WIRELESS ACCESS NODE AND METHOD FOR SIGNALING AGGREGATION OF A PLURALITY OF UE DEVICES THROUGH A HUB UE DEVICE

摘要

A wireless communication network aggregates wireless network control signaling through a hub User Equipment (UE) using Carrier Aggregation (CA). The wireless access node selects the hub UE and directs the hub UE to aggregate the wireless network control signaling for other UEs by using CA traffic channels with the wireless access node. The hub UE exchanges the wireless network control signaling with the other UEs over wireless links. The hub UE aggregates the wireless network control signaling. The hub UE and the wireless access node exchange the aggregated wireless network control signaling over the CA traffic channels.

主权项

1. A method of operating a wireless communication network to aggregate wireless network control signaling through hub User Equipment (UE) using Carrier Aggregation (CA), the method comprising:
a wireless access node selecting the hub UE to aggregate the wireless network control signaling for other UEs using CA; the wireless access node directing the hub UE to aggregate the wireless network control signaling for the other UEs by using CA traffic channels with the wireless access node; the hub UE exchanging the wireless network control signaling with the other UEs over wireless links and aggregating the wireless network control signaling; the hub UE exchanging the aggregated wireless network control signaling with the wireless access node over the CA traffic channels; and the wireless access node exchanging the aggregated wireless network control signaling with the hub UE over the CA traffic channels.