Patent ID: 9629049
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A user equipment comprising: a first communication unit configured to perform a first communication with a base station provided in a cellular communication network; a second communication unit configured to perform a second communication with an access point provided in a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network); and a controller configured to perform a cellular/WLAN interworking to perform a switch between the first communication and the second communication; wherein the controller is further configured to perform the switch between the first communication and the second communication based on a RAN (Radio Access Network) assistance parameter provided from the cellular communication network, and the controller is further configured to determine, after an elapse of a predetermined time from an event that all of the first communication was switched to the second communication based on a first RAN assistance parameter provided as the RAN assistance parameter, whether to perform a switch from the second communication to the first communication based on a second RAN assistance parameter newly provided as the RAN assistance parameter.