SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR INTERWORKING BETWEEN A UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (UMTS) NETWORK AND A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN)

摘要

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems, devices, and methods for interworking between a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) network and a wireless local area network (WLAN). Various embodiments may include utilizing traffic steering rules based on radio access network assistance parameters to perform traffic steering between the UMTS network and the WLAN. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.

主权项

1. An apparatus to be employed by a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:
a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) radio to communicate via a universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN); a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio to communicate via a WLAN; and control circuitry coupled with the UMTS radio and the WLAN radio, the control circuitry to:
receive, in a broadcast system information block, a UTRAN mobility information message dedicated to the UE, or a cell update confirm message dedicated to the UE, radio access network (RAN) parameter information including one or more thresholds for traffic steering between the UTRAN and the WLAN; andsteer traffic between the UMTS radio and the WLAN radio based on the thresholds.