METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE CONNECTIONS

摘要

Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate supporting multiple connections associated with a wireless terminal. Notifications may be provided to a primary base station upon establishment and/or removal of connections between the wireless terminal and secondary base station(s). Additionally, the multiple connections may be evaluated and a preferred connection from the set of multiple connections may be utilized to transfer data to the wireless terminal over a downlink connection.

主权项

1. A base station that facilitates routing packets for downlink transfer to a wireless terminal, the base station comprising:
a processor; memory in electronic communication with the processor; and instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to:
receive the packets from a core network;forward the packets to the wireless terminal;receive a secondary link notification message indicating that the wireless terminal has a connection with a secondary base station;replicate the packets; andforward the replicated packets to the secondary base station.