Patent ID: 9572087
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A user terminal, comprising: a controller containing at least one processor and at least one memory, and configured to execute an specific operation in which the user terminal communicates data using a wireless local area network (WLAN) while the user terminal has a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a cellular base station, wherein the controller is further configured to execute processes of: receiving a WLAN measurement configuration from the cellular base station, the WLAN measurement configuration including WLAN identifiers; measuring WLAN received signal strengths for WLANs based on the WLAN measurement configuration; prioritizing the WLANs based on the WLAN received signal strengths; transmitting a report including a prioritized list of WLAN identifiers of the WLANs in order of priority, to the cellular base station; and after transmitting the report, receiving a configuration, based on said report, to perform the specific operation from the cellular base station.