Patent ID: 9474067
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of managing uplink transmissions of a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: communicating with an evolved NodeB (eNB) over a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) wireless link using a first radio of the UE; communicating with a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point over a WLAN wireless link using a second radio of the UE; scheduling at the UE a first portion of uplink data from an aggregating layer of the UE for transmission over the WLAN wireless link during a scheduling window, the scheduling based at least in part on availability of access to the LTE wireless link, and wherein the scheduling comprises: transmitting the first portion of the uplink data over the WLAN wireless link during the scheduling window according to an aggregation of the LTE wireless link with the WLAN wireless link, wherein the aggregation of the LTE wireless link with the WLAN wireless link comprises transmitting the uplink data from the aggregating layer of the UE over the LTE wireless link and the WLAN wireless link.