An apparatus including: at least one processor, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processor, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least: conduct a processing related to set up a spectrum cooperation relationship in which a spectrum used for communication by a second communication network is allowed to be shared by at least one access network element of a first communication network, receive and process control information indicating an establishment of a spectrum cooperation relationship between the first communication network and the second communication network, and establish, on the basis of the control information, a communication connection path to the second communication network wherein the at least one access network element of the first communication network acts as a communication element of the second communication network.

A cellular base station is configured to execute functions of: a plurality of packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entities corresponding to a plurality of bearers used in performing a communication with a user terminal in which the user terminal is configured to utilize radio resources of the cellular base station and a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point; and a specific entity that provides a PDCP packet with a header including a bearer identifier to generate a specific packet, the PDCP packet generated by each of the plurality of PDCP entities. The bearer identifier is for identifying a bearer to which the specific packet belongs, from the plurality of bearers. The specific entity transmits the specific packet to the user terminal via the WLAN access point.

An arrangement for a wireless communication device is disclosed. The arrangement is adapted to set up an application connection between an application of an application layer of the device and a remote server. The device comprises a modem subsystem (comprising the application layer, a remote socket client and a remote socket API between the application layer and the remote socket client), an application processor (comprising a remote socket server and an IP stack, wherein the application processor is associated with a wireless communication access unit and the IP stack is adapted to connect to a communication network using the access unit), and a remote socket protocol communication channel between the remote socket client and the remote socket server. The application is adapted to send an application connection setup request to the remote socket client via the remote socket API. The remote socket client, the remote socket server and the remote socket protocol communication channel are collectively adapted to use a remote socket protocol to set up a remote socket connection between the remote socket client and the remote server via the remote socket server and via the IP stack, using the remote socket protocol communication channel and the wireless communication access unit, and to establish the application connection based on the remote socket connection. The remote socket client is further adapted to (in response to the application connection being established) send an application connection setup response to the application via the remote socket API.

A method and apparatus for configuring radio bearers in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives a configuration from a evolved NodeB (eNB) controlling a first cell, configures a first type of radio bearers for the first cell only, and configures a second type of radio bearers for both the first cell and a second cell. The first cell is a cell using resources on a licensed carrier. The second cell is a cell using resources on an unlicensed carrier.

A wireless communications system includes a base station configured to control a second wireless communication different from a first wireless communication by a control unit configured to control the first wireless communication; and a mobile station configured to be capable of performing data transmission between the mobile station and the base station, using one of the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication. When data is transmitted between the base station and the mobile station using the second wireless communication, a sender station among the base station and the mobile station performs transmission control of using an identifier of a bearer of the data transmitted to a receiver station among the base station and the mobile station and using correspondence information of the identifier and an access category that is QoS information in the second wireless communication to identify the access category of the data and transmit the data.

Embodiments presented in this disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses (such as Access Points (AP's), evolved NodeB's (eNB's), etc.) for use in aggregation, or integration, between a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) and a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). In one embodiment, an eNB decides that an aggregation between the WWAN and the WLAN is to be performed for at least one bearer of one or more bearers associated with a specific UE. Next, the eNB identifies which one(s) of the at least one bearer of the specific UE that is/are to be aggregated between the WWAN and the WLAN. Also, the eNB schedules each one of the at least one bearer identified to be aggregated between the WWAN and the WLAN.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system obtains an indication of user equipment demand associated with mobile devices wirelessly communicating with a first access point using a first radio access technology and a second access point using a second radio access technology; the devices include dual connectivity mobile devices. The first access point shares a total amount of radio frequency spectrum with the second access point. The method also includes determining, based on the indication of user equipment demand, a first split between the first access point and the second access point of the total amount of the radio frequency spectrum; and determining, based on the first split, a second split between the first access point and the second access point of an internet protocol (IP) traffic flow. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Disclosed herein are techniques to provide an indication of bandwidth to establish a TxOP using channel bonding. An information element may be generated to include an RTS frame or a CTS frame and an indication of bandwidth in a parity portion of the information element. The indication of bandwidth may be included by using 16 bits of the parity bits of parity bytes for a PHY header of the information element.

Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method for link aggregation are generally described herein. An aggregated link for multiple channels may be established. The link may be aggregated at an upper medium access control (MAC) entity, which may communicate with multiple lower MAC entities for the channels. The upper MAC entity may assign packet numbers (PNs) to a sequence of MAC service data units (MSDUs) for the aggregated link and may allocate the MSDUs to the channels. The PNs may enable reordering at a receiving entity. The lower MAC entities may assign sequence numbers (SNs) to MAC protocol data units (MPDUs). The SNs may enable acknowledgement at a receiving entity. The MPDUs may include the SNs and the corresponding PNs.

Provided are a method for performing cell reselection procedure in a wireless communication system and an apparatus supporting the same. A user equipment (UE) receives an information of a multicast-broadcast single-frequency network (MBSFN)-dedicated frequency; adjusts priority information on candidate frequencies such that the MBSFN-dedicated frequency has a lowest priority among the candidate frequencies on which the UE is allowed to camp; and performs cell reselection based on the adjusted priority information.