Patent ID: 9271290
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of managing carrier aggregation for a multi-radio access technology (RAT) wireless transmitter/receiver unit (WTRU), the method comprising: configuring, by the WTRU, a single radio resource control (RRC) connection associated to a first state machine for managing a first radio connection that uses a RAT of a first type; associating, by the WTRU, the single RRC connection to a second state machine that manages a second radio connection that uses a RAT of a second type; receiving, by the WTRU over a primary channel associated with the RAT of the first type, provisioning information for provisioning a supplementary channel associated with the RAT of the second type; configuring the supplementary channel associated with the RAT of the second type based on the received provisioning information; maintaining, by the WTRU with a network entity, a communication of information using the single RRC connection via both the first and second radio connections; and sending, by the WTRU, a notification over the single RRC connection on condition that the second state machine has changed state.