ENHANCED LOCAL ACCESS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

摘要

A hybrid user equipment and advanced user equipment data offloading architecture is provided. In this hybrid architecture, the advanced user equipment includes a backhaul link to a telecommunication network and/or the Internet. The user equipment can send and receive data through the advanced user equipment using the backhaul link.

主权项

1. An advanced user equipment for offloading data traffic in a cellular telecommunications system, comprising:
a-macro-base-station-to-the-advanced-user-equipment (Macro2D) communication section configured to receive a first control-plane message from a base station over a wireless Macro2D communication link; a user-equipment-to-the-advanced-user-equipment (D2D) communication section configured to transmit user-plane data to a user equipment over a wireless D2D communication link established responsive to the first control-plane message; and a backhaul communication section configured to receive the user-plane traffic data from a server over a backhaul link.