United States Patent 9,949,189
Reddiboyana , et al. April 17, 2018
Systems and methods for establishing and maintaining multiple cellular connections and/or interfaces
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing multiple connections or interfaces at the same time may be disclosed herein. For example, in an embodiment, a first RRC connection may be established between a wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU) or user equipment (UE) and network node such as an eNB and a second RRC connection may be established between the WTRU or UE and the network node such as the eNB or another network node such as another eNB. The first RRC connection and the second RRC connections may then be maintained in parallel (e.g. at the same time).
Inventors:
Reddiboyana; Murali (Bangalore, IN), Tomici; John L. (Southold, NY), Chitrapu; Prabhakar R. (Blue Bell, PA), Reznik; Alexander (Titusville, NJ)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
Reddiboyana; Murali
Tomici; John L.
Chitrapu; Prabhakar R.
Reznik; Alexander
Bangalore
Southold
Blue Bell
Titusville
N/A
NY
PA
NJ
IN
US
US
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003240079
Appl. No.:
14/232,195
Filed:
July 11, 2012
PCT Filed:
July 11, 2012
PCT No.:
PCT/US2012/046283
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
April 02, 2014
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2013/009892
PCT Pub. Date:
January 17, 2013
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20140219248 A1 Aug 7, 2014
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61506635 Jul 11, 2011
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 36/14 (20130101); H04W 76/15 (20180201); H04W 76/22 (20180201); H04W 36/0027 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 36/14 (20090101); H04W 36/00 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/235,331,335,390 ;455/404.1,502
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