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Granted Patent B2
US 9,392,535 · App. 14/232,221 · Granted Jul 12, 2016

Method for performing a cooperative operation between heterogeneous networks and device for same

Inventors: Youngsoo Yuk (Anyang-si, KR); Jinsam Kwak (Anyang-si, KR); Eunjong Lee (Anyang-si, KR); Heejeong Cho (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W48/16H04W56/00
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Patent No.
US 9,392,535
App. No.
14/232,221
Granted
Jul 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for performing a cooperative operation between heterogeneous networks and a device for same. A method for a first type base station to perform a cooperative operation between heterogeneous networks in a wireless communication system includes receiving a downlink synchronization channel from at least one second type base station; obtaining an identifier (ID) of the second type base station by using the received downlink synchronization channel; and transmitting at least one of a channel number and a bandwidth of a center frequency of the first type base station and the cell ID of the second type base station to a server. The first type base station and the second type base station use different wireless communication methods or wireless access methods.

Claims (21)

1. A method of detecting a base station by a user equipment in a wireless communication system that performs a cooperative operation between heterogeneous networks, the method comprising:

receiving, from a second type base station, information related to at least one first type base station to be measured;

measuring the at least one first type base station based on the information related to the at least one first type base station;

transmitting, to the second type base station, a measurement report in accordance with the measuring;

receiving a command from the second type base station, the command instructing the user equipment to transmit uplink data to a first type base station of the at least one first type base station, the command being triggered based upon a load condition of the second type base station,

wherein the first type base station and the second type base station use different wireless communication schemes from each other; and

transmitting the uplink data to the first type base station according to the command while maintaining access with the first type base station and the second type base station, and

wherein the user equipment supports both a first wireless communication scheme used by the first type base station and a second wireless communication scheme used by the second base station.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

performing association procedures with the first type base station.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information related to at least one first type base station comprise at least one identifier (ID) of the at least one first type base station.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first type base station is a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP), and the second type base station is a cellular base station.

5. A user equipment in a wireless communication system that performs a cooperative operation between heterogeneous networks, the user equipment comprising:

a receiver configured to receive, from a second type base station, information related to at least one first type base station to be measured;

a processor configured to measure the at least one first type base station based on the information related to the at least one first type base station;

a transmitter configured to transmit, to the second type base station, a measurement report in accordance with the measuring; and

wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a command from the second type base station, the command instructing the user equipment to transmit uplink data to a first type base station of the at least one first type base station, the command being triggered based upon a load condition of the second type base station,

wherein the first type base station and the second type base station use different wireless communication schemes from each other; and

wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit the uplink data to the first type base station according to the command while maintaining access with the first type base station and the second type base station, and

wherein the user equipment supports both a first wireless communication scheme used by the first type base station and a second wireless communication scheme used by the second base station.

6. The user equipment according to claim 5 , wherein the first type base station is a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP), and the second type base station is a cellular base station.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2014
From: YUK, YOUNGSOO; KWAK, JINSAM; LEE, EUNJONG; CHO, HEEJEONG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 031944/0792 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61506656 · Jul 12, 2011
Related Publication 20140141779A1 · May 22, 2014