TWI721111B - Sixty gigahertz band support in cellular and wireless local area network aggregation - Google Patents

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to support of a 60 gigahertz (GHz) band related to enhanced long term evolution (LTE) - wireless local area network (WLAN) Aggregation (eLWA). Some embodiments may relate to mechanisms by which a user equipment (UE) can signal support of the 60 GHz band. Other embodiments may relate to mechanisms by which an evolved NodeB (eNB) can signal information to the UE related to the 60 GHz band. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Description

60 GHz band support in cellular and wireless LAN aggregation

The disclosed embodiments of the present invention are generally related to the field of wireless frequency band support, and more particularly to 60 GHz (Gigahertz; GHz) frequency band support in cellular and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) aggregation.

Long Term Evolution (LTE) and WiFi Link Aggregation (LWA) or enhanced LWA (eLWA) provides a method for LTE and WLAN interworking (LTE and WLAN interworking). alternative plan. Generally speaking, an evolved Node B (evolved Node B; referred to as eNB) can perform actions on a user equipment (User Equipment; UE) or other actions via one or two of an LTE link and a WLAN link. Packet scheduling for device services. eLWA can provide enhanced control and control of radio resources on LTE links and WLAN links Utilization can increase throughput and management of radio resources.

What is of interest to eLWA is the support of the 60GHz frequency band and channel and the increased data rate of various WLAN networks.

100‧‧‧Electronic device

102‧‧‧Application circuit

104‧‧‧Baseband circuit

106‧‧‧RF circuit

108‧‧‧Front-end module circuit

110‧‧‧antenna

104a‧‧‧The second generation baseband processor

104b‧‧‧The third generation baseband processor

104c‧‧‧Fourth generation baseband processor

104d‧‧‧Other baseband processors

104e‧‧‧Central Processing Unit

104f‧‧‧Audio Digital Signal Processor

104g‧‧‧Memory/Storage

106a‧‧‧Mixer circuit

106b‧‧‧Amplifier circuit

106c‧‧‧Filter circuit

106d‧‧‧Synthesizer circuit

200‧‧‧Enhanced long-term evolution technology and WiFi link aggregation network

215‧‧‧Evolved Node B

225‧‧‧Wireless LAN access point

220‧‧‧User Equipment

205‧‧‧Honeycomb Service Area

210‧‧‧Wireless LAN Service Area

230‧‧‧Link

600‧‧‧Computer system

604‧‧‧Processor circuit

608‧‧‧System memory

612‧‧‧Non-volatile memory/storage

616‧‧‧Communication circuit

620‧‧‧Interface circuit

704‧‧‧Computer-readable media

708‧‧‧Programming instructions

800‧‧‧Computer

804‧‧‧Processor

806‧‧‧Communication chip

802‧‧‧Printed Circuit Board

826‧‧‧Memory Controller

820‧‧‧Dynamic Random Access Memory

824‧‧‧Read only memory

822‧‧‧Flash memory

854‧‧‧Storage device

841‧‧‧Input/Output Controller

830‧‧‧Graphics processor

828‧‧‧antenna

832‧‧‧Touch screen display

846‧‧‧Touch Screen Controller

836‧‧‧Battery

840‧‧‧Global Positioning System Device

842‧‧‧Compass

850‧‧‧Speaker

852‧‧‧Camera

If you refer to the detailed description in the preceding text in conjunction with the drawings, you will be able to easily understand the embodiments. To help this description, similar component symbols will indicate similar structural components. The embodiments have been described by way of example and not limitation with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 shows an exemplary electronic device according to various embodiments.

Figure 2 shows an exemplary eLWA network based on various embodiments.

Fig. 3 shows an example program based on each embodiment.

Figure 4 shows an alternative example program according to various embodiments.

Fig. 5 shows an alternative example program according to various embodiments.

Figure 6 shows an exemplary computer system that can be used to implement the various embodiments.

Figure 7 shows an exemplary computer readable medium according to some embodiments.

Figure 8 shows an exemplary computing device according to various embodiments of the present invention.

[Content and Implementation of the Invention]

In the following detailed description, reference will be made to constitute a part of the detailed description In the drawings, in all the drawings, similar numbers indicate similar parts, and the drawings illustrate various embodiments that can be implemented by way of example. It should be understood that other embodiments may be used, and structural or logical changes may be made without departing from the scope of the disclosure of the present invention.

It can be a way that is most helpful to understand the subject matter of the scope of the patent application, and each operation is explained in the form of multiple discrete operations performed in sequence. However, the order of description should not be construed as meaning that these operations are necessarily order-dependent. In particular, these operations may not be performed in the order of presentation. The operations described can be performed in a different order from the described embodiment. In additional embodiments, additional operations may be performed, or the operations described may be omitted.

In order to facilitate the disclosure of the present invention, the words "A or B", "A and/or B", and "A/B" mean (A), (B), or (A and B).

This description may use the words "in one embodiment," or "in each embodiment,", and these words may respectively refer to one or more of the same or different embodiments. In addition, when the terms "including", "including", and "having" are used in a manner related to the disclosed embodiments of the present invention, these terms are all synonymous.

In the usage of this specification, the term "circuit" can mean or can be a part of or include the following: Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), electronic circuit, Processors (shared, dedicated, or group processors) and/or memory (shared, dedicated, or group memory), combined logic circuits that execute one or more software or firmware programs (combinational logic circuits), and/or other appropriate hardware components that provide the functions. In some embodiments, one or more software or firmware modules can implement the circuit, or one or more software or firmware modules can implement the functions associated with the circuit. In some embodiments, the circuit may include logic that is at least partially operable in hardware.

As mentioned earlier, what is of interest to eLWA is the support of the 60GHz frequency band and channel and the increased data rate of various WLAN networks. For example, this type of channel can be used for measurements related to the 60 GHz frequency band. The embodiments of the present invention may be related to various technologies that can provide support for the 60 GHz frequency band. For example, various embodiments may be related to technologies that the UE can use to indicate that it supports the 60 GHz frequency band. Other embodiments may be related to a measurement architecture that can be used by the UE to measure and report parameters related to the 60 GHz frequency band. Other embodiments may be related to support for a WLAN mobility set. Hereinafter, each of these embodiments will be described in further detail.

The described embodiments of the present invention can be implemented into a system using any suitably configured hardware and/or software. Figure 1 shows exemplary components of an electronic device 100 in an embodiment. In various embodiments, the electronic device 100 may be the following items or may implement the following items or may be included in the following items or may be a part of the following items: user equipment (UE), an evolved node B (eNB ), a WLAN access point (Access Point; AP for short), or some other electronic device. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may include an application circuit 102, a base frequency circuit 104, and a radio frequency (RF) that are coupled together as shown in the figure. A circuit 106, a front-end module (FEM) circuit 108, and one or more antennas 110.

The application circuit 102 may include one or more application processors. For example, the application circuit 102 may include circuits such as, but not limited to, one or more single-core or multi-core processors. The one or more processors may include any combination of general purpose processors and special purpose processors (for example, special purpose processors such as graphics processors, application processors, etc.). The processors may be coupled to and/or may include memory/storage, and may be configured to execute instructions stored in the memory/storage to enable various applications and/or operating systems on the system run.

The baseband circuit 104 may include circuits such as, but not limited to, one or more single-core or multi-core processors. The baseband circuit 104 may include one or more baseband processors and/or control logic for processing the baseband signals received from a receiving signal path of the RF circuit 106 and generating signals for a transmission signal path of the RF circuit 106 Fundamental frequency signal. The baseband circuit 104 can interface with the application circuit 102 to generate and process baseband signals and control the operation of the RF circuit 106. For example, in some embodiments, the baseband circuit 104 may include a second-generation (2G) baseband processor 104a, a third-generation (3G) baseband processor 104b, and a fourth-generation (4G) baseband processor. 104c, and/or other baseband processors 104d used in other current generations, generations under development, or generations to be developed in the future (for example, generations of the fifth generation (5G), 6G, etc.). The baseband circuit 104 (for example, one or more baseband processors 104a-d) can process various radio control functions capable of communicating with one or more radio networks via the RF circuit 106. These radio control functions It may include, but is not limited to, functions such as signal modulation/demodulation, encoding/decoding, and radio frequency shifting. In some embodiments, the modulation/demodulation circuit of the baseband circuit 104 may include Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), precoding, and/or constellation mapping (constellation mapping). /demapping) function. In some embodiments, the encoding/decoding circuit of the baseband circuit 104 may include convolution, tail-biting convolution, turbo, Viterbi, and/or low Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoder/decoder function. The embodiments of modulation/demodulation and encoder/decoder functions are not limited to these examples, and other suitable functions may be included in other embodiments.

In some embodiments, the baseband circuit 104 may include components of a protocol stack such as components of the Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (EUTRAN) protocol, including components such as physical layers. (PHY), Media Access Control (MAC), Radio Link Control (RLC), Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP), and/or Radio Resource Control (Radio Resource Control; RRC for short) components. A central processing unit (Central Processing Unit; CPU for short) 104e of the baseband circuit 104 can be configured to run for the PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP, and/or RRC The layer of signaling is the stack of components of the protocol. In some embodiments, the baseband circuit may include one or more audio digital signal processors (DSP) 104f. The one or more audio DSP 104f may include components for compression/decompression and echo cancellation, and may include other suitable processing components in other embodiments.

The baseband circuit 104 may further include a memory/storage 104g. The memory/storage 104g can be used to load and store data and/or instructions of operations performed by the processors of the baseband circuit 104. The memory/storage in an embodiment may include any combination of suitable volatile memory and/or non-volatile memory. The memory/storage 104g may include, but is not limited to, read-only memory (Read Only Memory; ROM for short) (for example, firmware) with embedded software commands, random access memory (for example, dynamic random access) Any combination of memory (Dynamic Random Access Memory; DRAM for short)), cache memory, buffer, and other levels of memory/storage. The memory/storage 104g can be shared by each processor, or can be dedicated to a specific processor.

The components of the baseband circuit can be appropriately combined in a single chip or a single chip group, or can be configured on the same circuit board in some embodiments. In some embodiments, some or all of the constituent components of the baseband circuit 104 and the application circuit 102 may be implemented together in, for example, a System On a Chip (SOC for short).

In some embodiments, the baseband circuit 104 can provide communication compatible with one or more radio technologies. For example, in some embodiments, the baseband circuit 104 can support and evolve the global terrestrial radio access network (EUTRAN) and/or other wireless metropolitan area network (Wireless Metropolitan Area Network; referred to as WMAN), wireless local area network (WLAN), wireless personal area network (Wireless personal area network) Personal Area Network; referred to as WPAN) communication between. The embodiment in which the baseband circuit 104 is configured to support radio communication of more than one wireless protocol may be referred to as a multi-mode baseband circuit.

The RF circuit 106 can communicate with the wireless network using modulated electromagnetic radiation through a non-solid medium. In various embodiments, the RF circuit 106 may include components such as switches, filters, amplifiers, etc. for facilitating communication with the wireless network. The RF circuit 106 may include a receiving signal path, and the receiving signal path may include a circuit for down-converting the radio frequency signal received from the FEM circuit 108 and providing the baseband signal to the baseband circuit 104. The RF circuit 106 may also include a transmission signal path. The transmission signal path may include a signal for up-converting the baseband signal provided by the baseband circuit 104 and providing the RF output signal to the FEM circuit 108 for transmission. Circuit.

In some embodiments, the RF circuit 106 may include a receiving signal path and a transmission signal path. The receiving signal path of the RF circuit 106 may include a mixer circuit 106a, an amplifier circuit 106b, and a filter circuit 106c. The transmission signal path of the RF circuit 106 may include a filter circuit 106c and a mixer circuit 106a. The RF circuit 106 may also include a synthesizer circuit 106d for synthesizing the frequencies used by the mixer circuit 106a of the receiving signal path and the transmission signal path. In some embodiments, the receiving The mixer circuit 106a of the signal path can be configured to down-convert the radio frequency signal received from the FEM circuit 108 according to the synthesized frequency provided by the synthesizer circuit 106d. The amplifier circuit 106b may be configured to amplify the down-converted signals, and the filter circuit 106c may be a low-pass filter (Low-pass filter) configured to remove unnecessary signals from the down-converted signals to generate an output fundamental frequency signal. -Pass Filter; referred to as LPF) or Band-Pass Filter (Band-Pass Filter; referred to as BPF). The output baseband signal can be provided to the baseband circuit 104 for further processing. In some embodiments, the output fundamental frequency signals may be zero frequency fundamental frequency signals, but this is not a necessary condition. In some embodiments, the mixer circuit 106a of the receive signal path may include a passive mixer, but the scope of these embodiments is not limited in this respect.

In some embodiments, the mixer circuit 106a of the transmission signal path can be configured to up-convert the input baseband signal according to the synthesized frequency provided by the synthesizer circuit 106d to generate the RF output signal for the FEM circuit 108 . The baseband circuit 104 can provide the baseband signals, and the baseband signals can be filtered by the filter circuit 106c. The filter circuit 106c may include a low-pass filter (LPF), but the scope of these embodiments is not limited in this respect.

In some embodiments, the mixer circuit 106a of the receiving signal path and the mixer circuit 106a of the transmission signal path may include two or more mixers, and they may be designed for quadrature down frequency (quadrature). downconversion) and/or upscaling. In some embodiments, the mixer circuit 106a of the received signal path and the transmission signal The mixer circuit 106a of the path may include two or more mixers, and may be arranged for image rejection (for example, Hartley image rejection). In some embodiments, the mixer circuit 106a of the receiving signal path and the mixer circuit 106a of the transmission signal path can be used for direct down conversion and/or direct up-conversion, respectively. ) And was arranged. In some embodiments, the mixer circuit 106a of the receive signal path and the mixer circuit 106a of the transmission signal path may be configured for super-heterodyne operation.

In some embodiments, the output baseband signals and the input baseband signals may be analog baseband signals, but the scope of these embodiments is not limited in this respect. In some alternative embodiments, the output baseband signals and the input baseband signals may be digital baseband signals. In these alternative embodiments, the RF circuit 106 may include analog-to-digital converter (Analog-to-Digital Converter; ADC for short) and Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC for short) circuits, and base The frequency circuit 104 may include a digital baseband interface for communicating with the RF circuit 106.

In some dual-mode embodiments, separate radio IC circuits for processing signals of each spectrum may be provided, but the scope of these embodiments is not limited in this respect.

In some embodiments, the synthesizer circuit 106d may be a fractional N synthesizer or a fractional N/N+1 synthesizer, but these embodiments The scope is not limited to this, because other types of frequency synthesizers may be applicable. For example, the synthesizer circuit 106d may be a delta-sigma synthesizer, a frequency multiplier, or a phase-locked loop (phase-locked loop) with a frequency divider. ) A synthesizer.

The synthesizer circuit 106d can be configured to synthesize the mixer circuit 106a of the RF circuit 106 to use an output frequency according to a frequency input and a divider control input. In some embodiments, the synthesizer circuit 106d may be a fractional N/N+1 synthesizer.

In some embodiments, a Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) can provide frequency input, but this is not a necessary condition. The baseband circuit 104 or the application processor 102 can provide a frequency divider control input according to the required output frequency. In some embodiments, a frequency divider control input (for example, N) can be determined from a look-up table according to a channel indicated by the application processor 102.

The synthesizer circuit 106d of the RF circuit 106 may include a frequency divider, a delay locked loop (DLL), a multiplexer, and a phase accumulator. In some embodiments, the frequency divider may be a Dual Modulus Divider (DMD), and the phase accumulator may be a Digital Phase Accumulator (DPA). In some embodiments, the DMD may be configured to divide the input signal by N or N+1 (for example, according to carry out) to provide a division ratio. In some real In an embodiment, the DLL may include a set of tunable delay elements connected in series, a phase detector, a charge pump, and a D-type flip-flop (D- type flip-flop). In these embodiments, the delay elements can be configured to divide a VCO period into Nd equal packet phases, where Nd is the number of delay elements in the delay line. In this way, the DLL provides negative feedback, which helps to ensure that the total delay through the delay line is one VCO cycle.

In some embodiments, the synthesizer circuit 106d may be configured to generate a carrier frequency as the output frequency, while in other embodiments, the output frequency may be a multiple of the carrier frequency (for example, twice the carrier frequency, four Times the carrier frequency), and the output frequency can be used together with the quadrature generator and frequency divider circuit to generate multiple signals with different phases on the carrier frequency. In some embodiments, the output frequency may be a local oscillator frequency (LO frequency; fLO for short). In some embodiments, the RF circuit 106 may include an IQ/polar coordinate converter.

The FEM circuit 108 may include a received signal path, and the received signal path may include a circuit configured to perform the following operations: operate on radio frequency signals received from one or more antennas 110; amplify the received signals; and The amplified received signals are provided to the RF circuit 106 for further processing. The FEM circuit 108 may also include a transmission signal path. The transmission signal path may include a signal configured to amplify the signal for transmission provided by the RF circuit 106 for transmission by one or more of the one or more antennas 110. Circuit.

In some embodiments, the FEM circuit 108 may include a TX/RX switch for switching between the transmission mode and the reception mode operation. The FEM circuit may include a receiving signal path and a transmission signal path. The receiving signal path of the FEM circuit may include a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) for amplifying the received radio frequency signal and providing the amplified received radio frequency signal as an output (for example, Output to the RF circuit 106). The transmission signal path of the FEM circuit 108 may include: a power amplifier (Power Amplifier; PA for short) for amplifying (such as provided by the RF circuit 106) input radio frequency signal, and for generating a radio frequency signal for (such as the one or One or more of the multiple antennas 110 perform one or more subsequent transmissions.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may include additional components such as a memory/storage, a display, a camera, a sensor, and/or an input/output (Input/Output; I/O for short) interface.

Figure 2 shows an example eLWA network 200. Specifically, the eLWA network 200 may include an eNB 215 and a WLAN AP 225. The eLWA network 200 may further include a UE 220. In various embodiments, the eNB 215, the WLAN AP 225, and/or the UE 220 may be the electronic device 100 described above.

As shown in Figure 2, the eNB 215 may include a cellular service area 205. Specifically, the eNB 215 can transmit the cellular signal to one or more UEs in the cellular service area 205, and/or receive the cellular signal from one or more UEs in the cellular service area 205. Honeycomb signals It may be, for example, a long-term evolution technology (LTE) signal according to the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3rd Generation Partnership Project; referred to as 3GPP) specification, or some other cellular signal.

Similarly, the WLAN AP 225 may include a WLAN service area 210. The WLAN AP 225 can transmit WLAN signals to one or more UEs in the WLAN service area 210 and/or receive WLAN signals from one or more UEs in the WLAN service area 210. The WLAN signals may be, for example, Wi-Fi signals according to the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 specifications.

As shown in Figure 2, a UE such as UE 220 may be in the cellular service area 205 and the WLAN service area 210. In these embodiments, the UE 220 can transmit signals to the eNB 215 and the WLAN AP 225, and/or receive signals from the eNB 215 and the WLAN AP 225. As mentioned above, the eNB 215 and the WLAN AP 225 may be communicatively coupled through a link such as the link 230. In various embodiments, the link 230 may be a wired link, a wireless link, or some combination of the two. The eNB 215 may schedule one or more packets to be served by the UE 220 via the WLAN AP 225.

UE capability

The UE capability signaling can be enhanced, so that a UE such as the UE 220 can indicate to a network node such as the eNB 215 that the UE supports the 60 GHz frequency band. Specifically, as shown in the program in Figure 3, in step 300 Among them, a baseband circuit such as the baseband circuit 104 can generate information including an information element (Information Element; IE for short) having an indicator for indicating that the UE supports the 60 GHz frequency band. In step 305, an RF circuit such as RF circuit 106 may transmit the information to a network node such as eNB 215.

The following are some examples that a UE can use to indicate its ability to support the 60 GHz band. It should be understood that the following embodiments are only intended as non-limiting examples, and other embodiments may include slight insubstantial modifications such as specific names of IEs or indicators. In addition, some embodiments may include a combination of the following embodiments.

Example 1

In a first embodiment, the UE capability signaling can be performed through a change of a WLAN band indicator IE. Specifically, an indicator such as a band60 indicator can be introduced into an existing WLAN band indicator IE such as WLAN-BandIndicator-r13 IE. The example text of this addition of 3GPP Technical Specification (TS) 36.331 can be as follows. The addition of the TS is indicated in bold and italic underlined font. The rest of this document will follow this format to indicate possible additions to TS 36.331.

The field description of the MeasObjectWLAN field of bandIndicatorListWLAN can be modified as follows:

In some embodiments, the WLAN-BandIndicator-r13 IE may be an element of a UE Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA) capability IE, such as a UE-EUTRA-Capability IE. Specifically, the WLAN-BandIndicator-r13 IE may be an element of one of the supportedBandListWLAN IEs in the UE-EUTRA-Capability IE as shown below:

Example 2

In a second embodiment, the UE capability signaling can be performed by adding a new capability bit supporting 60 GHz. Specifically, the new capability bit can be introduced into a UE EUTRA capability IE such as a UE-EUTRA-Capability IE. The capability bit may be a WLAN 60GHz bit such as wlan-60GHz-r14. If the WLAN-BandIndicator-r13 IE mentioned above cannot be extended, this embodiment may be suitable. An example change of TS 36.331 can be as follows:

Example 3

In a third embodiment, the UE capability signaling can be performed by using a new Inter-Radio Access Technology (IRAT) parameter IE such as an IRAT-ParametersWLAN-r14 IE. In this embodiment, the indicator may be or may include a supported band list indicator such as a supportedBandList60GHz-r14 indicator. An example change of TS 36.331 can be as follows:

Example 4

In some embodiments, it may be desirable to allow the UE to indicate its ability to roam between the traditional WLAN frequency band and the 60 GHz frequency band. When used in this example, roaming may refer to the ability of the UE to switch from using a traditional WLAN frequency band to using the 60 GHz frequency band or vice versa. In some embodiments, this capability can be signaled through a UE EUTRA capability IE such as a UE-EUTRA-Capability-vxxx-IE IE. In some embodiments, the IE may include an indicator for indicating whether the UE supports roaming. The indicator may be a WLAN 60GHz roaming indicator such as a wlan-60GHz-roaming-r14 indicator. An example change of TS 36.331 can be as follows:

Measurement architecture

In some embodiments, it may be desirable for a network node such as eNB 215 to provide one or more measurement configuration and/or report IE indications symbol. The UE can then perform measurement and reporting of parameters related to the 60 GHz band according to the indicator. Specifically, as shown in the procedure in Figure 4, in some embodiments, the baseband circuit such as the baseband circuit 104 can identify in step 400 that a UE will use the 60 GHz frequency band, and generate in step 405 Contains information indicating that the UE will use the 60 GHz frequency band. An RF circuit such as RF circuit 106 may transmit the information to the UE in step 410. The UE may then perform one or more measurements in the 60 GHz band according to the indicator.

The following are some examples that the network can use to provide the indicator to a UE. It should be understood that the following embodiments are only intended as non-limiting examples, and other embodiments may include slight insubstantial modifications such as specific names of IEs or indicators. In addition, some embodiments may include a combination of the following embodiments.

Example 1

In some embodiments, the indicator may be an indicator of a WLAN band indicator IE such as a WLAN-BandIndicator-r13 IE. In this embodiment, the indicator may be a band60 indicator. An example change of TS 36.331 can be as follows:

Example 2

In some embodiments, the indicator may be an indicator of a WLAN band indicator IE such as a WLAN-BandIndicator-r14 IE. In this embodiment, the indicator may be one or more of the indicators contained in the IE, and in some embodiments, may include a band60 indicator. An example change of TS 36.331 to support this type of IE can be as follows:

The field description of the MeasObjectWLAN field of bandIndicatorListWLAN can be modified as follows:

In some embodiments, the information transmitted from the eNB to the UE may further include an IRAT parameter IE related to the WLAN band indicator IE. The IRAT parameter IE may be, for example, an IRAT-ParametersWLAN-r14 IE that can be used to support the WLAN band indicator IE. An example change of TS 36.331 to support this type of IE can be as follows:

In some embodiments, the UE may provide an indication of measurement results related to the 60 GHz frequency band. The indication of the measurement may include a WLAN frequency band indicator such as a bandWLAN-r14 indicator. An example change of TS 36.331 to support this indicator can be as follows:

Channel number, operation category, and country code for 60GHz

In some embodiments, it may be desirable for a network node such as eNB 215 to provide an indicator related to the transmission parameters of the 60 GHz frequency band to a UE such as UE 220. These transmission parameters can include the 60 One or more of a channel number, an operation type, and a country code related to the GHz band. Specifically, referring to Fig. 4, in some embodiments, a baseband circuit such as the baseband circuit 104 can identify in step 400 that a UE will use the 60 GHz frequency band, and in step 405, it is generated to include the UE. One of the information of an indicator of the 60GHz band will be used. An RF circuit such as RF circuit 106 may transmit the information to the UE in step 410. The information may include an indicator related to the transmission parameters.

The following are some embodiments in which the NW can be used to provide this indicator to a UE. It should be understood that the following embodiments are only intended as non-limiting examples, and other embodiments may include slight insubstantial modifications such as specific names of IEs or indicators. In addition, some embodiments may include a combination of the following embodiments.

Example 1

In some embodiments, the indicator related to the transmission parameters may be an indicator of a WLAN carrier IE such as a WLAN-CarrierInfo-r13 IE. In this embodiment, the indicator related to the transmission parameters may be a 60GHz indicator such as a 60GHzIndicator of the IE. An example change of TS 36.331 to support this indicator can be as follows:

Example 2

In some embodiments, the indicator related to the transmission parameters may be an indicator of a 60GHz channel number IE such as a 60GHzChannelNumbers-r14 IE, or a 60GHz channel such as 60GHz-Channel-r14 IE. An indicator of IE. In some embodiments, as indicated by "r14" at the end of the IE name, the 60GHz channel number IE or the 60GHz channel IE may be the 14th version (r14) IE. An example change of TS 36.331 to support this indicator can be as follows:

Example 3

In some embodiments, the transmission parameters may be a channel number and/or operation type related to the 60GHz frequency band in an IE such as a 60GHz-CarrierInfo-r14 IE related to 60GHz carrier information. Such as If a WLAN carrier information IE such as WLAN-CarrierInfo will support communication using the 60GHz frequency band, then this IE may be applicable. In some embodiments, the WLAN network can also be selected to support the use of a traditional reserved operating type of 60 GHz frequency band.

An example change of TS 36.331 used to support the aforementioned 60GHz carrier information IE can be as follows:

The description of the 60GHz-Identifiers field can be further modified as follows:

Example 4

In some embodiments, the indicator related to the transmission parameters may be a WLAN frequency band indicator related to the 60 GHz frequency band, such as wlanBandIndicator-r14. In various embodiments, the WLAN frequency band indicator related to the 60 GHz frequency band may be related to or based on a WLAN frequency band indicator related to the traditional WLAN frequency band, such as WLAN-BandIndicator-r13. An example change of TS 36.331 is shown below:

Example 5

In some embodiments, it may be desirable to compulsorily use the channel plus the signal of the operation type in a WLAN carrier information IE such as WLAN-CarrierInfo-r13. This method may be suitable because, for example, some channel numbers may overlap with the same operation category. Therefore, in order to obtain a unique channel number in a specific frequency band, the operation category can be used. In some embodiments, as described below, an operating class indicator such as operatingClass-r13 based on a channel number indicator such as chanNum can be made to achieve this purpose. Specifically, an example change of TS 36.331 used to support the condition indicator can be as follows:

Example 6

In some embodiments, the indicator related to the transmission parameters may be a WLAN frequency band indicator related to the 60 GHz frequency band, such as globalOperatingClass-r14. In various embodiments, the globalOperatingClass-r14 indicator can uniquely identify any frequency band in any frequency. An example change of TS 36.331 is shown below:

WLAN mobile collection

A WLAN mobility set may be a list of WLAN APs such as the WLAN AP 225 that support the mobility of a UE such as the UE 220. For example, a UE configured with a mobile set can select any WLAN AP in the mobile set, and can transmit information to or receive information from the WLAN AP without notifying the network. In various embodiments, all WLAN APs in a specific mobility set can be connected to the same WLAN terminal node (WLAN Termination node; WT for short).

In a network that supports 60GHz, there may be two different situations. The first situation may be that the WLAN network supports roaming between the traditional WLAN frequency band and the 60GHz frequency band. In this case, the mobile set may include some networks that support the traditional WLAN frequency band, the 60GHz frequency band, or the above two frequency bands. Or a mix of AP. The second case may be that the WLAN network does not support roaming between the traditional WLAN frequency band and the 60GHz frequency band. In this case, the mobile set may only include support for the traditional WLAN frequency band or the 60GHz frequency band but not support the above two frequency bands Some networks or APs.

In an embodiment where the WLAN network does not support roaming between the traditional WLAN frequency band and the 60 GHz frequency band, the mobile set may only include some APs that support the 60 GHz frequency band. In these embodiments, it may be desirable for the network to indicate to the UE that the mobility set is only used to support APs in the 60 GHz band. The UE can use this indication, for example, to reduce the UE scanning time during movement (that is, the period during which the UE is trying to connect to a new WLAN AP).

The following are some embodiments that the network can use to provide an indicator of the mobility set to an IE. For example, a network node such as eNB 215 can provide an indicator related to the mobility set to a UE such as UE 220. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, in some embodiments, in step 500, the baseband circuit such as the baseband circuit 104 can identify a mobile set of one or more APs supporting the 60 GHz frequency band. In step 505, the RF circuit, such as the RF circuit 106, may then transmit one of the information including an indicator of the mobility set to the UE.

It should be understood that the following examples are only intended as non-limiting examples Sub, and other embodiments may include slight insubstantial variations such as the specific name of each IE or indicator. In addition, some embodiments may include a combination of the following embodiments.

Example 1

In some embodiments, the indicator of the mobile set may be an indicator of an LWA configuration information element such as an LWA-Config-r13 IE. In these embodiments, the indicator may be a 60GHz indicator such as a 60GHzIndicator, or a 60GHz mobility configuration indicator such as a 60GHz-MobilityConfig-r14 indicator. An example change of TS 36.331 to support the 60GHz indicator can be as follows:

An exemplary alternative change to TS 36.331 to support the 60GHz mobile configuration indicator can be as follows:

Example 2

In some embodiments, the indicator of the mobility set may be a bit in a mobility configuration IE such as WLAN-MobilityConfig-r13. Specifically, the indicator may have an indication about setting a "type" in a traditional mobile set. In this embodiment, the "type" may mean whether the mobile set is related to a traditional WLAN frequency band or the 60 GHz frequency band. In this embodiment, the indicator may be a 60GHz indicator such as 60GHzIndicator. An exemplary alternative change to TS 36.331 to support the 60GHz indicator can be as follows:

The description of the WLAN-MobilityConfig field can be modified as shown below:

Example 3

In some embodiments, the indicator of the mobility set may be an indicator in a mobility configuration IE such as WLAN-MobilityConfig-r13. In this embodiment, the indicator may be one or both of a 60GHz addition or release list such as 60GHz-ToAddList-r14 and 60GHz-ToReleaseList-r14. An exemplary alternative change to TS 36.331 to support the 60GHz indicator can be as follows:

The disclosed embodiments of the present invention can be implemented to a system using any suitable hardware and/or software configured as required. Figure 6 schematically shows an exemplary computer system 600 that can be used to implement one of the various embodiments described in the present invention. FIG. 6 shows an exemplary computer system 600 having a processor circuit 604, a system memory 608, a non-volatile memory (NVM)/storage 612, and a communication circuit 616 in an embodiment. As shown in the figure, the system 600 may further include a circuit coupled to the processor 604, system memory 608, NVM/storage 612, and the interface circuit 620 of the communication circuit 616.

In some embodiments, the system 600 can serve as the electronic device 100, a UE such as UE 220, a WLAN AP such as WLAN AP 225, an eNB such as eNB 215, or for implementing the method described in the present invention. Another device of the embodiment.

The interface circuit 620 in one embodiment may include any suitable interface controller and connection for interconnecting one or more of the processor circuit 604, the system memory 608, the NVM/storage 612, and the communication circuit 616 Device. Such interface controllers may include, but are not limited to, memory controllers, storage controllers such as Redundant Array of Independent Disk (RAID) controllers, etc., and Baseboard Management Controllers; Referred to as BMC), input/output controller, etc. The connectors may include connectors such as buses (for example, Peripheral Component Interconnect express (PCIe) bus), ports, expansion slots, jumpers, interconnect modules, etc.

The processor circuit 604 may include any type or combination of configurable or non-configurable circuits designed to execute basic arithmetic, logic, control, or input/output operations specified by instructions of a computer program. The processor circuit 604 may include one or more single-core or multi-core processors operating in the form of a register-based programmable electronic device driven by a clock. The processor circuit 604 accepts digital data as input, and according to the system The instructions stored in the memory 608 and/or the NVM/storage 612 process the digital data so as to provide an output for activating all parts of the description of the present invention. The operation described. The processor circuit 604 can be coupled to the system memory 608 and/or the NVM/storage 612, and is configured to execute the instructions stored in the system memory 608 and/or the NVM/storage 612, and can execute operations in the system 600 Of each application or operating system.

The processor circuit 604 may include any combination of general purpose processors and special purpose processors. In some embodiments, the processor circuit 604 may include a central processing unit, an application processor, a communication processor, a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and a reduced instruction set computer (RISC). ), digital signal processors (DSP), co-processors, combined logic circuits (combinational logic circuits), controllers (for example, memory controllers, bridge controllers, bus controllers, etc.), etc. Circuit.

For one embodiment, at least some of the processor circuits 604 may be packaged along with the logic of one or more controllers of the interface circuit. For an embodiment, at least one of the processors of the processor circuit 604 can be packaged together with the logic of one or more controllers of the interface circuit 620 to form a system in package (System in Package; Referred to as SiP). For an embodiment, at least one of the processors of the processor circuit 604 can be integrated on a die with the same logic as one or more controllers of the interface circuit 620 to form a system unit Wafer.

The system memory 608 can be used to load and store data and/or commands such as those used in the system 600. The system memory 608 in an embodiment may include any suitable volatile memory such as suitable dynamic random access memory (DRAM) or static random access memory (SRAM). In some embodiments, the system memory 608 may include Double Data Rate type four Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DDR4 SDRAM for short).

The NVM/storage 612 can be used to store data and/or instructions, for example. The NVM/storage 612 may include any suitable non-volatile memory such as flash memory, and/or may include such as one or more hard disk drives (HDD), one or more optical discs (Compact Disk; CD) player, RAID, and/or any suitable non-volatile storage device such as one or more Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) players.

NVM/storage 612 may include storage/memory resources that are part of a physical device on which the system 600 can be installed, or a physical device that is accessible to the system 600 but is not necessarily a part of it A part of storage/memory resources. For example, the NVM/storage 612 can be accessed through a network via the communication circuit 616.

The communication circuit 616 can provide the system 600 with an interface for communicating via one or more networks and/or communicating with any other suitable devices. The system 600 can communicate with one or more components of a network according to any one of one or more network standards and/or protocols. In some embodiments, the communication circuit 616 can provide signal processing according to the appropriate communication network protocols. For example, the communication circuit 616 may include an Ethernet controller for implementing an Ethernet protocol such as 10 Gigabit Ethernet, 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, or 10BASE-T standards.

Figure 7 shows an exemplary computer-readable medium 704 that can be adapted to store instructions that are executed by a device in response to the device implementing the selected viewpoint disclosed in the present invention. In some embodiments, the computer-readable medium 704 may be non-transitory. As shown, the computer-readable medium 704 may include programming instructions 708. The programming instructions 708 can be configured to enable a device such as the electronic device 100, a UE such as the UE 220, a WLAN AP such as the WLAN AP 225, an eNB such as the eNB 215, or another device to respond. The execution of the programming instruction 708 implements any of the methods or elements (viewpoints) of the methods or elements related to VM monitoring and management disclosed in the present invention. In some embodiments, the programming instructions 708 may be configured on a computer-readable medium 704 that is transient in nature, such as a signal.

Any combination of one or more computer-usable or computer-readable media can be used. The computer-usable or computer-readable medium may be such as, but not limited to, electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor systems, equipment, devices, or propagation media. More specific examples of computer-readable media (not exhaustively listed) would include the following: electrical connections with one or more wires, portable computer floppy disks, hard disks, random access memory ( RAM), read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (for example, EPROM, EEPROM, or flash memory), optical fiber, compact disk read-only memory; CD-ROM for short), optical storage devices, transmission media such as those supporting the Internet or intranet, or magnetic storage devices. Please note that computer-usable or computer-readable media can even be Therefore, the program paper or other appropriate media is printed on it. This is because: the program can be retrieved electronically by optical scanning of the paper or other media, and then it can be compiled and compiled in any appropriate manner when necessary. Interpret or otherwise process the program, and then store the program in computer memory. In the context of this document, a computer-usable or computer-readable medium may be capable of holding, storing, transmitting, disseminating, or transmitting a program for use by an instruction execution system, equipment, or device (or in combination with an instruction execution system). , Equipment, or device related methods) any media. The computer-usable medium may include a data signal propagating in a base frequency or a part of a carrier wave that specifically realizes the computer-usable program code. Any appropriate media including but not limited to wireless, wired, optical fiber cable, radio frequency, etc. can be used to transmit computer-usable program codes.

Any combination of one or more programming languages that may include object-oriented programming languages such as Java, Smalltalk, or C++ and traditional programming languages such as "C" programming language or similar programming languages is used to implement the disclosure of the present invention. The computer code of the operation. The code can be executed entirely on the user’s computer, part of the code can be executed on the user’s computer, the code can be executed as a separate software package, part of the code can be executed on the user’s computer and part of the remote The code can be executed on the computer, or the code can be executed entirely on the remote computer or server. In the latter case, the remote computer can be connected to the user via any type of network including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN) Computer, or the connection can be made to an external computer (for example, using An Internet service provider via the Internet).

The disclosure of the present invention will be described with reference to flowcharts or block diagrams of methods, equipment (systems), and computer program products according to the disclosed embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood that each block of the flowcharts or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowcharts or block diagrams can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, or other programmable data processing equipment, so as to generate a machine, which is executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing equipment. Such instructions will create means for implementing the functions/actions specified in one or more blocks of the flowcharts or block diagrams.

These computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium can instruct a computer or other programmable data processing equipment to operate in a specific manner, and thus be stored in the computer-readable medium. The instructions in the fetched medium generate a product including instruction means for implementing the functions/actions specified in one or more blocks of the flowchart or block diagram.

These computer program instructions can also be loaded into a computer or other programmable data processing equipment, and a series of operation steps are executed on the computer or other programmable equipment, so as to generate a computer-executed program, thus The instructions executed on the computer or other programmable devices provide procedures for implementing the functions/actions specified in one or more blocks of the flowchart or block diagram.

Figure 8 shows an example computing device 800 that can employ one of the devices and/or techniques described in the present invention. Specifically, the computing device may be UE 220, WLAN AP 225, and/or eNB 215. As shown in the figure, the computing device 800 may include some components such as one or more processors 804 (a processor is shown in the figure) and at least one communication chip 806.

In various embodiments, the one or more processors 804 may each include one or more processor cores. In various embodiments, the at least one communication chip 806 may be physically and electrically coupled to the one or more processors 804. In a further embodiment, the communication chip 806 may be part of the one or more processors 804. In various embodiments, the computing device 800 may include a printed circuit board (PCB) 802. For these embodiments, the one or more processors 804 and the communication chip 806 may be configured on the PCB. In an alternative embodiment, these various components may be coupled without using the PCB 802.

The computing device 800 may include other components that may or may not be physically and electrically coupled to the PCB 802 depending on its application. These other components include but are not limited to memory controller 826, volatile memory (for example, dynamic random access memory (DRAM) 820), such as read-only memory (ROM) 824 and flash memory 822, etc. Non-volatile memory, storage device 854 (for example, a hard disk drive (HDD)), an I/O controller 841, a digital signal processor (not shown in the figure), a cryptographic processor (not shown in the figure) (Shown), a graphics processor 830, one or more antennas 828, a display (not shown in the figure), a touch screen display 832, a touch screen controller 846, a battery 836, an audio Codec (not shown in the figure), a video codec (not shown in the figure), and a Global Positioning System (Global Positioning System; (Referred to as GPS) device 840, a compass 842, an accelerometer (not shown in the figure), a gyroscope (not shown in the figure), a speaker 850, a camera 852, a mass storage device (for example, a hard disk drive) , Solid state drives, compact discs (CDs), and digital versatile discs (DVDs) (not shown in the figure) and other components.

In some embodiments, the one or more processors 804, flash memory 822, and/or storage device 854 may include associated firmware (not shown in the figure) storing programming instructions. The programming instructions are configured to enable the computing device 800 to implement all or selected viewpoints of the methods described in the present invention in response to the programming instructions being executed by the one or more processors 804. In various embodiments, hardware separate from the one or more processors 804, flash memory 822, or storage device 854 may be used to additionally or alternatively implement these concepts.

The communication chip 806 can perform wired and/or wireless communication, and transmit data in and out of the computing device 800. The term "wireless" and its derivatives can be used to describe the terms of circuits, devices, systems, methods, technologies, communication channels, etc. that can use modulated electromagnetic radiation through non-solid media to transmit data. The term does not mean that the associated devices do not include any wires, but in some embodiments, the associated devices may not include any wires. The communication chip 806 can implement including but not limited to IEEE 802.11, Long Term Evolution (LTE), Advanced Long Term Evolution (LTE-Advanced; LTE-A), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), and Evolution Data optimization (Evolution Data Optimized; Ev-DO for short), evolution Evolved High Speed Packet Access (HSPA+), Evolved High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA+), Evolved High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA+) , Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE), Code Division Multiple Access (Code Division Multiple Access; CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), Bluetooth, any of the standards or protocols derived from the above, and some wireless standards or protocols called 3G, 4G, 5G, and any other wireless protocols of the newer generation. The computing device 800 may include a plurality of communication chips 806. For example, a first communication chip 806 can be dedicated to short-range wireless communication such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and a second communication chip 806 can be dedicated to such as GPS, EDGE, GPRS, CDMA, WiMAX, LTE , Ev-DO, and other wireless communication standards and other long-distance wireless communication.

In various embodiments, the computing device 800 may be a laptop computer, a simple notebook computer, a notebook computer, an ultra-thin notebook computer, a smart phone, a tablet computer, or a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant). Assistant; PDA for short), super mobile personal computers, mobile phones, desktop computers, servers, printers, scanners, monitors, set-top boxes, entertainment control units (for example, gaming consoles or cars) Entertainment unit), digital cameras, home appliances, portable music players, or digital video recorders. In a further embodiment, the computing device 800 may be any other electronic device for processing data.

Some non-limiting examples are provided below.

Example 1 may include a user equipment (UE) that includes: a baseband circuit for generating information including an information element (IE) with an indicator indicating that the UE supports and enhanced long-term evolution Technology (LTE)-Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Aggregation (eLWA) related to a 60 gigahertz (GHz) frequency band; and a radio frequency (RF) circuit coupled to the baseband circuit, which transmits the information to A network node.

Example 2 may include the UE of example 1, where the IE is a WLAN band indicator IE.

Example 3 may include the UE of Example 2, wherein the indicator is a band60 indicator.

Example 4 may include the UE of Example 2, wherein the IE is an element of a UE Evolved Global Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA) Capability IE.

Example 5 may include the UE of example 1, where the IE is a UE Evolved Global Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA) capability IE.

Example 6 may include the UE of example 5, wherein the IE further includes instructions for instructing the UE to support a first WLAN that does not support the 60GHz frequency band A roaming indicator for roaming between the network and a second WLAN network supporting the 60GHz frequency band.

Example 7 may include the UE of example 6, wherein the roaming indicator is a WLAN 60GHz roaming indicator.

Example 8 may include the UE of example 1, wherein the indicator is a supported frequency band list indicator of an interactive radio access technology (IRAT) parameter IE.

Example 9 may include an evolved Node B (eNB), the eNB includes: a baseband circuit to identify a user equipment (UE) will be used and enhanced long-term evolution technology (LTE)-wireless local area network (WLAN) aggregation (eLWA) related to a 60 gigahertz (GHz) frequency band, and generate information including an indicator that the UE will use the 60 GHz frequency band; and a radio frequency (RF) circuit coupled to the baseband circuit, the RF circuit This information is transmitted to the UE.

Example 10 may include the eNB of example 9, wherein the indicator is an indicator of a measurement configuration and report information element (IE).

Example 11 may include the eNB of example 10, wherein the IE is a WLAN band indicator information element (IE), and the baseband circuit further identifies a measurement related to the 60 GHz band based on a measurement report received from the UE One instruction.

Example 12 may include the eNB of example 11, wherein the indicator is a band60 indicator.

Example 13 may include the eNB of example 11, wherein the information includes an interactive radio access technology related to the WLAN band indicator IE (IRAT) Parameter IE.

Example 14 may include the eNB of example 11, wherein the indication of the measurement includes a WLAN frequency band indicator.

Example 15 may include the eNB of example 9, wherein the information includes an indicator related to transmission parameters including a channel number, an operation type, and a country code related to the 60 GHz frequency band.

Example 16 may include the eNB of example 15, wherein the indicator related to the transmission parameters is an indication of a WLAN carrier information element (IE), a 60GHz channel number IE, a 60GHz channel IE, or a 60GHz carrier information IE symbol.

Example 17 may include the eNB of example 16, wherein the 60GHz channel number IE or the 60GHz channel IE is a version 14 (r14) IE.

Example 18 may include an evolved Node B (eNB), the eNB includes: a baseband circuit for identifying and supporting an enhanced long-term evolution technology (LTE)-wireless local area network (WLAN) aggregation (eLWA) related 60 A mobile set of WLAN access points (AP) in the gigahertz (GHz) frequency band; and a radio frequency (RF) circuit coupled to the baseband circuit, the RF circuit transmitting information including an indicator of the mobile set To a user equipment (UE).

Example 19 may include the eNB of example 18, wherein the indicator of the mobility set is an indicator of an LWA configuration information element (IE) or a WLAN mobility configuration IE.

Example 20 may include the eNB of example 19, wherein the indicator of the mobility set is an indicator related to a release list or an addition list.

Example 21 may include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media includes instructions that are used by one or more of a user equipment (UE) When the processor is executed, the one or more processors of the UE are caused to perform the following operations: generate information including an information element (IE) with an indicator indicating that the UE supports and enhanced long-term evolution technology (LTE)-a 60 gigahertz (GHz) frequency band related to wireless local area network (WLAN) aggregation (eLWA); and transmitting the information to a network node.

Example 22 may include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of Example 21, where the IE is a WLAN band indicator IE.

Example 23 may include one or more of the non-transitory computer-readable media of Example 22, wherein the indicator is a band60 indicator.

Example 24 may include one or more of the non-transitory computer-readable media of Example 22, where the IE is an element of a UE Evolved Global Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA) Capability IE.

Example 25 may include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of Example 21, where the IE is a UE Evolved Global Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA) Capability IE.

Example 26 may include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of Example 25, wherein the IE further includes instructions for instructing the UE to support a first WLAN network that does not support the 60 GHz frequency band and a 60 GHz frequency band support. A roaming indicator for roaming between the second WLAN network.

Example 27 may include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of Example 26, wherein the roaming indicator is a WLAN 60GHz roaming indicator symbol.

Example 28 may include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of Example 21, wherein the indicator is a supported frequency band list indicator of an interactive radio access technology (IRAT) parameter IE.

Example 29 may include a method including the following steps: a user equipment (UE) generates a piece of information including an information element (IE) with an indicator indicating that the UE supports and enhanced long-term evolution technology (LTE)-a 60 gigahertz (GHz) frequency band related to wireless local area network (WLAN) aggregation (eLWA); and the UE transmits the information to a network node.

Example 30 may include the method of Example 29, wherein the IE is a WLAN band indicator IE.

Example 31 may include the method of example 30, wherein the indicator is a band60 indicator.

Example 32 may include the method of example 30, wherein the IE is an element of a UE Evolved Global Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA) Capability IE.

Example 33 may include the method of example 29, wherein the IE is a UE Evolved Global Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA) capability IE.

Example 34 may include the method of Example 33, wherein the IE further includes a roaming indication for instructing the UE to support roaming between a first WLAN network that does not support the 60GHz frequency band and a second WLAN network that supports the 60GHz frequency band symbol.

Example 35 may include the method of Example 34, wherein the roaming indicator is A WLAN 60GHz roaming indicator.

Example 36 may include the method of example 29, wherein the indicator is a supported frequency band list indicator of an interactive radio access technology (IRAT) parameter IE.

Example 37 may include a user equipment (UE) that includes: a device for generating information including an information element (IE) with an indicator indicating that the UE supports and enhanced long-term evolution technology ( LTE-Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Aggregation (eLWA) related to a 60 gigahertz (GHz) frequency band; and a device for transmitting the information to a network node.

Example 38 may include the UE of example 37, wherein the IE is a WLAN band indicator IE.

Example 39 may include the UE of example 38, wherein the indicator is a band60 indicator.

Example 40 may include the UE of example 38, wherein the IE is an element of a UE Evolved Global Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA) Capability IE.

Example 41 may include the UE of example 37, wherein the IE is a UE Evolved Global Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA) capability IE.

Example 42 may include the UE of example 41, wherein the IE further includes a roaming indication for instructing the UE to support roaming between a first WLAN network that does not support the 60GHz frequency band and a second WLAN network that supports the 60GHz frequency band symbol.

Example 43 may include the UE of example 42, wherein the roaming indicator is a WLAN 60GHz roaming indicator.

Example 44 may include the UE of example 37, wherein the indicator is a supported frequency band list indicator of an interactive radio access technology (IRAT) parameter IE.

Example 45 may include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media includes instructions that are controlled by one or more of an evolved Node B (eNB) When multiple processors are executed, the one or more processors of the eNB are caused to perform the following operations: Recognizing that a user equipment (UE) will use the enhanced long-term evolution technology (LTE)-wireless local area network (WLAN) aggregation ( eLWA) related to a 60 GHz frequency band; generating information including an indicator that the UE will use the 60 GHz frequency band; and transmitting the information to the UE.

Example 46 may include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of Example 45, wherein the indicator is an indicator of a measurement configuration and report information element (IE).

Example 47 may include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of Example 46, where the IE is a WLAN band indicator information element (IE), and the commands are further based on a measurement report received from the UE And identify an indication of a measurement related to the 60GHz frequency band.

Example 48 may include one or more of the non-transitory computer-readable media of Examples 47, wherein the indicator is a band60 indicator.

Example 49 may include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of Example 47, wherein the information includes an interactive radio access technology (IRAT) parameter IE related to the WLAN band indicator IE.

Example 50 can include one or more of examples 47 that are non-transitory computer readable Media, where the indication of the measurement includes a WLAN frequency band indicator.

Example 51 may include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of Example 45, wherein the information includes information related to transmission parameters including a channel number, an operation type, and a country code related to the 60GHz frequency band. An indicator.

Example 52 may include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of Example 51, wherein the indicator related to the transmission parameters is a WLAN carrier information element (IE), a 60GHz channel number IE, and a 60GHz Channel IE, or an indicator of a 60GHz carrier information IE.

Example 53 may include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of Example 52, wherein the 60 GHz channel number IE or the 60 GHz channel IE is the 14th edition (r14) IE.

Example 54 may include a method that includes the following steps: an evolved Node B (eNB) recognizes that a user equipment (UE) will use the enhanced long-term evolution technology (LTE)-wireless local area network (WLAN) aggregation ( eLWA) related to a 60 GHz frequency band; the eNB generates information including an indicator that the UE will use the 60 GHz frequency band; and the eNB transmits the information to the UE.

Example 55 may include the method of Example 54, wherein the indicator is an indicator of a measurement configuration and report information element (IE).

Example 56 may include the method of Example 55, wherein the IE is a WLAN Band Indicator Information Element (IE), and further includes the following steps: the eNB identifies the IE according to a measurement report received from the UE and the An indication of a measurement related to the 60GHz band.

Example 57 may include the method of Example 56, wherein the indicator is a band60 indicator.

Example 58 may include the method of example 56, wherein the information includes an interactive radio access technology (IRAT) parameter IE related to the WLAN band indicator IE.

Example 59 may include the method of Example 56, wherein the indication of the measurement includes a WLAN frequency band indicator.

Example 60 may include the method of Example 54, wherein the information includes an indicator related to transmission parameters including a channel number, an operation type, and a country code related to the 60 GHz frequency band.

Example 61 may include the method of Example 60, wherein the indicator related to the transmission parameters is an indication of a WLAN carrier information element (IE), a 60GHz channel number IE, a 60GHz channel IE, or a 60GHz carrier information IE symbol.

Example 62 may include the method of Example 61, wherein the 60 GHz channel number IE or the 60 GHz channel IE is the 14th version (r14) IE.

Example 63 may include an evolved Node B (eNB), the eNB includes: used to identify a user equipment (UE) will be used and enhanced long-term evolution technology (LTE)-wireless local area network (WLAN) aggregation (eLWA) related A 60 GHz band device; a device for generating information containing an indicator that the UE will use the 60 GHz band; and a device for transmitting the information to the UE.

Example 64 may include the eNB of example 63, where the indicator is a test An indicator of the quantity configuration and report information element (IE).

Example 65 may include the eNB of example 64, wherein the IE is a WLAN band indicator information element (IE), and further includes one for identifying a measurement related to the 60 GHz band based on a measurement report received from the UE Indicating device.

Example 66 may include the eNB of example 65, wherein the indicator is a band60 indicator.

Example 67 may include the eNB of example 65, wherein the information includes an interactive radio access technology (IRAT) parameter IE related to the WLAN band indicator IE.

Example 68 may include the eNB of example 65, wherein the indication of the measurement includes a WLAN frequency band indicator.

Example 69 may include the eNB of example 63, wherein the information includes an indicator related to transmission parameters including a channel number, an operation type, and a country code related to the 60 GHz frequency band.

Example 70 may include the eNB of Example 69, wherein the indicator related to the transmission parameters is an indication of a WLAN carrier information element (IE), a 60GHz channel number IE, a 60GHz channel IE, or a 60GHz carrier information IE symbol.

Example 71 may include the eNB of example 70, wherein the 60 GHz channel number IE or the 60 GHz channel IE is a version 14 (r14) IE.

Example 72 may include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, and the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media includes instructions that are controlled by one or more of an evolved Node B (eNB) When multiple processors execute, use The one or more processors of the eNB perform the following operations: identifying support for WLAN storage in a 60 gigahertz (GHz) frequency band related to enhanced long-term evolution (LTE)-wireless local area network (WLAN) aggregation (eLWA); Acquiring a mobile set of points (AP); and transmitting information including an indicator of the mobile set to a user equipment (UE).

Example 73 may include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of Example 72, wherein the indicator of the mobile set is an indicator of an LWA configuration information element (IE) or a WLAN mobile configuration IE .

Example 74 may include one or more of the non-transitory computer-readable media of Examples 73, wherein the indicator of the mobile set is an indicator related to a release list or an addition list.

Example 75 may include a method including the following steps: an evolved Node B (eNB) identifies and supports a 60 Gigabyte (eLWA) related to enhanced long-term evolution technology (LTE)-wireless local area network (WLAN) aggregation (eLWA) A mobile set of a WLAN access point (AP) in the Hertz (GHz) frequency band; and the eNB transmits information including an indicator of the mobile set to a user equipment (UE).

Example 76 may include the method of example 75, wherein the indicator of the mobility set is an indicator of an LWA configuration information element (IE) or a WLAN mobility configuration IE.

Example 77 may include the method of example 76, wherein the indicator of the mobile set is an indicator related to a release list or an addition list.

Example 78 may include an evolved Node B (eNB), the eNB includes: for identification support and enhanced long-term evolution (LTE)-wireless A device for a mobile set of a WLAN access point (AP) in a 60 gigahertz (GHz) frequency band related to local area network (WLAN) aggregation (eLWA); and a piece of information for including an indicator of the mobile set Transmission to a user equipment (UE) device.

Example 79 may include the eNB of example 78, wherein the indicator of the mobility set is an indicator of an LWA configuration information element (IE) or a WLAN mobility configuration IE.

Example 80 may include the eNB of example 79, wherein the indicator of the mobility set is an indicator related to a release list or an addition list.

Example 81 may include a device to be implemented in a user equipment (UE), the device including: a first circuit for generating information including an information element (IE) with an indicator indicating the UE Supporting a 60 gigahertz (GHz) frequency band related to Enhanced Long Term Evolution (LTE)-Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Aggregation (eLWA); and a second circuit coupled to the first circuit, the second circuit The information is modulated and/or encoded for transmission to a network node.

Example 82 may include the device of example 81, wherein the IE is a WLAN frequency band indicator IE.

Example 83 may include the device of example 82, wherein the indicator is a band60 indicator.

Example 84 may include the apparatus of example 82, wherein the IE is an element of a UE Evolved Global Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA) Capability IE.

Example 85 may include the device of Example 81, wherein the IE is a UE Evolved Global Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA) Capability IE.

Example 86 may include the device of Example 85, wherein the IE further includes a roaming for instructing the UE to support roaming between a first WLAN network that does not support the 60GHz frequency band and a second WLAN network that supports the 60GHz frequency band indicator.

Example 87 may include the device of example 86, wherein the roaming indicator is a WLAN 60GHz roaming indicator.

Example 88 may include the apparatus of example 81, wherein the indicator is a supported frequency band list indicator of an interactive radio access technology (IRAT) parameter IE.

Example 89 may include a device to be implemented in an evolved Node B (eNB). The device includes: a first circuit for identifying a user equipment (UE) to be used with an enhanced long-term evolution technology (LTE)-wireless area A 60 GHz frequency band related to network (WLAN) aggregation (eLWA), and generating information including an indicator that the UE will use the 60 GHz frequency band; and a second circuit coupled to the first circuit , The second circuit modulates and/or encodes the information so as to transmit the information to the UE.

Example 90 may include the device of Example 89, wherein the indicator is an indicator of a measurement configuration and report information element (IE).

Example 91 may include the device of Example 90, wherein the IE is a WLAN band indicator information element (IE), and the first circuit further identifies a measurement related to the 60 GHz band based on a measurement report received from the UE One instruction.

Example 92 may include the device of example 91, wherein the indicator is a band60 indicator.

Example 93 may include the apparatus of example 91, wherein the information includes an interactive radio access technology (IRAT) parameter IE related to the WLAN band indicator IE.

Example 94 may include the apparatus of example 91, wherein the indication of the measurement includes a WLAN frequency band indicator.

Example 95 may include the device of example 89, wherein the information includes an indicator related to transmission parameters including a channel number, an operation type, and a country code related to the 60 GHz frequency band.

Example 96 may include the device of Example 95, wherein the indicator related to the transmission parameters is an indication of a WLAN carrier information element (IE), a 60GHz channel number IE, a 60GHz channel IE, or a 60GHz carrier information IE symbol.

Example 97 may include the device of example 96, wherein the 60 GHz channel number IE or the 60 GHz channel IE is the 14th version (r14) IE.

Example 98 may include a device to be implemented in an evolved Node B (eNB). The device includes: a first circuit for identifying support and enhanced Long Term Evolution (LTE)-Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) aggregation ( eLWA) a mobile set of a WLAN access point (AP) in the 60 gigahertz (GHz) band; and a second circuit coupled to the first circuit, the second circuit will contain an indication of the mobile set One of the symbols is encoded and/or modulated for transmission to a user equipment (UE).

Example 99 may include the device of Example 98, wherein the mobile set of The indicator is an indicator of an LWA configuration information element (IE) or a WLAN mobile configuration IE.

Example 100 may include the device of example 99, wherein the indicator of the mobile set is an indicator related to a release list or an addition list.

The purpose of the description of the illustrated embodiments included in the "Summary of the Invention" in this specification is not exhaustive, nor does it limit the disclosure of the present invention to the exact form disclosed. Although some specific embodiments and examples are described in this specification for the purpose of illustration, those skilled in the relevant art should understand that the same can be estimated based on the above detailed description without departing from the scope of the disclosure of the present invention. Multiple alternative or equivalent embodiments or implementations for purposes.

100‧‧‧Electronic device

102‧‧‧Application circuit

104‧‧‧Baseband circuit

104a‧‧‧The second generation baseband processor

104b‧‧‧The third generation baseband processor

104c‧‧‧Fourth generation baseband processor

104d‧‧‧Other baseband processors

104e‧‧‧Central Processing Unit

104f‧‧‧Audio Digital Signal Processor

104g‧‧‧Memory/Storage

106‧‧‧RF circuit

106a‧‧‧Mixer circuit

106b‧‧‧Amplifier circuit

106c‧‧‧Filter circuit

106d‧‧‧Synthesizer circuit

108‧‧‧Front-end module circuit

110‧‧‧antenna

Claims (19)

A user equipment (UE) includes: a baseband circuit for generating information including an information element (IE) with an indicator indicating that the UE supports and enhanced long-term evolution technology (LTE)-wireless A 60 GHz frequency band related to local area network (WLAN) aggregation (eLWA); wherein the IE further includes a roaming indicator, the roaming indicator is used to indicate that the UE supports a frequency band that does not support the 60 GHz frequency band Roaming between a WLAN network and a second WLAN network supporting the 60 GHz frequency band; and a radio frequency (RF) circuit coupled to the baseband circuit, the RF circuit transmitting the information to a network node. Such as the UE of the request item 1, where the IE is a WLAN band indicator IE. Such as the UE of request item 2, where the indicator is a band60 indicator. Such as the UE in claim 2, where the IE is an element of a UE's Evolved Global Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA) Capability IE. Such as the UE in claim 1, where the IE is a UE Evolved Global Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA) Capability IE. For example, the UE in claim 1, wherein the roaming indicator is a WLAN 60GHz roaming indicator. Such as the UE of request item 1, wherein the indicator is a supported frequency band list indicator of an interactive radio access technology (IRAT) parameter IE. An evolved Node B (eNB), including: a baseband circuit, used to: identify a user equipment (UE) will use the enhanced long-term evolution technology (LTE)-wireless local area network (WLAN) aggregation (eLWA) related A 60 GHz band; identifying that the UE supports a first WLAN network that does not support the 60 GHz band Roaming between the road and a second WLAN network supporting the 60GHz frequency band; and generating information including an indicator that the UE will use the 60GHz frequency band; and a radio frequency (RF) circuit coupled to the baseband circuit, The RF circuit transmits the information to the UE. For example, the eNB of request item 8, wherein the indicator is an indicator of a measurement configuration and report information element (IE). Such as the eNB of claim 9, wherein the IE is a WLAN band indicator information element (IE), and the baseband circuit further identifies a measurement related to the 60 GHz band based on a measurement report received from the UE One instruction. For example, the eNB of item 10 of the request, where the indicator is a band60 indicator. For example, the eNB of request item 10, wherein the information includes an interactive radio access technology (IRAT) parameter IE related to the WLAN band indicator IE. Such as the eNB of claim 10, wherein the indication of the measurement includes a WLAN frequency band indicator. For example, the eNB of request item 8, wherein the information includes an indicator related to transmission parameters including a channel number, an operation type, and a country code related to the 60 GHz frequency band. Such as the eNB of claim 14, wherein the indicator related to the transmission parameters is an indication of a WLAN carrier information element (IE), a 60GHz channel number IE, a 60GHz channel IE, or a 60GHz carrier information IE symbol. For example, the eNB of claim 15, wherein the 60GHz channel number IE or the 60GHz channel IE is the 14th version (r14) IE. Such as the eNB of claim 8, wherein: the baseband circuit is configured to identify and support a 60 GHz (GHz) related to the enhanced long-term evolution technology (LTE)-wireless local area network (WLAN) aggregation (eLWA) ) Frequency band A mobile set of a WLAN access point (AP); and the RF circuit is configured to transmit information including an indicator of the mobile set to a user equipment (UE). For example, the eNB of the 17th patent application, wherein the indicator of the mobility set is an indicator of an LWA configuration information element (IE) or a WLAN mobility configuration IE. For example, the eNB of the 18th patent application, wherein the indicator of the mobile set is an indicator related to a release list or an addition list.

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