Patent ID: 9706462
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. User equipment capable of communicating with a single radio controller (SRC) via a first communications network and also with a second communications network, comprising: a processor, configured to establish a first connection with the single radio controller (SRC) by using the first communications network; and a transceiver circuit, configured to send first non-access stratum (NAS) signaling or Layer 3 signaling of the second communications network to the SRC by using the first connection, or receive other NAS signaling or Layer 3 signaling of the second communications network from the SRC by using the first connection, wherein the first communications network and the second communications network use different radio access technologies (RATs), the SRC is configured to manage radio resources of the first communications network and the second communications network, and the second communications network responds to management by the SRC in addition to the first NAS signaling received from the transceiver circuit.