Patent ID: 9629026
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A communication system, comprising: a cellular base station; and a wireless local area network (WLAN) management apparatus configured to manage one or more WLAN access points, wherein the WLAN management apparatus is used for a cellular-WLAN aggregation in which data of a user terminal is transmitted and received using both a cellular communication and a WLAN communication while the user terminal maintains a radio resource control (RRC) connection with the cellular base station, a direct communication path bypassing a core network is established between the cellular base station and the WLAN management apparatus, the cellular base station is configured to use the direct communication path to transmit a request message to the WLAN management apparatus, the request message requesting an allocation of WLAN resources to be used by the user terminal for the cellular-WLAN aggregation, and the request message including: the cellular base station is further configured to use the direct communication path to receive an acknowledgement message from the WLAN management apparatus, the acknowledgement message indicating a positive acknowledgement of the request message, and the acknowledgement message including: