Method of supporting signal transmission and reception using at least two radio access technologies and apparatus therefor
A method of supporting communication using two or more heterogeneous radio access technologies (RAT) comprises: receiving a setup message providing instructions for access to a second base station in a second communication network supporting the second RAT from a first base station in a first communication network supporting a first RAT; and attempting to access the second base station. At this time, when the terminal successfully accesses the second base station, specific traffic type data are transmitted and received through the second base station, and data other than the specific traffic type can be transmitted and received through the first base station.
1. A method of supporting signal transmission and reception using two or more radio access technologies (RATs), which is performed by a user equipment, the method comprising:
receiving a RRCconnectionReconfiguration message from an eNode B, the RRCconnectionReconfiguration message initiating the user equipment to perform WLAN measurements;
performing the WLAN measurements according to the RRCconnectionReconfiguration message;
transmitting a measurement report to the eNode B when a predefined measurement report trigger condition is satisfied;
receiving, from the eNode B, a first message, the first message including:
an added data radio bearer identity (added DRB ID); and
information regarding at least one access point (AP),
wherein the at least one AP is configured by the eNode B based on the measurement report, and
wherein the added DRB ID is configured dedicatedly for data communication with the at least one AP; and
transmitting first data associated with the added DRB ID to an AP of the at least one AP and second data associated with a DRB ID different than the added DRB ID to the eNode B.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
performing an association with the AP.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first message comprises action time information indicating a time of communicating with the AP and wherein the user equipment begins to transceive data with the AP on a time indicated by the action time information.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second message comprises an address value assigned to the user equipment by the AP.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predefined measurement report trigger condition is satisfied when a WLAN measurement result is better than a threshold.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first message further comprises unit information indicating a unit of data to be switched to the AP.
7. A user equipment supporting signal transmission and reception using two or more radio access technologies (RATs), the user equipment comprising:
a communication unit; and
a processor that:
controls the communication unit to receive a RRCconnectionReconfiguration message, from an eNode B, the RRCconnectionReconfiguration initiating the user equipment to perform WLAN measurements;
performs the WLAN measurements according to the RRCconnectionReconfiguration message;
controls the communication unit to transmit a measurement report to the eNode B when a predefined measurement report trigger condition is satisfied; and
controls the communication unit to receive, from the eNode B, a first message, the first message including:
an added data radio bearer identity (added DRB ID), and
information regarding at least one access point (AP),
wherein the at least one AP is configured by the eNode B based on the measurement report,
wherein the added DRB ID is configured dedicatedly for data communication with the at least one AP, and
wherein the processor further controls the communication unit to simultaneously transmit first data associated with the added DRB ID to an AP of the at least one AP and second data associated with a DRB ID different than the added DRB ID to the eNode B.
8. The user equipment of claim 7 , wherein the processor further performs an association with the AP.
9. The user equipment of claim 7 , wherein the first message comprises action time information indicating a time of communicating with the AP and wherein the user equipment begins to transceive data with the AP at a time indicated by the action time information.
10. The user equipment of claim 7 , wherein the second message comprises an address value assigned to the user equipment by the AP.
11. The user equipment of claim 7 , wherein the predefined measurement report trigger condition is satisfied when a WLAN measurement result is better than a threshold.
12. The user equipment of claim 7 , wherein the first message further comprises unit information indicating a unit of data to be switched to the AP.