Patent ID: 9713129
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A user equipment (UE) device, comprising: a radio transceiver to provide an LTE (Long Term Evolution interface for communicating with an anchor eNB (evolved Node B) or a booster eNB; a radio transceiver to provide a mmWave (millimeter wave) interface for communicating with the booster eNB in either a control mode or a beam forming mode that establishes a beam forming link between the UE and the booster eNB; processing circuitry to: transmit and receive control plane data over the LTE interface; transmit and receive user plane data over the mmWave interface in the beam forming mode; and, when the beam forming link between the UE and the booster eNB is interrupted, transmit uplink user plane data over the LTE interface along with an indication of the interruption of the beam forming link to trigger one or more support functions by the booster eNB or anchor eNB for enabling the UE to regain the beam forming link.