Patent ID: 8547932
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a bridging interface; and first radio resource control logic comprising a first proxy, wherein the first proxy is operable to commutatively couple to a second proxy via the bridging interface, wherein the first proxy is operable to support handover between different radio access technologies; wherein the first proxy is part of a radio resource control (RRC) layer and the second proxy is part of an RRC layer associated with a radio access technology (RAT) different than that of the first RRC layer and wherein the first proxy and the second proxy provide logical peering for inter-RAT operations by identifying messages, transferring messages, transferring context, and triggering inter-RAT procedures including performing measurement in measurement gaps; and wherein the first proxy is operable to transfer a handover message to the second proxy if the handover message is to cause a handover to a RAT supported by the second proxy, wherein the second proxy decodes parameters in the handover message and configures network layers based at least in part on the parameters.