Patent ID: 8817623
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A Multi-Radio Access Technology (RAT) Carrier Aggregation (MRCA) module comprising: a control signaling module in an NodeB that includes a wireless wide area network (WWAN) radio integrated with a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio, wherein the control signaling module is configured to communicate WWAN control signaling and WLAN control signaling from the NodeB via a WWAN radio connection of the wireless device, wherein the control signaling module is configured to send control plane messages via radio resource control (RRC) signaling between the eNodeB containing the MCRA module and a wireless device containing the MRCA module via the WWAN radio connection between the eNodeB and the wireless device; and a WLAN interface module configured to interface between the WWAN radio and the WLAN radio in the NodeB to communicate the control signaling communicated via the WWAN radio connection with the WLAN radio.