Method for transmitting information for LTE-WLAN aggregation system and a device therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting information for LTE-WLAN aggregation system, the method comprising: triggering, by a PDCP entity, a status report for indicating flow control information for a WLAN link; setting, by the PDCP entity, a value of a FMS field in the status report to a PDCP SN of a first missing PDCP SDU; setting, by the PDCP entity, a value of a HRW field in the status report to the value of the FMS field if no PDCP SDUs have been received on the WLAN link; and generating and transmitting, by the PDCP entity, the status report including the HRW field.
1. A method for a user equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
triggering, by a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity, a status report for a Wireless-Local Area Network (WLAN) link;
setting, by the PDCP entity, a value of a First Missing PDCP Sequence Number (FMS) field in the status report to a PDCP Sequence Number (SN) of a first missing PDCP Service Data Unit (SDU);
setting, by the PDCP entity, a Highest Received PDCP SN on WLAN (HRW) field in the status report,
wherein, when at least one PDCP SDU has been received on the WLAN link, the HRW field is set to a PDCP SN of a PDCP SDU, of the at least one PDCP SDU received on the WLAN link, with a highest PDCP COUNT value,
wherein the PDCP COUNT value is formed by concatenating a corresponding PDCP SDU hyperframe number (HFN) with a corresponding PDCP SN, and
wherein, when no PDCP SDUs have been received on the WLAN link, the HRW field is set to a value of the FMS field; and
transmitting, by the PDCP entity, the status report including the HRW field.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the UE is configured for using Long Term Evolution (LTE) link and the WLAN link simultaneously for data reception.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the PDCP SN of the first missing PDCP SDU is a PDCP SN of a last PDCP SDU delivered to an upper layer plus 1.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the status report is a LTE-WLAN Aggregation (LWA) status report.
5. A User Equipment (UE) for operating in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor operably coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
trigger a status report for a Wireless-Local Access Network (WLAN) link,
set a First Missing PDCP Sequence Number (FMS) field in the status report to a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) Sequence Number (SN) of a first missing PDCP Service Data Unit (SDU),
set a Highest Received PDCP SN on WLAN (HRW) field in the status report,
wherein, when at least one PDCP SDU has been received on the WLAN link, the HRW field is set to a PDCP SN of a PDCP SDU, of the at least one PDCP SDU received on the WLAN link, with a highest PDCP COUNT value, and
wherein, when no PDCP SDUs have been received on the WLAN link, the HRW field is set to a value of the FMS field;
wherein the PDCP COUNT value is formed by concatenating a corresponding PDCP SDU hyperframe number (HFN) with a corresponding PDCP SN, and
transmit the status report including the HRW field.
6. The method of claim 1 , where the at least one PDCP SDU comprises at least two PDCP SDUs.
7. The UE of claim 5 , where the at least one PDCP SDU comprises at least two PDCP SDUs.