equipment; And

Described measuring command is offered to described communication equipment to indicate described communication equipment that described one or more network characterizations are offered to described base station.

4. base station according to claim 1, wherein, described controller is also configured to:

Receive the measurement report that generated by described communication equipment, described measurement report comprise with the mark of described second communication network associate and with described one or more network characterizations of described second communication network associate.

5. base station according to claim 4, wherein, described measurement report also comprises the analysis with described one or more network characterizations of described second communication network associate.

6. base station according to claim 1, wherein, described one or more network characterization comprises: Network Recognition information, signal strength information, Signal Interference and Noise Ratio (SINR), radio bearers information, wide area network (WAN) information, service provider's identifying information, data-rate information, service quality (QoS) information, network type information or place information.

7. base station according to claim 1, wherein, described controller is also configured to:

Select one or more license communication networks to generate the list of described one or more license communication networks; And

The described list of described one or more license communication networks is provided to described communication equipment, and wherein, described second communication network is included in the described list of described one or more license communication networks.

8. base station according to claim 1, wherein, described the first communication network is that third generation partner program (3GPP) communication network and described second communication network are non-3GPP communication network.

9. the method for utilizing communication equipment and base station to communicate, described method comprises:

Receive the function information from described communication equipment, described function information and second communication network associate via the first communication network in described base station;

Based on described function information, via described the first communication network, measuring command is offered to described communication equipment;

One or more network characterizations based on described measuring command from described communication equipment reception and described second communication network associate;

Described one or more network characterizations by described base station based on receiving determine whether the communication on described the first communication network are offloaded to described second communication network; And

In the time making a determination, via described the first communication network, unloading order is offered to described communication equipment, described communication is unloaded to described second communication network.

10. a communication equipment, comprising:

First transceiver, is configured to utilize the first communication network to communicate;

Second transceiver, is configured to utilize second communication network to communicate; And controller, be configured to:

Function information is offered to the base station associated with described the first communication network, the instruction that described function information provides described communication equipment can utilize described second communication network to communicate;

Receive measuring command from described base station, described measuring command is based on described function information;

Based on described measuring command, measurement report is offered to described base station;

Receive unloading order from described base station via described the first telecommunication network, described unloading order is generated based on described measurement report by described base station; And

Based on the described unloading order receiving, control described first transceiver the communication on described the first communication network is offloaded to described second communication network.