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Mechanisms to converge the Wi-Fi access network with the 5G NR access network within the radio access network

US12058555B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Qian Li · Lo Wu, CN
Binita Gupta · San Diego, US
Carlos Cordeiro · Portland, US
Puneet Jain · Hillsboro, US
Necati Canpolat · Beaverton, US
Sangeetha L. Bangolae · Beaverton, US
Youn Hyoung Heo · Seoul, KR
Alexander Sirotkin · Nahf, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 29, 2020
Grant date	Aug 6, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 30, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W84/12
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for mechanisms to converge the Wi-Fi access network with the 5G New Radio (NR) access network within the radio access network. Some embodiments are direct to a base station (BS) apparatus. The BS apparatus can include at least a cellular distributed unit (DU); a cellular central unit Communicating with a 5G core network (5GC) via a (CU), coupled to the cellular DU; a wireless local area network (WLAN) CU, coupled to a WLAN DU; and the WLAN CU, coupled to the cellular CU.

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