Method of supporting communication using two or more radio access technologies and apparatus for same
A method of supporting communication using two or more heterogeneous radio access technologies (RAT) may include receiving, from a first communication network supporting a first RAT, a first message requesting notification as to whether access to a second communication network that simultaneously support the first communication network and a second RAT is supported; transmitting, to the base station in the first communication network, a second message including an indicator indicating whether to support simultaneous access to the first and second communication networks in response to the first message; and receiving a trigger condition for reporting a measurement result for the second communication network from the base station in the first communication network, when the indicator indicates that the terminal is able to access the first and second communication networks.
1. A method for transmitting a measurement report by a user equipment in a wireless communication system supporting first and second Radio Access Technologies (RATs), comprising:
receiving, by the user equipment from a first type of base station supporting the first RAT, a first message comprising identification information of a second type of base station to be measured and information of at least one trigger condition of an inter-RAT measurement report, wherein the second type of base station supports the second RAT; and
transmitting, by the user equipment to the first type of base station, a second message, the second message comprising a measurement result when the at least one trigger condition of the inter-RAT measurement report is satisfied.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one trigger condition of the inter-RAT measurement report comprises at least one of the following:
i) a measured channel quality of the second type of base station becomes better than a threshold,
ii) a measured channel quality of the first type of base station becomes worse than the threshold, or
iii) the measured channel quality of the first type of base station becomes worse than a first threshold and the measured channel quality of the second type of base station becomes better than a second threshold.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification information of the second type of base station comprises a SSID (Service Set ID) of the second type of base station.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the user equipment from the first type of base station, a third message, the third message instructing the user equipment to access the second type of base station.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information of the at least one trigger condition of the inter-RAT measurement report corresponds to UE-specific information.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the user equipment from the first type of base station, request message requesting capability information of the user equipment, the capability information indicating whether the user equipment can support both the first RAT and the second RAT;
transmitting, by the user equipment to the first type of base station, a response message, the response message comprising the capability information.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first type of base station belongs to a cellular network and the second type of base station belongs to a wireless local area network (WLAN).
8. A method of receiving a measurement report by a first type of base station supporting a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, by the first type of base station to a user equipment, a first message comprising identification information of a second type of base station to be measured and information of at least one trigger condition of an inter-RAT measurement report, wherein the second type of base station supports the second RAT;
receiving, by the first type of base station from the user equipment, a second message, the second message comprising a measurement result when the at least one trigger condition of the inter-RAT measurement report is satisfied.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least one trigger condition of the inter-RAT measurement report comprises at least one of the following:
i) a measured channel quality of the second type of base station becomes better than a threshold,
ii) a measured channel quality of the first type of base station becomes worse than the threshold, or
iii) the measured channel quality of the first type of base station becomes worse than a first threshold and the measured channel quality of the second type of base station becomes better than a second threshold.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first type of base station belongs to a cellular network and the second type of base station belongs to a wireless local area network (WLAN).
11. A user equipment for transmitting a measurement report in a wireless communication system supporting first and second Radio Access Technologies (RATs), the user equipment comprising:
a receiver;
a transmitter; and
a processor that controls:
the receiver to receive, from a first type of base station supporting the first RAT, a first message comprising identification information of a second base station to be measured and information of at least one trigger condition of an inter-RAT measurement report, wherein the second type of base station supports the second RAT; and
the transmitter to transmit, to the first type of base station, a second message, the second message comprising a measurement result when the at least one trigger condition of the inter-RAT measurement report is satisfied.
12. The user equipment of claim 11 , wherein the at least one trigger condition of the inter-RAT measurement report comprises at least one of the following:
i) a measured channel quality of the second type of base station becomes better than a threshold,
ii) a measured channel quality of the first type of base station becomes worse than the threshold, or
iii) the measured channel quality of the first type of base station becomes worse than a first threshold and the measured channel quality of the second type of base station becomes better than a second threshold.
13. The user equipment of claim 11 , wherein the first type of base station belongs to a cellular network and the second type of base station belongs to a wireless local area network (WLAN).
14. A first type of base station supporting a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) for receiving a measurement report in a wireless communication system, the first type of base station comprising:
a transmitter;
a receiver; and
a processor that controls:
the transmitter to transmit, to a user equipment, a first message comprising identification information of a second type of base station to be measured and information of at least one trigger condition of an inter-RAT measurement report, wherein the second type of base station supports the second RAT; and
the receiver to receive, from the user equipment, a second message, the second message comprising a measurement result when the at least one trigger condition of the inter-RAT measurement report is satisfied.
15. The first type of base station of claim 14 , wherein the at least one trigger condition of the inter-RAT measurement report comprises at least one of the following:
i) a measured channel quality of the second type of base station becomes better than a threshold,
ii) a measured channel quality of the first type of base station becomes worse than the threshold, or
iii) the measured channel quality of the first type of base station becomes worse than a first threshold and the measured channel quality of the second type of base station becomes better than a second threshold.
16. The first type of base station of claim 14 , wherein the first type of base station belongs to a cellular network and the second type of base station belongs to a wireless local area network (WLAN).