Apparatus, system and method of communicating non-cellular access network information over a cellular network
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating non-cellular access network information via a cellular network. For example, an Evolved Node B (eNB) may include a radio to transmit a control message over a cellular communication medium, the control message including access network information of at least one non-cellular network within a coverage area of the eNB.
1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:
a wireless receiver to receive, in a radio transmission of an evolved NodeB (eNB) of a long term evolution (LTE) network, a message that includes a system information block (SIB) that includes access network information related to a wireless local area network (WLAN), wherein the access network information includes a service set identifier (SSID) of an access point (AP) of the WLAN or a basic SSID (BSSID) of the AP, the access network information includes security information related to a secure connection of the WLAN; and
a controller coupled with the wireless receiver, the controller to identify, based on the message, that the UE is to connect to the WLAN AP.
2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the message is a radio resource control (RRC) message.
3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the wireless receiver is to receive the message when the UE is in an idle mode.
4. The UE of claim 1 , further comprising a wireless transmitter coupled with the controller, the wireless transmitter to transmit an access request to the WLAN AP based on the access network information.
5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the access network information includes information related to a security mode of the WLAN or security credentials of the WLAN.
6. An evolved NodeB (eNB) comprising:
a controller to identify access network information of a wireless local area network (WLAN) that includes a service set identifier (SSID) of an access point (AP) of the WLAN or a basic SSID (BSSID) of the AP, the access network information includes security information related to a secure connection of the WLAN; and
a wireless transmitter coupled with the controller, the wireless transmitter to transmit a message that includes a system information block (SIB) that includes the access network information.
7. The eNB of claim 6 , wherein the wireless transmitter is to transmit the message to a user equipment (UE) when the UE is in an idle mode.
8. The eNB of claim 7 , wherein the message includes an identifier of the UE.
9. The eNB of claim 6 , wherein the access network information includes information related to a security mode of the WLAN or security credentials of the WLAN.
10. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions to cause a user equipment (UE), upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of the UE, to:
identify, from a radio transmission of an evolved NodeB (eNB) of a long term evolution (LTE) network, a system information block (SIB) that includes access network information of a wireless local area network (WLAN), wherein the access network information includes a service set identifier (SSID) of an access point (AP) of the WLAN or a basic SSID (BSSID) of the AP, the access network information includes security information related to a secure connection of the WLAN; and
identify, based on the SIB, that the UE is to connect to the WLAN.
11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the radio transmission is a broadcast transmission of the eNB.
12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the instructions are further to facilitate transmission of an access request to the WLAN AP based on the access network information.
13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the access network information includes information related to a security mode of the WLAN or security credentials of the WLAN.
14. A method comprising:
generating, by an evolved NodeB (eNB), a radio resource control (RRC) message that includes a system information block (SIB) that includes access network information of a wireless local area network (WLAN), wherein the access network information includes a service set identifier (SSID) of an access point (AP) of the WLAN or a basic SSID (BSSID) of the AP, the access network information includes security information related to a secure connection of the WLAN; and
transmitting, by the eNB, the RRC message in a wireless signal of a long term evolution (LTE) network.
15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising transmitting, by the eNB, the RRC message to a user equipment (UE) when the UE is in an idle mode.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the RRC message includes an identifier of the UE.
17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the access network information includes information related to a security mode of the WLAN or security credentials of the WLAN.
18. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions to cause an evolved NodeB (eNB), upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of the eNB, to:
generate a radio resource control (RRC) message that includes a system information block (SIB) that includes access network information of a wireless local area network (WLAN), wherein the access network information includes a service set identifier (SSID) of an access point (AP) of the WLAN or a basic SSID (BSSID) of the AP, the access network information includes security information related to a secure connection of the WLAN; and
facilitate transmission of the RRC message in a wireless signal of a long term evolution (LTE) network.
19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are further to transmit the RRC message to a user equipment (UE) when the UE is in an idle mode.
20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 19 , wherein the RRC message includes an identifier of the UE.
21. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18 , wherein the access network information includes security information related to a security mode of the WLAN or security credentials of the WLAN.
22. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18 , wherein the transmission is a broadcast transmission.