Patent ID: 9295092
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of multi radio access technology (multiRAT) communication, the method comprising: receiving, at a multi radio access technology layer (MRL) entity via a first physical (PHY) layer type, a first medium access control (MAC) data packet of a first protocol type, selecting the second protocol type based on at least one MRL protocol identifier (ID); encapsulating, at the MRL entity, the first MAC data packet of the first protocol type in a second MAC data packet of the second protocol type, wherein the first protocol type and the second protocol type are not a same protocol type; and transmitting, from the MRL entity via a second PHY layer type, the second MAC data packet of the second protocol type, wherein the first PHY layer type and the second PHY layer type are not a same PHY layer; wherein further receiving, at the MRL entity via the first PHY layer type, a first acknowledgement frame associated with the first protocol type.