CN104822160B

CN104822160B - Method and apparatus for being communicated in no license radio frequency band by mobile wireless device

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Publication number: CN104822160B
Application number: CN201510053667.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 梁华瑞; T·塔贝特; F·贝尔霍尔; 张大伟
Original assignee: Apple Computer Inc
Current assignee: Apple Inc
Priority date: 2014-02-03
Filing date: 2015-02-02
Publication date: 2018-09-21
Anticipated expiration: 2035-02-02
Also published as: DE102015201432B4; DE102015201432A1; CN104822160A

Abstract

The invention discloses the method and apparatus communicated in no license radio frequency band by mobile wireless device.Manage the equipment to the method for radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band used include by the equipment obtain for the equipment have license radio frequency band and without between license radio frequency band one or more ambulant ANDSF strategy；Obtain one or more ANDSF strategies for unloading the traffic between the radio-frequency channel without license radio frequency band in the radio-frequency channel for having license radio frequency band；Monitor the radio frequency interference level of at least one radio-frequency channel for no license radio frequency band；Obtain the load information of at least one radio-frequency channel for no license radio frequency band；With when radio frequency interference level and load information show that at least one radio-frequency channel of no license radio frequency band can be used for according to being unloaded for unloading one or more ANDSF strategies of the traffic, by least part data communication traffic from least one radio-frequency channel for thering is the radio-frequency channel of license radio frequency band to be transferred to no license radio frequency band.

Description

Method and apparatus for being communicated in no license radio frequency band by mobile wireless device

Technical field

Described embodiment relates generally to wirelessly communicate, and more particularly to (1) is used to have license and nothing to hold Unloading according to the mobile wireless device operated in radio frequency band and the method and apparatus for reselecting strategy and rule, (2) are used for The method and apparatus that the time-division of the mobile wireless device operated in having license and combination without license radio frequency band coexists, and (3) for using there is the mobile wireless device of carrier wave polymerization that license and group without license radio frequency band close to believe in a frequency Trace gather be fated it is middle progress frequency hopping (frequency hopping) method and apparatus.

Background technology

Forth generation (4G) cellular network is rapidly developed and disposed in U.S. domestic and foreign countries, uses implementation the 3rd For the newer radio access technologies system of partner program (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) and advanced LTE (LTE-A) standard System.LTE-A standards include for polymerizeing multiple component carriers (CC) to meet the pattern of the bandwidth requirement of multicarrier system, institute Multicarrier system accumulation is stated to realize for the previous impossible data rate of LTE versions institute.Wireless telecom equipment can be with Including can configure radio frequency (RF) circuit, multiple groups can be utilized in single radio frequency band and/or in multiple radio frequency bands Radio communication is transmitted and/or received at carrier wave.As wireless network encounters the Internet traffic, (for example video traffic load, web are clear Look at the traffic and other data traffics that can be carried by internet) exponential growth, starting exploitation can support The new wireless communication protocol of broader bandwidth, the radio-frequency band of bigger and higher data throughout.In view of The cost of communication aspects is carried out by cellular radio and/or data traffic limits, and user is more uncommon in the conceived case Hope that the WLAN provided by " free " WLAN (WLAN), the WLAN based on order and/or operator is communicated. WLAN is generally operated in no license radio frequency band therein, and currently there is no operations for honeycomb wireless telecommunication equipment wherein, but It is to have had begun to attempt by currently being occupied by WLAN without being used for increase using radio-frequency channel in license radio frequency band The standardization effort of the bandwidth of honeycomb transmission and exploration.For especially, using 5GHz radio frequency bands as target to polymerize in carrier wave Subcarrier LTE tradition is provided under pattern.

Accordingly, it is desirable to provide for having license radio frequency band, without license radio frequency band and having license and penetrated without license The unloading of the mobile wireless device operated in the combination of frequent band and the solution for reselecting strategy and regular method and apparatus Scheme.In this respect, beneficial way, which will be management, makes secondary component carrier using the wireless telecom equipment of carrier wave polymerization With to include the ability also communicated in no license radio frequency band other than having license radio frequency band.

In addition it is also required to provide for having license radio frequency band, without license radio frequency band and having license and penetrated without license The mobile wireless device operated in the combination of frequent band carries out the solution of the shared method and apparatus of time-based radio-frequency channel Scheme.In this respect, beneficial way, which will be management, makes secondary component carrier using the wireless telecom equipment of carrier wave polymerization With to include the ability also communicated in no license radio frequency band other than having license radio frequency band.

In addition it is also required to provide for utilizing the carrier wave converging operation for thering is license and group without license radio frequency band to close Mobile wireless device carried out in a frequency channels set in no license radio frequency band radio frequency band frequency hopping method and The solution of device.In this respect, beneficial way will be that management uses the wireless telecom equipment of carrier wave polymerization for secondary group At the use of carrier set, to include also being communicated in no license radio frequency band other than having license radio frequency band Ability, while ensuring that mutual interference makes the non-cellular wireless telecom equipment operated in identical no license radio frequency band have Communication opportunity, without by interfering from the cellular wireless devices using the frequency channels in no license radio frequency band.

Invention content

The present invention is described for having license radio frequency band, without license radio frequency band and having license and without license radio frequency The unloading of the mobile wireless device operated in the combination of frequency band and the device and method for reselecting strategy and rule.Radio honeycomb Network equipment (such as the individual or base station combined with additional wireless network equipment, it is also referred to as enhanced NodeB Or eNodeB) the one or more wireless telecom equipments polymerizeing using carrier wave can be managed for secondary group associated with secondary honeycomb At the use of carrier wave, to be concurrently transmitted and/or receive using multiple radio-frequency carriers.Secondary component carrier can be held with nothing Centered on the radio frequency in radio frequency band, such as 5GHz industry, medical treatment and science (ISM) frequency band, and correspond to main bee The main component carrier of nest then may operate in license cellular radio frequency bands.Network equipment utilizes (such as wireless in LTE/LTE-A Specified in communication protocol) data between main component carrier scheduling cellular radio and wireless telecom equipment communicate, and The data are supplemented by secondary component carrier using the additional bandwidth in no license radio frequency band to communicate.Carrier wave can be utilized to polymerize The wireless telecom equipment communicated by the component carrier in having license and combination without license radio frequency band herein can be with Referred to as with wireless telecom equipments of the LTE without license (LTE-U) ability.Main and secondary component carrier is belonging respectively to main and secondary bee Nest, and managed by common eNodeB (base station).No license radio frequency band is with operation in identical no license radio frequency frequency Other wireless devices in band are shared, such as use WLAN (WLAN) equipment of Wi-Fi wireless communication protocols.At some In embodiment, wireless carriers can with deployment operation in limited geographical coverage area without in license radio frequency band " small-sized " honeycomb, the limited geographical coverage area is for example significantly less than the area covered by the macrocellular of cellular radio Domain.In some embodiments, wireless cellular operators quotient, which can dispose and manage, concurrently utilizes 3GPP LTE/LTE-A wireless Cellular communication protocol (including for the extension operated using no license radio frequency band) and WLAN (Wi-Fi) communication protocol All combinations of the network equipment of the two, such as wireless carriers can dispose and manage cellular tower and Wi-Fi Hotspot Both all.In some embodiments, wireless carriers unload the data from honeycomb access network using Wi-Fi network The traffic.As described herein, access network discovery and the set of selection function (ANDSF) strategy and rule can be with Object including concurrently managing the communication by multiple Radio Access Networks, the multiple Radio Access Network use different Wireless communication protocol and/or radio frequency band.In some embodiments, ANDSF strategies and rule provide carrier wave polymerization, unloading, net Network selection, network reselects and other network management capabilities, so that the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities can With use operation have license radio frequency band and without in license radio frequency band whole the two cellular radio with operation in nothing The combination of WLAN in license radio frequency band.In some embodiments, ANDSF strategies and rule also utilize wireless communication The parallel carrier wave that group of the equipment there is license and without license radio frequency band is closed polymerize to provide wireless communication.

It furthermore describes and is utilizing the mobile wireless for having license and being operated without license radio frequency band whole combination The shared device and method of time-based radio-frequency channel are carried out in equipment.Wireless cellular network equipment (such as individually or The combined base station with additional wireless network equipment, is also referred to as enhanced NodeB or eNodeB) it can manage using load Use of the one or more wireless telecom equipments of wave polymerization for secondary component carrier associated with secondary honeycomb, so as to concurrently It is transmitted and/or receives using multiple radio-frequency carriers.Secondary component carrier can be with the radio frequency line in no license radio frequency band Centered on rate, such as 5GHz industry, medical treatment and science (ISM) frequency band, and can then be grasped corresponding to main cellular main component carrier Make in there are license cellular radio frequency bands.Main group of network equipment utilization (as specified in LTE/LTE-A wireless communication protocols) The data between cellular radio and wireless telecom equipment are dispatched at carrier wave to communicate, and are held using nothing by secondary component carrier The data communication is supplemented according to the additional bandwidth in radio frequency band.Carrier wave can be utilized to polymerize by there is license and without license radio frequency The wireless telecom equipment that component carrier in the combination of frequency band is communicated can be referred to as having LTE without license herein (LTE-U) wireless telecom equipment of ability.Main and secondary component carrier is belonging respectively to main and secondary honeycomb, and by common ENodeB (base station) is managed.Other wireless devices of no license radio frequency band with operation in identical no license radio frequency band It is shared, such as use WLAN (WLAN) equipment of Wi-Fi wireless communication protocols.In some embodiments, wireless network Operator can with deployment operation in limited geographical coverage area without " small-sized " honeycomb in license radio frequency band, it is described limited Geographical coverage area is for example significantly less than the region covered by the macrocellular of cellular radio.In some embodiments, nothing Line cellular carrier, which can be disposed and be managed, concurrently utilizes 3GPP LTE/LTE-A radio honeycomb communications agreement (including to be directed to The extension operated using no license radio frequency band) and both the whole network equipment of WLAN (Wi-Fi) communication protocol Cellular tower and Wi-Fi Hotspot all the two can be disposed and be managed to combination, such as wireless carriers.In some embodiments In, wireless network provides to be used for the configuration so that time component carrier is recycled in " unlatching " period and " closing " between the period, this example It is realized in this way by system information block message and/or Radio Resource Control message.In some instances, wireless network ENodeB activates using M AC (MAC) control element and deactivates time honeycomb (such as including associated with secondary honeycomb Secondary component carrier).In some embodiments, eNodeB configures each honeycomb using a timer set, described Timer set includes the initial time for corresponding to " unlatching " cycle, corresponds to the initial time and " unlatching " of " closing " cycle The duration of " closing " cycle.In some embodiments, eNodeB provides " to open " using System Frame Number (SFN) numerical value " closing " recycles." unlatching " recycle during, in addition to using have the cellular main component carrier of the master in license radio frequency band it Outside, one or more wireless telecom equipments with LTE-U abilities can also utilize the secondary bee in no license radio frequency (RF) frequency band The secondary component carrier of nest is transmitted to eNodeB and/or is received from eNodeB.ENodeB can be followed in " unlatching " The communication on multiple wireless telecom equipments with LTE-U abilities is dispatched during ring, so as in the case where not interfering with each other Shared time/frequency resource.During " closing " recycles, eNodeB and multiple wireless telecom equipments with LTE-U abilities can To forbid (or inhibit) transmission, keep radio-frequency channel open for by non-cellular wireless telecom equipment during " closings " cycle into Row communication.In some embodiments, it is identical to use to synchronize all wireless telecom equipments with LTE-U abilities by eNodeB " unlatching " and " closing " recycles.In some embodiments, each honeycomb of eNodeB using common " unlatching " and " closes Close " cycle set.In some embodiments, each honeycomb of eNodeB is followed using " unlatching " and " closing " of its own The set of ring.During " closing " recycles, the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities is merely with having in license radio frequency band Radio resource (such as utilizing main component carrier associated with main honeycomb) is communicated with eNodeB.The phase is recycled in " unlatching " Between, the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities can be polymerize while using wireless in no license radio frequency band by carrier wave Electric resources (via secondary component carrier) and there is the radio resource in license radio frequency band to be communicated (via main component carrier).

It furthermore describes by the movement using the carrier wave converging operation for thering is license and group without license radio frequency band to close Wireless device is in the device and method that be used to carry out frequency hopping in a time cellular frequency channels set.Wireless cellular network Equipment (such as individually or the base station combined with additional wireless network equipment, be also referred to as enhanced NodeB or ENodeB the one or more wireless telecom equipments polymerizeing using carrier wave can) be managed for associated with secondary honeycomb composition The use of carrier wave, to be concurrently transmitted and/or receive using multiple radio-frequency carriers.Secondary component carrier can be with no license Centered on radio frequency in radio frequency band, such as 5GHz industry, medical treatment and science (ISM) frequency band, and correspond to main honeycomb Main component carrier then may operate in license cellular radio frequency bands.Network equipment utilizes (such as in LTE/LTE-A channel radios Specified in letter agreement) data between main component carrier scheduling cellular radio and wireless telecom equipment communicate, and lead to It crosses secondary component carrier and supplements the data communication using the additional bandwidth in no license radio frequency band.Carrier wave can be utilized to polymerize logical The wireless telecom equipment that the component carrier crossed in license and combination without license radio frequency band is communicated herein can be by Referred to as there is wireless telecom equipments of the LTE without license (LTE-U) ability.Main and secondary component carrier is belonging respectively to main and secondary honeycomb, And it is managed by common eNodeB (base station).No license radio frequency band is with operation in identical no license radio frequency band Other wireless devices it is shared, such as use WLAN (WLAN) equipment of Wi-Fi wireless communication protocols.In some implementations Example in, wireless carriers can with deployment operation in limited geographical coverage area without " small-sized " in license radio frequency band Honeycomb, the limited geographical coverage area is for example significantly less than the region covered by the macrocellular of cellular radio.One In a little embodiments, wireless cellular operators quotient, which can dispose and manage, concurrently utilizes 3GPP LTE/LTE-A radio honeycomb communications Both agreement (including for the extension operated using no license radio frequency band) and WLAN (Wi-Fi) communication protocol are whole Network equipment combination, such as wireless carriers can dispose and manage cellular tower and Wi-Fi Hotspot both all. In some embodiments, the eNodeB regulations of cellular radio are without a frequency channels set in license radio frequency band, with Just it is used as time component carrier in combination in the main component carrier having in license radio frequency band.In some embodiments, ENodeB is configured using the frequency-hopping mode of the set corresponding to the frequency channels being at different center frequency with LTE-U energy The wireless telecom equipment of power.Wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities may be configured to for first frequency channel phase Associated first duration is transmitted using the first frequency channel in frequency-hopping mode, and subsequently for second continue when Between be switched to second frequency channel in frequency-hopping mode.It can be from eNodeB to the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities Regulation is respectively provided with the additional frequency channel of the frequency channels and duration of its own in the frequency-hopping mode of offer.Corresponding to jump The duration each time of frequency can cross over the certain time for being less than the maximum counter numerical value corresponding to System Frame Number (SFN) Section, such as the 10 bit SFN for being used according to LTE/LTE-A wireless communication protocols are less than 10 seconds.In some embodiments, Wireless communications device configurations with LTE-U abilities are switched to " next " frequency channels by eNodeB at based on SFN numerical value.Quilt All wireless telecom equipments with LTE-U abilities for being configured to the secondary component carrier set in the secondary honeycomb using eNodeB can To be configured to the synchronously saltus step of the frequency-hopping mode based on defined.In some embodiments, the channel radio with LTE-U abilities Letter equipment includes the saltus step timer synchronized based on the information (such as SFN numerical value) provided by eNodeB, and in saltus step timing When device expires, the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities is switched to next frequency in frequency-hopping mode.In no license radio frequency During the period that frequency channels in frequency band are not used by, the frequency channels can " from " come from have LTE-U abilities Wireless telecom equipment interference.In some embodiments, eNodeB is adapted to frequency hopping based on the information collected by the eNodeB Pattern, wherein for example including the information provided by the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities.In some embodiments, such as Based on interference of the measurement from non-cellular wireless telecom equipment in the radio-frequency channel of one or more of no license radio frequency band Level, eNodeB select frequency-hopping mode to use the lower frequency of the possibility interfered with non-cellular wireless telecom equipment to believe Road set.

This summary is provided just for the sake of summarizing some exemplary embodiments, in order to provide about theme as described herein The basic comprehension of some aspects of content.It will therefore be appreciated that previously described feature is only example, and should not be by It is construed to narrow the range or spirit of subject content as described herein in any way.Pass through subsequent specific implementation mode portion Divide, drawings and claims, other features, aspect and the advantage of subject content as described herein will become obvious.

Description of the drawings

Described embodiment and its advantage can be best understood by referring to the description carried out below in conjunction with attached drawing.This What a little attached drawings were not necessarily drawn to scale, and it is not intended to limit or excludes those skilled in the art in present disclosure The predictable modification that can be made in terms of form and details of time of disclosure.

Fig. 1 shows the cordless communication network of each embodiment according to present disclosure comprising supports multiple users The long term evolution (LTE) and advanced LTE (LTE-A) network cell of facilities (UE).

Fig. 2A and 2B is shown to be illustrated according to the cordless communication network of the various realization methods of present disclosure, wherein describing Go out LTE the and LTE-A user equipments (UE) with main carrier honeycomb and with one or more subcarrier cellular communications.

Fig. 2 C and 2D show the representative wireless communication system in accordance with some embodiments for including radio frequency mutual interference.

Fig. 3 A, 3B and 3C show according to the different carrier wave Aggregate Expression of three kinds of each embodiment of present disclosure, Two are wherein depicted to illustrate with interior component carrier (CC) frequency resource diagram and an interband CC frequency resource.

Fig. 3 D show it is in accordance with some embodiments used in no license radio frequency band by wireless telecom equipment it is parallel The representative collection of radio-frequency channel.

Fig. 3 E and 3F show the overlaid frequency channel of LTE-U wireless communication systems and Wi-Fi wireless communication systems.

Fig. 3 G are shown according to each embodiment of present disclosure for shared without the communication in license radio frequency band Representative time division multiplexing method.

Fig. 4 A and 4B show the block diagram of the wireless telecom equipment of each embodiment according to present disclosure.

Fig. 5 is shown according to the wireless telecom equipment of each embodiment of present disclosure and for the load in LTE network The diagram of data and signalling communication between the network composition carrier set of wave polymerization.

Fig. 6 is shown has license and/or nothing according to the depicting for each embodiment of present disclosure for management and utilization The flow chart of the method for the radio communication of multiple radio-frequency channels in license radio frequency band.

Fig. 7 shows the time-division multiplex of some embodiments according to present disclosure depicted for wireless telecom equipment It is multiplexed the flow chart of the method coexisted.

Fig. 8, which is shown, to be coexisted according to the depicting for some embodiments of present disclosure for the frequency hopping of wireless telecom equipment Method flow chart.

Specific implementation mode

The generation according to the system of present disclosure, method, apparatus and computer program product is described in this part Table application.These examples are provided just for the sake of addition situation and help to understand described embodiment.Therefore this field It will be recognized that can be real described in practice in the case of no a portion or all these details Apply example.In addition, in order to avoid unnecessarily obscuring described embodiment, well-known processing step is not carried out detailed Description.Other application is also possible, therefore subsequent example is not to be construed as being limited.

In detailed description below with reference to the accompanying drawings, a part for the attached drawing constitution instruction, and wherein conduct Illustrate to show the specific embodiment according to described embodiment.Although with these embodiments of enough datail descriptions so that Described embodiment can be put into practice by obtaining those skilled in the art it should be appreciated that these examples are not intended to carry out Limitation；Therefore other embodiment can be used, and can without departing substantially from the spirit and scope of described embodiment To make a change.

According to each embodiment as described herein, term " wireless telecom equipment ", " wireless device ", " mobile device ", " movement station " and " user equipment " (UE) can be exchanged use herein, to describe to implement and present disclosure The associated regulation of each embodiment the common consumer-elcetronics devices of one or more.According to various realization methods, these It can be related to either one or two of in consumer-elcetronics devices：Cellular phone or smart phone, tablet computer, laptop computer, Notebook computer, personal computer, netbook computer, media player device, electronic book equipment,Equipment, The electronic computing device of wearable computing devices and any other type with wireless communication ability, the wireless communication energy Power may include being communicated by one or more of wireless communication protocols, the wireless communication protocol be for example used for Under communicated on various networks：It is wireless wide area network (WWAN), wireless MAN (WMAN), WLAN (WLAN), wireless Personal area network (WPAN), near-field communication (NFC), cellular radio, forth generation (4G) LTE, advanced LTE (LTE-A) and/ Or advanced cellular radios of 5G or that other are current or that future develops.

In some embodiments, wireless telecom equipment is also used as the part operation of wireless communication system, the nothing Line communication system may include the set of client device, can also be referred to as station, client wireless device or client without Line communication equipment, such as a part as WLAN are interconnected to access point (AP), and/or for example as WPAN and/or " self-organizing " wireless network it is a part of interconnected amongst one another.In some embodiments, the client device can be passed through Any wireless telecom equipment that WLAN technologies (such as according to wireless LAN communication agreement) are communicated.In some embodiments In, the WLAN technologies may include Wi-Fi (or being more generally WLAN) wireless communication systems or radio, Wi-Fi Radio can implement 802.11 technology of Institute of Electrical and Electric Engineers (IEEE), such as one or more in the following terms ：IEEE 802.11a；IEEE 802.11b；IEEE 802.11g；IEEE 802.11-2007；IEEE 802.11n；IEEE 802.11-2012；IEEE 802.11ac；Or other current or future exploitation 802.11 technologies of IEEE.

In various embodiments, these abilities can allow corresponding UE that any class for supporting carrier wave polymerization may be used It is communicated in each 4G network cells of the radio access technologies (RAT) based on LTE of type.In some embodiments, right The UE answered can using based on LTE RAT and/or led to according to the wireless communication protocol corresponding to WLAN (WLAN) Letter.In some embodiments, UE in having license radio frequency band and/or can have license and without license radio frequency band It is operated using LTE wireless communication protocols in combination.In some embodiments, UE can be in the wireless network based on LTE All or part of data is unloaded between cellular connection and the connection via WLAN to communicate.In some embodiments, UE can be Partial data is unloaded between each component carrier of carrier aggregation scheme.In some embodiments, the component carrier can be located In having license and combination without license radio frequency band.In some embodiments, radio network provider can be with management and utilization not With the unloading of the data communication between the network of RAT, including some networks according to different wireless communication protocol operations. In some embodiments, UE can be connected for example by reselecting to shift between the wireless network and WLAN based on LTE.

In some embodiments, UE can utilize multiple groups according to the carrier wave polymerization as defined in LTE-A wireless communication protocols It is communicated at carrier wave.The wireless telecom equipment communicated according to 3GPP LTE and/or LTE-A wireless communication protocols can make With carrier wave polymerization for example higher handling capacity is provided on multiple cellular downlink directions from wireless network.Main composition Carrier wave can be associated with the first honeycomb (the main honeycomb) of wireless network, can be used to set from wireless network to wireless communication The combination of standby downlink communication and the uplink communication from wireless telecom equipment to wireless network.Secondary component carrier can be with It is associated with the second honeycomb (the secondary honeycomb) of wireless network, downlink communication can be used for.By with multiple compositions The aggregated data rate that the carrier wave polymerization of carrier wave is achieved can surmount by using only achieved by single composition carrier wave Data rate.But in some embodiments, downlink communication may be constrained to using only main component carrier.For LTE/ The extension of LTE-A wireless communication protocols can be provided using the main component carrier having in license radio frequency band and no license radio frequency frequency The combination of one or more of band time component carrier, as described further herein.

Each component carrier used in carrier wave polymerization can be in common radio frequency band or two separate Radio frequency band in different radio frequency values centered on.The separated radio frequency band may include having license radio frequency frequency Band has license and without license radio frequency band whole combination.In some embodiments, by being used for carrier wave polymerization The communication that carries out of main component carrier can be in and have in license radio frequency band, and by UE by being used for time of carrier wave polymerization The communication that component carrier carries out can be in no license radio frequency band.Radio network provider can pass through wireless network equipment Management uses time component carrier in no license radio frequency band for carrier wave polymerization, to alleviate and the shared no license radio frequency The mutual interference of other wireless telecom equipments of frequency band.Radio network provider can be used by UE and/or by access network device The one or more that (such as eNodeB) is used is thought to measure, monitoring radio frequency conditions, signal quality, data communication feature, chain Road stability etc., to determine if, when and/or how to unload data communication between parallel wireless network, It is polymerize by carrier wave and is communicated using multiple component carrier shared datas, and/or in the different RAT of use including WLAN Different networks between reselected.

Additionally it is understood that may be configured to can also be by the additional third generation by UE as described herein The multi-mode radio communications device that (3G) and/or the second generation (2G) RAT is communicated.In these cases, multi-mode UE can be with It is configured to " preferably " be attached to and faster data rate is provided compared with traditional 3G network that lower data rate handling capacity is provided The LTE or LTE-A network of handling capacity.For example, in some implementations, as LTE and unavailable LTE-A network, abide by It may be configured to return back to 3G network, such as evolved high speed grouping access (HSPA+) network or CDMA from the UE of 4G (CDMA) 2000 only evolution data (EV-DO) networks.

Fig. 1 depicts wireless communication system 100, can defer to 3GPP Evolved Universal Terrestrials and wirelessly be electrically accessed (E- UTRA) air interface, and may include and be not limited to include LTE network honeycomb 102 and two LTE-A network honeycomb 104a- B, being respectively provided with the base station enhanced NodeB (eNodeB) that can communicate with one another by LTE-X2 interfaces, (it is for example depicted At radio tower).In addition, the communication system 100 for deferring to E-UTRA may include any number of mobility management entity (MME) 108a-c, gateway (S-GW) 108a-c, PDN Gateway (P-GW) 110 etc., as Evolved Packet Core (EPC) A part can be communicated by LTE-S1 interfaces with any one LTE and LTE-A honeycomb eNodeB 102 and 104a-b.This Outside, E-UTRA communication systems 100 may include any number of UE 106, any specific time can by LTE and One of LTE-A honeycombs 102 and 104a-b or multiple eNodeB receive radio communication service.For example, UE 106 can To be located in one or more LTE-A honeycombs 104a-b.Although not showing clearly in Fig. 1, LTE and LTE-A bees Nest can be overlapped at least partly in the geographic area covered by each honeycomb.

In various embodiments, any one MME 108a-c and/or LTE-A honeycomb 104a-b that carrier wave can be supported to polymerize Any one base station eNodeB may be configured in DL to any one UE 106 transmit control plane data；Alternatively, any A UE 106 can transmit control plane data in UL by any one LTE-A honeycomb 104a-b.In this respect should Understand, MME 108a-c can implement by the radio access network (RAN) of network partly via eNodeB implement EPC with Non-Access Stratum (NAS) control plane signaling between UE 106.In some cases, NAS signaling may include and be not limited to wrap It includes for implementing the regulation operated below：It establishes the radio bearer with release for user equipment (UE) to connect, passes through generation Corresponding paging message realize UE from idle mode to connected mode (vice versa) transformation, and implement various communications and pacify Full property feature.

In addition, the base stations eNodeB of LTE-A honeycombs 104a-b may be configured to implement various radio resource controls (RRC) control plane signaling regulation, including and be not limited to include：System information is broadcasted, and is transmitted the paging sent out from MME and is disappeared Breath, for the RRC parameter configurations of UE, network honeycomb selects and reselects regulation, the measurement for UE and report configuration, monitors With the radio connection between report radio link signal quality, and each UE of management and wireless network, including adding Add, delete different radio bearers and changed between the use of different radio charge carrier, including being used for The component carrier etc. of carrier wave polymerization.In various implementations, can with wherein one or more following LTE protocol entities or Layer implements RRC control plane signalings in combination：Packet data convergence protocol (PDCP), radio link control (RLC) layer, are situated between Matter access control (MAC) layer and physics (PHY) layer.It should be understood that control plane data and user plane data can be with Be multiplexed in MAC layer, and for example during the identical transmission interval (TTI) in downlink (DL) or Meaning is sent to via PHY layer determine recipient in uplink (UL).

Fig. 2A shows cordless communication network diagram 200, polymerize in situation with main honeycomb 210 simultaneously in carrier wave wherein depicting And the UE 206 for deferring to LTE-A communicated with two honeycombs 212 and 214, each cell-overlap still not necessarily cover phase Same geographic area.As an example and with reference to 3GPP LTE-A the 10th, 11 and 12 edition, the UE 206 for deferring to LTE-A can (example Such as in DL or UL) it is communicated with the base stations eNodeB 202, the base stations eNodeB 202 can have for passing through three not Same radio frequency resource (it is also referred to as carrier wave) F1, F2 and F3 provides the radio frequency transmission of radio covering and receives and equip.It is described Three carrier waves are used as to be supplied to UE's 206 to be individually composed carrier wave (CC) for communication by polymerization, so as to for example It provides than merely with the higher communication bandwidth of single composition carrier wave institute situation in the cards and/or handling capacity.From deferring to LTE-A UE 206 from the point of view of come, CC radio frequency resources F1 can be associated with main honeycomb 210, and CC radio frequency resources F2 can be with secondary honeycomb 212 is associated, and CC radio frequency resources F3 can be associated with secondary honeycomb 214.It is further retouched herein for Fig. 3 A, 3B and 3C The carrier wave Aggregate Expression of the replacement corresponding to frequency resource situation is stated.

Communication network diagram 200 also depicts the UE 204 for deferring to LTE, cannot profit with reference to 3GPP LTE the 8th and 9 edition It is polymerize with carrier wave and is communicated by multiple component carriers, but is available with a component carrier (such as main component carrier) root It is communicated according to LTE wireless communication protocols.As an example, defer to LTE UE 204 can by single-frequency resource F1 with The base stations eNodeB 202 are communicated (in DL or UL).In the single carrier situation, the UE 204 of LTE is deferred to using independent Standard system specified bandwidth, using can be that range of frequency bandwidths from 1.4MHz to 20MHz can be achieved to data speed Rate handling capacity is restricted to substantially 75 mbits (the real world realization method in substantially 300 mbits and the UL in DL It may be different).Communication network diagram 200 also depicts the UE 208 for deferring to LTE, according to LTE wireless communication protocol (examples Such as 3GPP LTE the 8/9th edition or later version) operation, and it can be connected to wireless network by single-frequency resource F4, institute Stating single-frequency resource F4 can be associated with " small-sized " honeycomb 218, that is, has common " macro " honeycomb less than wireless network Coverage area honeycomb.In some embodiments, " small-sized " honeycomb 218 can also be referred to as microcellulor, millimicro honeycomb Or femtocell, the covering that supplement is provided by the macrocellular (such as by main honeycomb 210) of cellular radio can be provided Limited covering." small-sized " honeycomb 218 can equip 216 from dedicated network and send out, and the dedicated network equipment 216 can pass through It is connected to wireless network using " passback " of wired or wireless connection.In some embodiments, " small-sized " honeycomb 218 is by wired Connection (such as passing through " broadband " link) is connected to wireless network.Radio network provider can be based on the " small-sized of " family " Honeycomb " provide service, " small-sized honeycomb " based on " family " in finite region provide short distance cover, so as to supplement by The service that one or more macrocellulars of cellular radio provide.Radio network provider can be attempted using multiple parallel Connectivity option, to utilize " macro " honeycomb and " small-sized " cellular combination balancing network load and to provide the covering model of bigger It encloses, higher data rate and/or higher link stability.In some embodiments, radio network provider can utilize There is carrier wave (such as by frequency resource F4) operation " small-sized " honeycomb 218 in license radio frequency band.In some embodiments, nothing Line network provider can operate " small-sized " honeycomb 218 using the secondary component carrier in no license radio frequency band, to supplement Pass through the communication for thering is the main component carrier in license radio frequency band to carry out.Wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities will Being utilized by carrier wave polymerization has license and the combination without the component carrier in license radio frequency band whole the two to be connected to wireless network Network.

Fig. 2 B show the diagram 250 corresponding to another cordless communication network, pass through radio frequency wherein depicting Main component carrier at F1 communicates with main honeycomb 210 (according to LTE/LTE-A wireless communication protocols) and passes through radio frequency The wireless telecom equipment 252 that secondary component carrier at F5 is communicated with time honeycomb 256.In some embodiments, wireless network provides Quotient can operate " small-sized " honeycomb 218 using the carrier wave in no license radio frequency band.Without the subcarrier in license radio frequency band LTE can be referred to as without license (LTE-U) carrier wave, and the wireless telecom equipment 252 with LTE-U abilities can be according to LTE- U wireless communication protocols operate.As discussed further herein, in some embodiments, radio network provider can With concurrently using the main carrier (such as by frequency resource F1) having in license radio frequency band and without in license radio frequency band Subcarrier (such as passing through frequency resource F5) both all provides the communication with wireless telecom equipment 252.Since no license is penetrated Frequent band can be shared by other non-cellular wireless telecom equipments, therefore cellular radio can be attempted to alleviate without license radio frequency The overlapping and/or near by frequency set that communication and utilization on secondary component carrier in frequency band are used by other wireless telecom equipments Communication between mutual interference, other described wireless telecom equipments are for example according to WLAN (WLAN) wireless communication protocol It is operated, one of representative example is Wi-Fi agreements.Since no license radio frequency band can be provided by more networks Quotient and/or plurality of wireless networks equipment are shared, therefore are communicated by the LTE-U that the secondary component carrier F5 in secondary honeycomb 256 is carried out By wireless network " management " other wireless telecom equipments (such as Wi-Fi equipments) can be entered to alleviate and from it The interference of his wireless telecom equipment.Wireless network may include the equipment for dispatching the transmission on time component carrier F5, so as to It shares between multiple wireless devices (such as multiple and different wireless telecom equipments 252) with LTE-U abilities and is penetrated without license Frequent band.In some embodiments, radio network provider can also operate simultaneously WLAN devices (such as Wi-Fi " heat Point " (not shown)), secondary honeycomb 256 and main honeycomb 210, and can manage carried out by three individual network equipments it is logical Letter, such as " managed " Wi-Fi " hot spot " access point, secondary cellular eNodeB 254 (or " femtocell " or wait efficacious prescriptions Case) and main cellular eNodeB 202.Radio network provider, which can be managed, to be communicated with multiple wireless telecom equipments The combination of network equipment provides the traffic unloading between various network equipments, provides by channel radio to alleviate mutual interference The letter selection of equipment 252 one or more of is worked as by the various network equipments establishes connection, provide various network equipments it Between reselect, utilize parallel component carrier shared communication etc..In some embodiments, radio network provider can make It is provided with the set of access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) policy object for utilizing a plurality of types of accesses net equipment Communication management, including eNodeB 202, " small-sized " cellular network equip 254 and managed WLAN (Wi-Fi) access The combination of point (not shown).

Fig. 2 C and 2D show the representative wireless communication system in accordance with some embodiments that may undergo radio frequency mutual interference System.Fig. 2 C show that wireless communication system 260, wherein wireless telecom equipment 262 can be carried out using cellular radio Communication agreement Communication, such as by there is the main component carrier in license LTE frequency bands to cellular tower (base station) 202 and by no license radio frequency frequency Secondary component carrier in band is transmitted to cellular tower (base station) 254, while being connect from WLAN also according to WLAN wireless communication protocols Access point 264 receives communication.WLAN access points can also be communicated with another wireless telecom equipment 268, in some embodiments It can be operated merely with WLAN wireless communication protocols.WLAN access points 264 can be formed together with wireless device 262 and 268 Use the WLAN of the specific radio frequency channel in no license radio frequency band.When wireless device 262 in identical radio-frequency channel or When being for example transmitted to the base station 254 with LTE-U abilities in the radio-frequency channel Chong Die with WLAN radio-frequency channels, wirelessly set Standby 262 receiver is likely encountered " (in device) in equipment " and radio frequency interference coexists.Since honeycomb conveyer and WLAN receive Device can be located in wireless device 262, therefore in some embodiments, WLAN receivers and/or honeycomb conveyer can be taken The effect of radio frequency interference coexists to alleviate for measure " in equipment ", this is, for example, to be overlapped delivery time and/or change by minimum Use for frequency channels, to reduce the radio frequency interference for entering WLAN receivers from honeycomb conveyer.

But radio frequency interference is also possible to generation or connecing from cellular radio between two different wireless devices The equipment (it is for example communicated with 264 identical wireless device 268 of wireless WLAN access points) that networks occurs, as the nothing in Fig. 2 D As line communication system 270 is shown.The honeycomb of wireless device 262 near being communicated with the base station 254 with LTE-U abilities Conveyer may be interfered not only with the WLAN receivers of its own, but also may be connect with the WLAN of another wireless device It receives device to interfere, another described wireless device is, for example, wireless device 268, can attempt to utilize identical frequency channels And/or utilize the one or more overlapping radio-frequency channels and WLAN occupied by the LTE-U honeycomb conveyers of wireless device 262 Access point 264 is communicated.Similarly, the LTE-U communicated with one or more wireless devices (such as including wireless device 268) The honeycomb conveyer of band base station 254 may cause the mutual interference in wireless device 268, the wireless device 268 that can taste Examination is connect using identical used in the honeycomb conveyer by LTE-U band base stations 254 and/or overlapping radio-frequency channel with WLAN Access point 264 is communicated.In some embodiments, wireless device 268 can attempt from WLAN access points 264 and from honeycomb without All the two receives signal to the LTE-U band base stations 254 of gauze network.When WLAN access points 264 and LTE-U band base stations whole two When person uses (such as without in license radio frequency band) identical radio-frequency channel and/or one or more overlapping radio-frequency channels, nothing Line equipment 268 is received from WLAN access points 264 and/or from the signal of LTE-U band base stations 254 (such as using separated parallel Radio-circuit) it may be interfering with each other.In some embodiments, the receiver of wireless device 268 can be intercepted and be detected and come from The overlapping and/or use of neighbouring honeycomb conveyer (such as from LTE-U band base stations 254 or other wireless devices 262) by with In the radiofrequency signal of the radio-frequency channel of WLAN communications, and can attempt to minimize and/or alleviate the radio frequency for carrying out cellular autofluorescence transmission The effect of interference.In some embodiments, can for example by wireless device 262 itself and/or by wireless network equipment (such as through By by LTE base station 202 and/or control signal that the base station 254 with LTE-U abilities provides) management wireless device 262 biography It send, to alleviate the mutual interference between wireless device 262 and 268.As described further herein, wireless device 262 can be transmitted using time division multiplexing scheme and/or using frequency hopping, so as to other wireless devices (such as with Wireless device 268) some or all shared without license radio frequency band.

In the typical WLAN communication systems for example based on carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) agreement, wireless client is set Standby (such as 268) can be decoded incoming WLAN groupings, to determine its destination.Due to logical in WLAN communication systems Letter may be " unscheduled ", therefore the destination of any incoming WLAN groupings can be wireless client device 268. In some embodiments, wireless client device 268 can detect and decode WLAN grouping preamble, by doing so without Line client device 268 can determine whether radio-frequency channel (it can also be referred to as " medium ") is set by another wlan client It is standby to occupy.WLAN communication protocols can require the signal in -82dBm or more high level can be by wlan client device 268 And it is detected by WLAN access points 264 and is decoded, so that CSMA mechanism correctly operates.In typical wlan client device In 268, it can detect and decode the WLAN signal in -90dBm or more high level.But the detection and decoding may be according to There are preambles at the beginning that WLAN is grouped by Lai Yu for detection, and when communication does not include detectable preamble When, wlan client device 268 can alternatively determine the presence of source of radio-frequency interference dependent on simple energy detection mechanism.

WLAN communication protocols can require -62dBm or the radio signal of higher energy level can be by WLAN visitors Family end equipment 268 detects.This detectable energy level corresponds to and may or possibly can not be solved by wlan client device 268 The radiofrequency signal of code, and be significantly higher than corresponding to the formatting for including the preamble detected for wlan client device 268 The decodable code level of grouping.Detect interference radio signal energy when, this can also be referred to as measure -62dBm or Higher received signal strength index (RSSI), wlan client device 268 can be confirmed radio-frequency channel " busy " or with them His mode " occupied ", and following " unimpeded " delivery time can be waited for.Therefore, wlan client device 268 " can be felt The presence of " carrier wave " in survey " radio-frequency channel, and accessed to provide " justice " using another wlan device of radio-frequency channel. When attempting to occupy some or all of same radio channel at the same time, the nothing that is communicated using LTE-U component carrier Line communication equipment 262 and the whole the two of the wlan client device 268 communicated using WLAN wireless communication protocols all may It can be by radio frequency interference.Unless using detection appropriate and " yielding " mechanism, otherwise correspond to LTE communication system and/or WLAN The packet radio of communication system may be destroyed.In some embodiments, wlan client device 268 and/or WLAN AP 264 can scan the radio-frequency channel of an one or more of radio frequency band (or multiple radio frequency bands), to detect LTE honeycombs The presence of system.Honeycomb transmission of the wireless device 262 in no license radio frequency band may include time slot, and/or Using different radio-frequency channels " unimpeded " transmission interval and/or radio-frequency channel (or more one can be provided with the time As for be radio spectrum in no license radio frequency band certain parts), during this period, wlan client device 268 can be with It is communicated with WLAN AP 264.In some embodiments, at least partially by with (such as by wlan client device What 268 and WLAN AP 264 were used) in the carrier aggregation scheme that is operated without the frequency band that license radio frequency band is overlapped, use All wireless telecom equipments 262 of secondary component carrier can be managed with offer " unimpeded " delivery time and/or " unimpeded " radio frequency Channel, to allow multiple wireless telecom equipments shared for " justice " of no license radio frequency band, including with LTE-U The whole the two of equipment and WLAN (Wi-Fi) equipment of ability.

Fig. 3 A, 3B and 3B show three kinds of different carrier wave Aggregate Expressions according to various embodiments, wherein depicting two It is a to illustrate 320 with interior CC frequency resources diagram 300 and 310 and an interband CC frequency resource.As is generally understood that Sample, in 3GPP LTE and LTE-A, individual CC can be limited to the various specified systems from 1.4MHz to 20MHz in range It is communicated under commanding wide 308.It therefore, can be with by using the accumulation data rate throughput achieved by carrier wave polymerization situation Increase to the certain multiplier value of single carrier data rate throughput beyond substantially 300 mbits, the multiplier value for example with simultaneously The number (the up to 5CC in LTE-A) of the CC used capablely in relation to and be based on constitute CC bandwidth.For using LTE-A Telecommunication network, it is corresponding using LTE versions in the early time are equivalent to may require LTE-A CC with the interoperability of previous LTE versions The system bandwidth of situation.Therefore, for RAT compatibility between LTE, peak value list CC lte-a systems bandwidth can bind in 20MHz. But polymerize in situation in a variety of carrier waves, the LTE spectral bands distributed using one or more, the polymerization set of LTE-A CC can Can realize the up to aggregate bandwidth of 100MHz (5CCx20MHz, i.e., maximum LTE standard system bandwidth).

Fig. 3 A, which are shown, depicts the carrier wave Aggregate Expression with interior adjacent CC frequency resources diagram 300, wherein identical In the DL frequency bands (frequency band A) that service provider specifies, each polymerization CC 302,304 and 306 is provided with the peculiar frequency of its own Source F1, F2 or F3 are associated.In some embodiments, frequency resource can also be referred to as frequency carrier, carrier wave or frequency channels. In with interior adjacent CC situations, described three frequency resources F1, F2 and F3 are in the frequency domain being positioned adjacent to each other in frequency band A Sequence CC frequencies.Fig. 3 B, which are shown, depicts the carrier wave Aggregate Expression with interior non-adjacent CC frequency resources diagram 310, wherein in list In one DL frequency bands (frequency band A), peculiar frequency resource F1, F2 or F3 phases of each polymerization CC 312,314 and 316 and its own Association.But in interior non-adjacent CC situations 310, described three frequency resources F1, F2 and F3 can be in frequency band A in frequency The CC frequencies for separating one or more intermediate frequency channels in domain respectively, as shown by the separation of frequency channels F2 and F3 Like that.Fig. 3 C, which are shown, depicts the carrier wave Aggregate Expression that the non-adjacent CC frequency resources of interband illustrate 320, wherein being dispersed in two Each polymerization CC 322,324 and 326 in the DL frequency bands (frequency band A and frequency band B) that service provider specifies and the spy of its own There are frequency resource F1, F2 or F3 associated.In the non-adjacent CC situations of interband, the frequency resource F1 and F2 of frequency band A can be The CC frequencies separated with the frequency resource F3 of frequency band B in frequency domain.As reference, 3GPP LTE-A the 10th edition, which are defined, corresponds to The carrier wave of LTE polymerize, and LTE-A the 11st and 12 edition then describes the various carrier waves matched including various interband CC frequency bands and polymerize increasing By force.It should be understood that usually there are license LTE spectral bands all the two in telco service provider using similar and dissimilar It is operated.For example, in U.S. domestic,LTE network is using frequency band 13 and 4 in 700 Hes It is operated in 1700/2100Mhz frequency spectrums, andLTE network then utilizes frequency band 17,4 and 30 700,1700/2100 It is operated in 2300MHz frequency spectrums.Except through there is the carrier wave of the radio-frequency channel in license radio frequency band poly- using one or more Except conjunction is communicated, radio network provider can also provide and have license radio frequency band concurrently to utilize no license radio frequency frequency Frequency resource in band is communicated, for example to be supplemented using the secondary component carrier in no license radio frequency band by holding The communication carried out according to the main component carrier in radio frequency band.

Fig. 3 D show in no license radio frequency band in accordance with some embodiments for WLAN (WLAN) system The radio-frequency channel set used." client " wlan device can be can be by WLAN (WLAN) technology such as basis Any wireless telecom equipment that wireless LAN communication agreement is communicated.In some embodiments, WLAN technologies may include (it can also be referred to as wireless Wi-Fi (or being more generally WLAN) radio communication subsystem in some embodiments Electricity), the Wi-Fi radio communication subsystems can implement 802.11 technology of Institute of Electrical and Electric Engineers (IEEE), such as It is one or more in the following terms：IEEE 802.11a；IEEE 802.11b；IEEE 802.11g；IEEE 802.11- 2007；IEEE 802.11n；IEEE 802.11-2012；IEEE 802.11ac；Or other current or following exploitations 802.11 technologies of IEEE.802.11Wi-Fi set communication protocols utilize penetrating in industry, science and medical treatment (ISM) radio frequency band Again and again the section composed, such as 2.4 to 2.5GHz, and " 5GHz " radio frequency band, such as arrive 5.8GHz across approximation 4.9. " higher " radio frequency band can provide broader radio-frequency channel, to provide more bandwidth and more high data rate.Due to relatively low Path loss and range to also bigger, " relatively low " radio frequency band wider array of overlay area can be provided.Usually come It says, wlan client device and WLAN access points provide the energy operated in one or more is without license radio frequency band Power.Additional radio frequency band has been planned for the future usage of WLAN wireless telecom equipments, and has developed wireless communication association Standard assess a bid for tender to use these additional radio frequency bands, including the radio frequency band those of in TV " white space " frequency, Such as very high frequency(VHF) (VHF) and hyperfrequency (UHF) frequency band (i.e. close to 600MHz), and the frequency near 3.5GHz.5GHz The radio-frequency channel used by wlan client device and WLAN access points in no license radio frequency band can cross over approximation 20MHz Radio frequency bandwidth, as illustrated in Fig. 3 D.It is penetrated in addition, wlan client device can be used together multiple 20MHz Frequency channel, in order to provide the channel with wider radio frequency bandwidth, as illustrated in Fig. 3 E.Therefore, wlan client The frequency channels of 20MHz wide can not be used only in equipment, but also can use penetrating for 40MHz, 80MHz and/or 160MHz wide Frequency channel.Higher bandwidth radio-frequency channel can provide higher data rate throughput, but may also be by from other nothings More radio frequency interferences of linear system system, wherein the transmission from other wireless systems may be with all or part of WLAN radio frequency Channel overlap.

Shown in 350 as shown in Fig. 3 E, the LTE-U operation of honeycomb 352 is on radio-frequency channel F5 and occupies approximation The bandwidth of 20MHz may be penetrated with used in wlan system of the operation in the same frequency range of no license radio frequency band Again and again all or part of overlapping composed.For example, LTE-U honeycomb 352 can be utilized with 5GHz without license radio frequency band In the frequency bands that overlap of the frequency channels CH48 centered on 5.240GHz operated.LTE-U honeycomb 352 can also with make It is partly overlapped with the broader bandwidth frequency channels of additional frequency channel.Have the use of overlapping radio-frequency channel identical to alleviate Mutual interference between the communication system of radio frequency band, cellular radio may include the shared whole without license radio frequency band Or the method for certain parts, such as time division multiplexing and/or frequency hopping by further describing here.

Fig. 3 F show the diagram 360 of the representative collection including LTE-U radio-frequency channels, and crossing over can be by cellular radio A parts of the 5GHz of Web vector graphic without license radio frequency band.In some embodiments, radio network provider can use institute State LTE-U radio-frequency channel set one or more of work as example by the secondary component carrier that polymerize for carrier wave come with channel radio Letter equipment is communicated.It can be with one or more component carriers concurrently using having in license radio frequency band (not shown) Main component carrier polymerize to provide carrier wave.Main component carrier can be used to control signal, so as to manage when and such as What uses the secondary component carrier in no license radio frequency band.In some embodiments, it is formed with by main in license radio frequency band Carrier wave is concurrently using only one component carrier in no license radio frequency band.In some embodiments, nothing can be used to hold According to multiple secondary component carriers in radio frequency band, such as concurrently use simultaneously and/or serially sequence uses (or according to jump Frequency sequence).In some embodiments, cellular radio may indicate that time component carrier may operate in a series of frequencies thereon Rate channel, such as using hopping scheme to be made a change between different frequency channel with the time.Fig. 3 F show LTE-U frequencies The representative collection being made of five different radio-frequency channels in band can be no license radio frequency band (such as without license National information infrastructure (UNII) frequency band) a part and/or overlap.In LTE-U frequency bands by cellular radio System one of uses or multiple radio-frequency channels can be believed with one or more of UNII frequency bands radio frequency at least partly Trace overlap.Each radio-frequency channel used in LTE-U frequency bands can by with unique radio-frequency carrier wave numerical value without license EUTRA Absolute Radio Frequency Channels number (ueARFCN) to indicate, such as 5.700GHz, 5.750GHz shown in Fig. 3 F, 5.800GHz or 5.850GHz.It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that corresponding to radio-frequency channel numerical value can with it is shown Those of numerical value it is different, this is because other radio-frequency carrier numerical value can be equally applicable.Similarly, for nothing used in frequency hopping The number of radio-frequency channel in license radio frequency band can be different, that is to say, that include than less shown in Fig. 3 F or More numbers.In general, the radio-frequency channel used in no license radio frequency band can be non-overlapping, and certain In the case of separated from one another, such as ueARFCN0 and ueARFCN1 shown in Fig. 3 F, or it is adjacent to each other in some cases, Such as the ueARFCN2 shown in Fig. 3 F and ueARFCN3.In some embodiments, LTE-U frequency channels (such as UeARFCN0) can with frequency channels are non-overlapping used in " non-cellular " wireless telecom equipment and separate, such as Frequency channels indicated by UNII-3 frequency bands.Pass through enough frequencies between LTE-U frequency channels and UNII-3 frequency channels point Every (and passing through enough decaying of " band is outer " energy for the transmission in LTE-U frequency channels), can make simultaneously in parallel With LTE-U frequency channels and UNII-3 frequency channels.In some embodiments, LTE-U frequency channels (such as ueARFCN1) can With Chong Die with one or more UNII-3 frequency channels (such as CH140 and CH153), and utilize the LTE-U frequency channels And while wherein one or more UNII-3 frequency channels transmission may result in attempt it is shared identical and/or overlapping Mutual interference between multiple wireless telecom equipments of frequency channels.In some embodiments, LTE-U frequency channels (such as UeARFCN4 it) can be separated with UNII-3 frequency channels (such as CH165) but neighbouring, and come from ueARFCN4 frequency channels In transmission " sideband " energy may cause in UNII-3 band channels CH165 signal receive mutual interference.

Believed with using the frequency in UNII-3 frequency bands using the communication that the frequency channels in LTE-U frequency bands carry out to alleviate Interference between the communication that road carries out, the network equipment of cellular radio can coordinate the frequency channels using LTE-U frequency bands Wireless telecom equipment transmission.In one embodiment, by the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities according to frequency hop sequences Using a radio-frequency channel set, the frequency hop sequences are from the network equipment of cellular radio to the nothing with LTE-U abilities The one or more control messages regulation of line communication equipment transmission.Network equipment can specify that in different radio electric frequency The specific collection of frequency channels, and can transmit to the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities and believe with the specific frequency The associated frequency-hopping mode of road set.Network equipment and wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities can be by control messages Between different frequency channel in defined LTE-U frequency bands synchronously " saltus step ".In some embodiments, it is penetrated without license in use When one or more of frequent band time component carrier, grasped by an eNodeB controls and according to LTE-U wireless communication protocols All wireless telecom equipments with LTE-U abilities made may be configured to according to common radio frequency Hopping Pattern different It is communicated in radio-frequency channel (transmission receives).Thus, for example what is operated under common eNodeB controls all has The wireless telecom equipment of LTE-U abilities can synchronously make a change between the different radio frequency channel in LTE-U frequency bands, to So that LTE-U frequency bands (and concurrently also whether there is or not license radio frequency bands) in each radio-frequency channel for a period of time from Defer to the radio transmitting that the wireless telecom equipment of LTE carries out.The network equipment of cellular radio can be coordinated all to have The communication that the wireless telecom equipment of LTE-U abilities is carried out using time component carrier, to share radio-frequency channel when in use, this example It is realized in this way using the combination of time-division, code point and/or Orthodoxy Frequency Division Multiplex.By by eNodeB (and/or by other Wireless network equipment) scheduling transmission can make each with efficiently being shared between the wireless telecom equipment of LTE-U abilities Radio-frequency channel without license radio frequency band.Specifically relevant frequency hopping specified in one or more control messages is held Continuous time, each radio-frequency channel in LTE-U frequency bands are (and associated for the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities ENodeB network equipments) use.In some embodiments, Hop duration can continue without departing from according to System Frame Number (SFN) a period of time of the maximum time interval of counter.For example, each time for the LTE SFN, SFN of 10 bits Incrementally can correspond to the chronomere as defined in LTE wireless communication protocols, for example, a frame or transmission interval (TTI) or Other well-known periods.SFN numerical value (such as " absolute " time numerical value) can be utilized and/or pass through SFN incremental numbers Carry out regulation Hop duration, and eNodeB can be used using the numerical value of the SFN corresponding to " next time " saltus step to configure The wireless telecom equipment of secondary component carrier in LTE-U frequency bands, wherein each wireless telecom equipment one with LTE-U abilities It rises and synchronously jumps to next frequency channels.ENodeB can also utilize currently by the frequency channels used, next will make Frequency channels and/or the set of the radio-frequency channel used in specific frequency-hopping mode is configured with LTE-U energy The wireless telecom equipment of power.ENodeB may further specify that the duration corresponding to each frequency channels in frequency-hopping mode.

In one embodiment, when wireless telecom equipment is configured to utilize the secondary component carrier in no license radio frequency band Come when operating, eNodeB can specify that the frequency channels that will be operated on it.Under the control of eNodeB, secondary honeycomb can be one In a frequency channels set according to hopping pattern change its used frequency channels, wherein using each frequency channels by Specific duration as defined in eNodeB.In general, frequency channels Hopping Pattern may include using each frequency channels Duration.ENodeB can specify that will be for being configured to operate in no license radio frequency band using time component carrier Wireless telecom equipment uses " absolute " time and frequency letter of " next " (i.e. subsequent and followed by) frequency channels Road." absolute " time can be provided using counter values, such as SFN numerical value.In some embodiments, " absolute " time number Value can be used to start frequency-hopping mode, and " opposite " time numerical value (such as frame or transmission interval or other obtain The number of the chronomere recognized) can be used to regulation can be according to frequency hopping corresponding to wireless telecom equipment (and eNodeB) The duration of each frequency channels of pattern saltus step wherein.In some embodiments, the frequency-hopping mode of each frequency And it is provided to the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities by eNodeB corresponding to the associated time numerical value of saltus step.It lifts Example for, eNodeB can specify that associated time numerical value { 64,64,128,64,256 } pattern ueARFCN0, ueARFCN3,ueARFCN1,ueARFCN4,ueARFCN2}.In one embodiment, the timing numerical value can represent to obtain The chronomere recognized, such as millisecond, frame, transmission interval etc..Frequency-hopping mode can for example pass through SFN values dictates Specific time start from original frequency channel, and can be circulated through according to frequency-hopping mode based on the time numerical value of defined Different frequency channels.The cycle of frequency hopping can repeat, and be carried until from eNodeB to the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities Until change for new frequency-hopping mode and/or for existing frequency-hopping mode.Existed by (multiple) wireless telecom equipment and eNodeB The transmission carried out on secondary component carrier can switch according to the frequency-hopping mode of defined between different frequency channel, this is, for example, Based on expiring for the timer at the timer and/or eNodeB at wireless telecom equipment, so that using no license radio frequency ENodeB in the secondary honeycomb of frequency band and all wireless telecom equipments with LTE-U abilities whole two with secondary component carrier Person is synchronously switched to next frequency channels according to the frequency-hopping mode of defined.By the way that eNodeB is communicated and time component carrier On all wireless telecom equipments synchronize so as to simultaneously switch between different frequency channel, by with the wireless of LTE-U abilities The frequency channels that communication equipment empties can be by other wireless telecom equipments (such as WLAN (Wi-Fi) without license radio spectrum Equipment) use a period of time.According to frequency-hopping mode, appointed by what is occupied corresponding to the specific cellular secondary component carrier of eNodeB What WLAN (Wi-Fi) radio-frequency channel at most can be by the continuous single period occupied corresponding to certain frequency channel.In frequency hopping During all the remaining periods of pattern, the specific radio frequency channel can it is not occupied at least partly (this depend on by The overlapping frequency spectrum that UNII-3 band channels and LTE-U band channels are covered).In some embodiments, such as WLAN (Wi- Fi when) equipment is using the bandwidth channels that can cross over multiple LTE-U band channels, frequency-hopping mode, which can be jumped to preferentially, " to be divided Every farther out " frequency channels, it is at least done so as far as possible in the frequency channels set that can be used for eNodeB, so as to most " continuous " between communication or long period on smallization LTE-U frequency channels and on WLAN (Wi-Fi) frequency channels coexist dry The probability disturbed.In some embodiments, eNodeB can provide multiple secondary honeycombs, be believed respectively using different LTE-U frequencies Road set, and it is respectively provided with the frequency-hopping mode of its own.In some embodiments, eNodeB can provide multiple secondary honeycombs, It uses common LTE-U frequency channels set respectively, but only jumps to the common frequency for specific frequency-hopping mode and believe The a subset of road set.In some embodiments, eNodeB can be based on detect may occur at this WLAN coexist it is dry The frequency sets disturbed select frequency-hopping mode, this is, for example, based on by eNodeB and/or due to the wireless communication of eNodeB communications The radio-frequency measurement that equipment carries out each spectral band.ENodeB can select with it is wireless by non-cellular in no license radio frequency band Radio-frequency channel in the LTE-U frequency bands for " possibility is minimum " that the radio-frequency channel that equipment uses is interfered.In some embodiments In, based on WLAN frequency channels (or frequency bandwidth) used in detecting and/or based on from other network elements and/or The information for providing and/or obtaining from the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities, the used LTE-U frequencies of eNodeB adaptations Channel set, used frequency-hopping mode, corresponding to frequency-hopping mode one or more LTE-U frequency channels duration or The combination of the aforementioned items of person.

Fig. 3 G show it is in accordance with some embodiments can be used to alleviate it is shared without license radio frequency band by one or Coexisting between multiple set constituted of the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities and other non-cellular wireless telecom equipments is dry The time division multiplexing scheme disturbed.(in some embodiments, include the multimode of cellular radio subsystem and WLAN wireless subsystems Formula wireless telecom equipment may be configured to operation and be connected under " non-cellular " pattern, such as by WLAN, in this case, At least when being so configured, such as when not connect actively with cellular radio, configured in this way multi-mode radio Communication equipment can also be considered as " non-cellular " wireless telecom equipment.) as described herein, joined according to wireless local Wireless communication of net (WLAN) wireless communication protocol (such as Wi-Fi wireless communication protocols) operation in no license radio frequency band is set It is standby to use random access regulation, the presence of the radio frequency transmission before attempting to communicate in sensing radio-frequency channel, and such as Fruit determines that another wireless telecom equipment is just transmitted in radio-frequency channel, " yielding " random time intervals.In order to carry One or more of no license radio frequency band radio frequency is not utilized for the set of the wireless telecom equipment wherein with LTE-U abilities Channel transmits or receives the time slot of communication, for example, for polymerize for carrier wave by wireless cellular network it is time cellular secondary The associated radio-frequency channel of component carrier, secondary cellular eNodeB and all channel radios using time cellular secondary component carrier Letter equipment can be synchronized to replace between " active " period 372 and " inactive " period 374, as the diagram of Fig. 3 G As 370 is shown.During " active " period 372, eNodeB and/or wherein one or more with LTE-U The wireless telecom equipment of ability can be scheduled come by time cellular secondary component carrier operated in no license radio frequency band It is transmitted or receives.ENodeB can be transmitted in scheduling during " active " period 372, multiple with LTE-U to ensure The transmission of the wireless telecom equipment of ability will not be overlapped each other or be interfered.But during " active " period 273, share by secondary At least part of non-cellular wireless telecom equipment without the same frequency channel in license radio frequency band that component carrier uses Transmission may be affected, this depends on the level of mutual interference that non-cellular wireless telecom equipment is undergone.Such as Fig. 3 G Shown in, all LTE-U wireless telecom equipments (including eNodeB) can share time component carrier during active time section 372 Frequency channels, and can be that silence (does not that is utilize time component carrier frequency letter during the inactive period 374 Road is transmitted or receives).The set of the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities can be at the same time during section By synchronization " unlatching " and " closing ", in order to provide " silence " time interval, non-cellular wireless telecom equipment can be led to therebetween Letter, such as the wireless device 268 of WLAN access points 264 is connected to shown in Fig. 2 D.ENodeB can be by there is license to penetrate Again and again how and when the control message transmitted on the main component carrier in band uses no license radio frequency frequency to dispatch and convey Secondary component carrier in band, can communicate with no license radio frequency band and separate and will not interfere therewith.It is configured to It will also be by having in license radio frequency band using the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities of the secondary component carrier in secondary honeycomb Main component carrier and associated eNodeB connections, and main component carrier can not penetrate no license by Fig. 3 G Again and again time-based shared shown in the secondary component carrier in band.In some embodiments, it is controlled and is operated by eNodeB All secondary honeycombs in no license radio frequency band can be shared by the time, and uses the secondary component carrier in time honeycomb All wireless telecom equipments with LTE-U abilities can be shared by the time according to common scheduling, that is to say, that is not living Jump 374 period of period while silence, and is scheduled during active time section 372 to communicate and (be indicated by eNodeB). In some embodiments, eNodeB is for example using the control message of radio resource control (RRC) layer to the nothing with LTE-U abilities Line communication equipment shows that secondary honeycomb operation is in no license radio frequency band and shared by the time.In some embodiments, right The configuration order used in special secondary honeycomb and/or common honeycomb (such as RadioResourceConfigDedicatedSCell and/or radioResourceConfigCommonSCell orders) it can be with Field, information element including the information for being capable of providing the radio-frequency channel about no license radio frequency band or other specified blocks. In some embodiments, eNodeB can using M AC (MAC) control element come activate and deactivate LTE-U honeycomb with Just it is used together with one or more wireless telecom equipments with LTE-U abilities.ENodeB can utilize a timer collection It closes and configures each LTE-U times honeycomb with initial time (such as utilizing SFN numerical value).In some embodiments, fixed by SFN When device values dictate " absolute " time set may indicate that corresponding to LTE-U time cellular " unlatching " recycle and/or " closing " When cycle occurs.In some embodiments, SFN timer values can provide the beginning recycled about " unlatching " and/or " pass Close " cycle beginning instruction, and another index set can provide " unlatchings " cycle length and/or " closing " recycle Length.In some embodiments, eNodeB and the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities can keep one or more fixed When device, the timer can provide as shown in figure 3g about secondary cellular LTE-U opening times (i.e. active time section 372 beginning) instruction, and the finger about secondary cellular LTE-U shut-in times (i.e. the beginning of inactive period 374) Show.Wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities can during the inactive period using main cellular main component carrier with ENodeB is communicated, and can be penetrated using the main component carrier and no license that have in license radio frequency band during active time section Again and again the combination of LTE-U component carrier in band communicates.The unlatching shown in Fig. 3 G/closing cycle can be adapted for： Corresponding to all secondary honeycombs of specific eNodeB, correspond to the specific secondary honeycomb of specific eNodeB, the nothing in specific geographical area Any secondary honeycomb in license radio frequency band, the secondary honeycomb set in no license radio frequency band are shared without in license radio frequency band Common frequency channel secondary honeycomb set, share without in license radio frequency band common frequency channel set (such as with frequency hopping The set without license radio frequency band frequency channels that pattern is used together) secondary honeycomb set, or as defined in eNodeB it is special Determine frequency channels or frequency channels set, can correspond to one or more honeycombs.ENodeB can be managed dynamically pair The use of radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band, for example, with day time, Zhou Zhong, based on loading condition, be based on institute Measurement and/or the interference level reported or the performance metric for corresponding to radio frequency interference and/or network operation condition based on other And change.In some embodiments, the inactive period 374, which can cross over, is sufficient to make WLAN (Wi-Fi) wireless telecom equipment It senses the ability of radio-frequency channel and one or more packet radios is successfully transmitted according to WLAN (Wi-Fi) wireless communication protocol Time.In one embodiment, the inactive period is at least 20 milliseconds.In another embodiment, the inactive period It is at least 40 milliseconds.In some embodiments, the length of the length of inactive period and/or active time section by eNodeB or Person is dynamically determined by other network equipments of cellular radio.

Other than having the radio-frequency channel in license radio frequency band, cellular radio can use access network discovery and choosing The set of function (ANDSF) policy object is selected to provide the management for the radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band.At some In embodiment, existing ANDSF policy objects can be expanded to include for regulation honeycomb and/or without in license radio frequency band Frequency channels attribute field.ANDSF strategies can be by the Evolved Packet Core of LTE/LTE-A cellular radios One or more of (EPC) network equipment entity management and/or control.ANDSF strategies can provide can be by wirelessly communicating Equipment is used for finding and selecting function of the access net to be communicated, and includes non-3 gpp wireless access network in some embodiments, Such as WLAN.Wireless telecom equipment may include ANDSF strategic elements, can according to inter-system mobility strategy (ISMP) and Routing policy (ISRP) provides " between system " mobility between system and " between system " route behavior.It is regular using ISMP and ISRP, Wireless telecom equipment can be reselected between different wireless networks, for example, cellular radio and non-cellular without Connection is shifted between gauze network, and/or whole or one are unloaded between cellular radio and non-cellular wireless network Divide communication.ANDSF policing rules can utilize Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) equipment management (DM) agreement by wireless carriers It is supplied to wireless telecom equipment.OMA-DM agreements can provide supply, configuration, feature enabler, feature disabling, device upgrade, event Barrier detection, Trouble Report and/or other wireless telecom equipment management functions.In some embodiments, ISMP definition is directed to The same time, which can only have to be no more than active networks and connect, (such as to be gone to LTE/LTE-A cellular radios, or goes to Such as the non-cellular wireless network of WLAN/Wi-Fi) wireless telecom equipment network selection rule.ISMP rules can provide To (such as in either direction) mobile radio telecommunications between LTE/LTE-A cellular radios and non-cellular wireless network " mobility " of the connection of equipment.ISRP rules can be provided by the connection of multiple active networks can be supported (such as to go to simultaneously LTE/LTE-A cellular radios and go to non-cellular WLAN/Wi-Fi wireless networks) the net made of wireless telecom equipment Network selects.In some embodiments, ISPR rules can provide logical to the data of non-cellular wireless network from cellular radio Believe " unloading ".

ANDSF mobility object policies extension for ISMP may include about the interference electricity in one or more honeycombs The information of flat and/or load corresponding to honeycomb and/or access network node (eNodeB), the access network node can be by Network equipment and/or associated behavior is selected/reselected with network using to determine by wireless telecom equipment.Citing comes It says, ISMP rules can be added in one or more strategies, and the strategy includes being related to corresponding to use without license radio frequency The information of the different cellular cellular markers (cell ID) of one or more of frequency band.ISMP strategies can also be expanded to include About by one or more honeycombs for LTE-U communications without in license radio-frequency channel and/or each no license radio frequency The information of interference level between frequency band or its certain part.ISMP strategies can also be expanded to include about being used for WLAN (Wi-Fi) communication without dry in license radio-frequency channel and/or between each no license radio frequency band or its certain part Disturb the information of level.Policing rule can be extended to provide in view of LTE-U interference levels and/or WLAN (Wi-Fi) interference The WLAN of level is reselected.In some embodiments, reselecting for WLAN is reselected to for from cellular radio Rule may include the level of the LTE-U interference in the radio-frequency channel by WLAN Channel Sharings.When LTE-U is interfered in WLAN channels In it is higher when, such as by radio network provider dispose LTE-U channels may occur with managed or unregulated WLAN Interference can utilize policing rule guiding wireless telecom equipment not reselect to one or more WLAN.At some In embodiment, rule is reselected and/or unloaded it is considered that existing WLAN interference and/or LTE-U are loaded, and are worked as When WLAN interference levels are higher and/or LTE-U load levels are higher, eNodeB may be configured to not one or more The communication of wireless telecom equipment is unloaded to LTE-U wireless networks from cellular radio or is unloaded to WLAN.In some implementations In example, LTE-U interference levels can be measured by network equipment, such as the eNodeB in the access part of cellular radio, and And/or person is measured from the wireless telecom equipment reported to the eNodeB of cellular radio.It similarly, can be for interested One or more LTE-U radio-frequency channels measure WLAN interference.ENodeB can also track the loads of the LTE-U in cellular radio (such as load by eNodeB for the radio-frequency channel in one or more cellular no license radio frequency bands).In some realities It applies in example, new wireless access technology " destination " can be added, to be defined as LTE-U (LTE is without license) RAT at one Or one in the communication identifier list shown in multinomial RRC rules.Loaded corresponding to LTE-U interference, WLAN interference, LTE-U, The parameter of the destinations LTE-U RAT and/or LTE-U cellular markers can utilize the special control of one or more items by eNodeB Message (such as being connected by RRC) and/or system information block (SIB) message are provided to wireless telecom equipment.In some embodiments In, about in no license radio-frequency channel and/or without in license radio frequency band existing, current, past, prediction and/or estimation it is dry Disturbing the information of (LTE-U and/or WLAN) level can be provided by eNodeB to wireless telecom equipment, and/or can be by nothing Line communications device measurement and provide arrive eNodeB.In some embodiments, eNodeB, which can be measured, for example transmits from WLAN And/or the interference level from LTE-U transmission, and described information can be provided to wireless telecom equipment.In some implementations In example, configuration information can be provided one or more wireless telecom equipments by eNodeB, to measure one or more radio frequencies On channel or one or more is without the interference level in license radio frequency band.In some embodiments, wireless telecom equipment can It is designed for " managed " WLAN deployment and/or for " scheduled " LTE-U cellular no license radio frequency to receive eNodeB The list of WLAN radio-frequency channels in frequency band.Wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities can measure as defined in eNodeB It is provided without the interference level in one of license radio frequency band or multiple radio-frequency channels, such as from other wireless networks Quotient, from WLAN access points, from wlan client device or from the wireless network that can share no license radio frequency band The interference level of other overlapping cells of provider.Wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities can be by measured interference All or part of of information is provided to eNodeB.In some embodiments, the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities includes WLAN wireless systems (including transceiver) can be used to measure and be penetrated without license radio frequency band by what WLAN transceiver was seen Interference in frequency channel, and the measured interference information from WLAN transceiver can be by with the wireless of LTE-U abilities The cellular radio subsystem of communication equipment is provided to eNodeB.

Such as it may include being directed to expand to LTE-U that the ANDSF policy objects of unloading are directed to specified in ISRP The rule of the unloading of the wireless telecom equipment of ability.In some embodiments, unloading rule can be provided by cellular radio To wireless telecom equipment, including the specific help information about cellular network configuration and/or situation, such as used frequency Band, used frequency channels etc..In some embodiments, the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities can be determined that The no help information that network can be utilized to provide realizes the unloading for reselecting and/or going to WLAN for going to WLAN.Have The wireless telecom equipment of LTE-U abilities can combine the one or more rules provided by cellular radio based on the network information And it is made about reselecting based on being implemented by wireless telecom equipment and/or be provided to the measurement of wireless telecom equipment And/or the decision of unloading.In some embodiments, with LTE-U abilities wireless telecom equipment include LTE wireless subsystems and WLAN wireless subsystems can be used separately or use parallel respectively.In some embodiments, there is LTE-U abilities Wireless telecom equipment can obtain the information about operating condition from LTE wireless subsystems and/or WLAN wireless subsystems, Include the operating condition in the radio-frequency channel of one or more of no license radio frequency band, to determine whether to implement network It reselects and/or network unloads.For example, WLAN wireless subsystems can be from the communication using WLAN wireless communication protocols Angle provide information about WLAN situations to LTE wireless subsystems.LTE wireless subsystems can use the wireless subsystems of WLAN The information (such as measurement) that the provided information combination LTE wireless subsystems of system are implemented is reselected and/or is unloaded to determine Action.In some embodiments, wireless telecom equipment provides information (example to eNodeB (or other equivalent access net equipments) Measurement such as from LTE wireless subsystems and/or from WLAN wireless subsystems), and eNodeB makes about cellular radio The determination for reselecting and/or unloading between network and wlan network.ENodeB can be used by can be by secondary honeycomb The multiple wireless telecom equipments information that provides of secondary component carrier communication notify reselecting for wireless telecom equipment And/or the decision of unloading (that is eNodeB can be obtained for the not directly available information of wireless telecom equipment).One In a little embodiments, ISRP can be expanded to include about interference level, the WLAN frequencies letter in LTE-U frequency channels or frequency band The information of network equipment load in interference level and LTE-U frequency channels or frequency band in road or frequency band.In some implementations In example, ISRP extensions may include the specific information about LTE-U interference, WLAN interference and/or LTE-U loads, correspond to It is several difference service types in each, such as corresponding to " based on stream " routing, correspond to " based on service " route And/or corresponding to " seamless " unloading.Correspondence can be provided for the different stream route-types and/or unloading type of ANDSF ISRP In the information of interference and/or the unloading of each type.

Fig. 4 A show the block diagram of the device 400 according to some exemplary embodiments, and may be implemented within has On the wireless telecom equipment of LTE-U abilities.It should be appreciated that showing in Figure 4 A and the component about Fig. 4 A description, equipment Or element may not be enforceable, therefore some of which can be omitted in certain embodiments.In addition, some embodiments May include in addition to show in Figure 4 A and about those of Fig. 4 A description component, equipment or element other than it is other or not Same component, equipment or element.Moreover, it should be appreciated that in some exemplary embodiments, the one or more of device 400 Component can be distributed on multiple computing devices, and the multiple computing device can generally provide the nothing with LTE-U abilities The function of line communication equipment, to be operated using multiple radio frequency bands, including by having in license radio frequency band Main component carrier and without the secondary component carrier in license radio frequency band carrier wave polymerization.Device 400 can simultaneously be provided for having License and management without the communication in license radio frequency band.It is wireless with non-cellular that device 400 can also provide cellular radio It reselecting between network and/or unloads.Device 400 can also be configured to share identical no license radio frequency band It is provided between wireless telecom equipment and other " non-cellular " wireless telecom equipments with LTE-U abilities for no license radio frequency frequency The time of frequency channels (and/or frequency bandwidth) in band is shared.Device 400 can be filled according to by the network of cellular radio The standby information provided additionally provides the frequency hopping between multiple frequency channels.

In some exemplary embodiments, device 400 may include processing circuit 410, may be configured to implement root According to the action of one or more exemplary embodiments disclosed herein.In this respect, processing circuit 410 may be configured to reality The one or more functions of implementing the device 400 according to each exemplary embodiment are applied and/or controlled, are used for so as to provide Implement the component of the function of the device 400 according to each exemplary embodiment.Processing circuit 410 may be configured to implement basis Data processing, application execution and/or other processing of one or more exemplary embodiments and management service.

In some embodiments, device 400 or its (multiple) part or (multiple) component (such as processing circuit 410) can To include on one or more chips group, the chipset can respectively include on one or more chips.Therefore, in certain examples In, the other components of the one or more of processing circuit 410 and/or device 400 may be configured to including one or Implement one embodiment on the chipset of multiple chips.The one or more components of device 400 are implemented as core wherein In some exemplary embodiments of piece group, the chipset, which can allow for (multiple) computing device to be used as, has LTE-U energy The wireless telecom equipment of power operates, when being embodied on described (multiple) computing device or be otherwise operatively coupled When to (multiple) computing devices, by having license and polymerizeing without the carrier wave on license radio frequency band, penetrated using no license Again and again the radio-frequency channel in band is together with there is the radio-frequency channel in license radio frequency band to operate.In some embodiments, it handles Circuit 410 may include processor 402, and in some embodiments as shown in Figure 4 A, can also include memory 404.Processing circuit 410 can communicate with multiple wireless subsystems or control by other means multiple wireless subsystems, Include cellular radio subsystem 408 (it may include cellular baseband processor 414) and WLAN wireless subsystems 412 (it can To include WLAN baseband processor 416).Processing circuit 410 can also be communicated with double Wireless Managers 406, described double without spool Reason device 406 can provide to manage the rule of the connection using cellular radio subsystem 408 and WLAN wireless subsystems 412 And/or action.

Processor 402 can be implemented by diversified forms.For example, processor 402 can be embodied in methods that The various components based on processing hardware, such as microprocessor, coprocessor, controller or various other calculating or processing are set It is standby, including integrated circuit, such as ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit), FPGA (field programmable gate array), its certain combination Etc..Although being illustrated as single-processor, but it would be recognized that processor 402 may include multiple processors.It is described more A processor can carry out operation communication each other, and can generally be configured to implement device 400 as described herein One or more functions.In the embodiment including multiple processors, the multiple processor may be implemented within single calculating It in equipment, or can be distributed in multiple computing devices, the multiple computing device can generally be provided with LTE-U The function of the wireless telecom equipment of ability.In some exemplary embodiments, processor 402 may be configured to execute and can be deposited Store up the instruction that can be accessed in memory 404 or by other means by processor 402.Therefore, whether through hardware Or it is configured by the combination of hardware and software, processor 402 can be implemented when being configured accordingly according to each The operation of embodiment.

In some exemplary embodiments, memory 404 may include one or more memory devices.Memory 404 May include fixed and/or removable memory equipment.In some embodiments, memory 404 can provide non-transient meter Calculation machine readable storage medium storing program for executing can store the computer program instructions that can be executed by processor 402.In this respect, memory 404 may be configured to storage information, data, application, instruction etc., to allow the implementation of device 400 to be shown according to one or more The various functions of example property embodiment.In the embodiment including multiple memory devices, the multiple memory devices can be by Implement on single computing device, or can be distributed in multiple computing devices, the multiple computing device can be overall It is upper that the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities is provided.In some embodiments, memory 404 can be by being used for The one or more buses and processor 402, double Wireless Manager modules of information are transmitted between the various components of device 400 406, one or more in cellular radio subsystem 408 and/or WLAN wireless subsystems 412 are communicated.

Device 400 can also include multiple wireless subsystems, such as cellular radio subsystem 408 and WLAN wireless subsystems 412.The wireless subsystem 408/412 may include for allowing to carry out with other wireless telecom equipments and/or wireless network One or more of mechanism of communication.For example, WLAN wireless subsystems 412 may be configured to that device 400 is allowed to pass through WLAN is communicated.Device 400 may include multiple wireless subsystems, can be carried respectively according to a kind of wireless communication protocol For communication.In some embodiments, device 400 multiple wireless subsystems (such as cellular radio subsystem 408 and WLAN it is wireless Subsystem 412) can be in direct communication with each other by communication path 418, or by the communication with processing circuit 410 indirectly that This communication.

Device 400 can also include double Wireless Manager modules 406.Double Wireless Manager modules 406 can be by specific real It is now a variety of components, such as circuit, hardware, computer program product or its certain combination, the computer program product packet It includes and is stored on non-transient computer-readable medium (such as memory 404) and by processing equipment (such as processor 402) The computer-readable program instructions of execution.In some embodiments, processor 402 (or processing circuit 410) may include or Otherwise control double Wireless Manager modules 406.Double Wireless Manager modules 406 may be configured to support using a variety of Wireless communication protocol and/or using supporting using a kind of wireless communication protocol of the communication of multiple radio frequency bands to carry out channel radio Letter, including and be not limited by carrier wave polymerization be used together license radio frequency band channel and without license radio frequency band believe Road.Double Wireless Manager modules 406 can be configured to provide the communication for using multiple wireless subsystems 408/412 Management, so as to for example alleviate between the multiple wireless subsystem and/or with shared other nothings without license radio frequency band The mutual interference of line communication equipment.

Fig. 4 B show that wireless telecom equipment (such as UE 106, defers to the UE 204/208 of LTE, defers to the UE of LTE-A 206, defer to the UE 252 of LTE-U) various components block diagram 450 comprising processing circuit 410 and cellular radio subsystem 408, there is the processing circuit 410 one or more processors 402 and memory 404, the cellular radio subsystem 408 to have There are cellular baseband processor 414, one or more transceivers 448 and RF analog front circuits set 446.Cellular radio subsystem System 408 may include the front ends RF 436 comprising a set being made of one or more antennas, such as primary antenna 438 and point Collect antenna 440, can be interconnected with RF circuits are supported, such as 444 groups of main 442 building-blocks of RF Tx/Rx1 and diversity RF Rx2 Part block.Main 442 building-blocks of RF Tx/Rx1 may include filter and other simulated assemblies, and it is logical can be " tuned " to matching Cross transmission and/or reception of the corresponding antenna for analog signal, such as primary antenna 438, diversity antenna 440 or diversity of advocating peace The whole the two of antenna 338/440.In some embodiments, the front ends RF 436 can be by being delivered from cellular baseband processor 414 And/or the signal (such as digital controlled signal) of processing circuit 402 controls, and is directly from (multiple) processor 402/ It 414 or is transmitted indirectly by another component in cellular radio subsystem 408.

Processing circuit 410 and/or cellular baseband processor 414 may be configured to implement and/or control to implement according to each One or more functions of the wireless telecom equipment of kind realization method.According to one or more embodiments, processing circuit 410 and/ Or the processing circuit in cellular radio subsystem 408 can provide the function for operating cellular radio subsystem, will pass through There is license and polymerize without the carrier wave in license radio frequency band whole the two and communicated using multiple component carriers, this is, for example, logical Cross execute processor 402 in and/or the instruction in cellular baseband processor 414 and realize.In this respect, processing circuit 410 And/or cellular baseband processor 414 may be configured to implement and/or control the wireless communication implemented according to various realization methods One or more functions of equipment, so as to according to concurrently using no license and have license radio frequency band carrier wave polymerize come Feature operation is provided.Processing circuit 410 can be configured to implement according to one or more embodiments of present disclosure Data processing, application execution and/or other equipment function.

Wireless telecom equipment or its certain part and component (such as processing circuit 410 and cellular baseband processor 414) It may include on one or more chips group, can respectively include coupling any number of microchip on it.Processing circuit 410, one or more other assemblies of cellular baseband processor 414 and/or wireless telecom equipment can be configured to Implement work(associated with the various regulations that utilization has license and combination without license radio frequency band to be managed and/or operate Energy.

In some embodiments, (multiple) processor 402/414 can be configured by a variety of different forms.Citing comes It says, (multiple) processor 402/414 can be with any number of microprocessor, coprocessor, controller or various other meters It calculates or processing utensil is associated, including integrated circuit, such as application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), field programmable gate array (FPGA) or it is arbitrarily combined.In various scenarios, multiple processors 404/414 of wireless telecom equipment can be coupled to each other And/or it is configured to carry out operation communication each other, and these components can generally be configured to implement for simultaneously Capablely using no license and have license radio frequency band all both carrier aggregation scheme in manage and use multiple frequency channels Method, just as described further here as.

It should be appreciated that may not be to be shown in the wireless telecom equipment 450 of Fig. 4 B and about all of its description Component, equipment component and hardware are all vital for present disclosure, therefore some of projects can be in reasonable model It is omitted, merges or changes by other means in enclosing.In addition, in some implementations, it is related to wireless telecom equipment The subject content of connection may be configured to include in addition in the diagram of Fig. 4 B describe those of component, equipment component or hardware it Outer additional or replacement component, equipment component or hardware.

Fig. 5 shows that (it may include cellular with specific " master " of wireless network using main component carrier (PCC) 502 Downlink and uplink are both all) and secondary component carrier (SCC) 504 (it can be provided from the another of wireless network A specific " secondary " cellular downlink communication) all both control signaling and data communication block diagram 500.Such as it is corresponding It can pass through main component carrier in the control plane signaling of Non-Access Stratum (NAS) signaling and radio resource control (RRC) signaling It is transmitted between wireless network to wireless telecom equipment (such as user equipment (UE) 506).UE 506 may include in the application In the wireless telecom equipment deferred to LTE and/or LTE-A and/or defer to LTE-U described elsewhere, can be with It is carried out according to one or more eNodeB (base station) of the wireless network of LTE, LTE-A and/or LTE-U wireless communication protocol operation Communication.UE 506 can be communicated by the whole the two of PCC 502 and SCC 504 with wireless network simultaneously, this is for example Be using LTE-A carrier wave aggregated wireless be electrically accessed technology (RAT) and/or using LTE-U carrier waves polymerize RAT and realize (such as Simultaneously have license and without license radio frequency band in carry out).In some embodiments, while it is complete using PCC 502 and SCC 504 Both portions from wireless network to UE 506 transmit downlink (DL) data, that is to say, that using such as various LTE/LTE-A without Some form of carrier wave polymerization specified in line communication protocol, in order to provide more high bandwidth and higher downlink data rate And/or throughput performance.In some embodiments, according to one or more of LTE/LTE-A wireless communication protocols merely with PCC 502 transmit uplink (UL) data from UE 506 to wireless network (without utilizing SCC 504).Therefore, in some embodiments In, UE 506 may be configured to that carrier aggregation mode, the carrier aggregation mode is used to be used up altogether in downlink side It enjoys, multiple parallel frequency carriers in neighbouring or different frequency bands, and uses single-frequency carrier wave in the uplink direction. In some embodiments, such as by default configuration and/or according to LTE/LTE-A wireless communication protocols, all 1st layer of (L1) objects Reason (PHY) layer control data communication 510 is all transmitted by PCC 502.In some embodiments, for by two sseparated Honeycomb is gone to via PCC 502 and SCC 504 and the coordination of block data communication from UE can utilize between the honeycomb " between honeycomb " communication link 514 provide.In some embodiments, control plane signaling can be used in no license radio frequency It activates and is deactivated for secondary cellular use in frequency band.In some embodiments, control plane signaling can be used to The related information of secondary honeycomb for the communication that can be used in no license radio frequency band, wherein for example including being directed to no license radio frequency band In each frequency channels the frequency hopping between time is shared and/or multiple frequency channels rule.

Fig. 6 is shown has license and/or nothing according to the depicting for each embodiment of present disclosure for management and utilization The flow chart 600 of the method for the radio communication of multiple radio-frequency channels in license radio frequency band.In first step 602, have The wireless telecom equipments of LTE-U abilities obtain for the radio-frequency channel having in license radio frequency band in no license radio frequency band Ambulant one or more ANDSF strategies between radio-frequency channel.It is wireless with LTE-U abilities in subsequent step 604 Communication equipment obtains to be directed to and is unloaded to the traffic in no license radio frequency band from the radio-frequency channel having in license radio frequency band One or more ANDSF strategies of radio-frequency channel.In some embodiments, the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities is from nothing The access net equipment (such as from eNodeB) of gauze network obtains ANDSF strategies.In some embodiments, with LTE-U abilities Wireless telecom equipment ANDSF strategies are provided during supply and/or during software upgrading.In step 606, there is LTE-U Radio frequency interference level in one or more radio-frequency channels of the wireless telecom equipment monitoring without license radio frequency band of ability.One In a little embodiments, the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities uses cellular radio subsystem and/or wireless local net system The radio frequency interference level in one or more radio-frequency channels to monitor no license radio frequency band.In step 608, there is LTE- The wireless telecom equipment of U abilities obtains the load information corresponding to the radio-frequency channel of one or more of no license radio frequency band. In step 610, whether the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities determines monitored radio frequency interference level and load information Show that the radio-frequency channel of at least one of no license radio frequency band can be used for according to for the one or more of the unloading traffic ANDSF strategies are unloaded.When the radio frequency interference level and load information that are monitored show in no license radio frequency band at least When one radio-frequency channel can be used for being unloaded according to one or more ANDSF strategies for the unloading traffic, in step 612 In, the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities is by least part of data communication traffic from having in license radio frequency band Radio-frequency channel be transferred at least one radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band.In some embodiments, have (it is for example as one for control message of the wireless telecom equipment of LTE-U abilities based on the eNodeB for being delivered from wireless network Or more the part of radio resource control (RRC) message and/or broadcasted as one or more system informations (SIB) part for message) availability of the determination for the radio-frequency channel of unloading.In some embodiments, there is LTE-U abilities Wireless telecom equipment to the eNodeB of wireless network provide at least one of no license radio frequency band RF channels institute The related information of radio frequency interference level for measuring and/or estimating.In some embodiments, LTE-U wireless telecom equipments determine nothing Whether the radio-frequency channel of one or more of license radio frequency band can be used for unloading, this is by one or more corresponding to The load level of a radio-frequency channel is compared with a set being made of one or more load threshold level and is realized. In some embodiments, by measured radio frequency interference level and be made of one or more interference threshold level one Set is compared, and whether the determination of LTE-U wireless telecom equipments may be used without the radio-frequency channel of one or more of license radio frequency band For unloading.In some embodiments, at least one RF channels in no license radio frequency band are according to LTE/LTE-A/ LTE-U wireless communication protocols operate, and be used for according to the communication of Wi-Fi wireless communication protocols without license radio frequency band At least one of RF channel overlaps.In some embodiments, ANDSF strategies utilize RRC signaling by the eNodeB of wireless network Message (such as one or more system information block (SIB) message) is broadcasted.In some embodiments, ANDSF strategies include can The list of WLAN frequency channels for the managed WLAN communications in no license radio frequency band.In some embodiments, ANDSF Strategy includes the list without the RF channels in license radio frequency band that can be used for LTE-U communications.

Fig. 7 shows the time-division multiplex of some embodiments according to present disclosure depicted for wireless telecom equipment It is multiplexed the flow chart 700 of the method coexisted.In a step 702, the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities, which utilizes, has license to penetrate Frequently the eNodeB of the cellular main component carrier (PCC) of master and cellular radio in (RF) frequency band, which is established, to be connected.In some realities It applies in example, the connection includes the radio resource control having between the wireless telecom equipment and eNodeB of LTE-U abilities (RRC) signaling connection, in order to provide the control for the one or more component carriers polymerizeing for carrier wave.In step 704, Wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities is obtained from eNodeB corresponding to time cellular configuration.In some embodiments, secondary bee Nest is operated using the radio-frequency channel of one or more of no license radio frequency band.In some embodiments, the configuration includes one A timer set shows to correspond to the pass time transmission of cellular one or more radio-frequency channels progress and by by non-bee The parallel radio frequency that nest wireless telecom equipment (such as the WLAN devices operated according to Wi-Fi wireless communication protocols) uses is believed " unlatching " cycle coexisted and " closing " cycle based on the time-division for the transmission that road carries out.In some embodiments, the timing Device set includes corresponding to time information of the initial time and end time of cellular " unlatching " and " closing " cycle.In some realities It applies in example, the starting and ending time is provided using one or more System Frame Numbers (SFN) numerical value.In some embodiments In, the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities keeps providing opening for the instruction for the beginning for corresponding to each " unlatching " cycle Beginning timer, and the stopping timer of the instruction for the beginning for corresponding to each " closing " cycle is provided, for by secondary The communication of secondary component carrier in honeycomb.In some embodiments, it is configured to that there is LTE-U using all of time component carrier The wireless telecom equipment of ability is all based on that the configuration information provided by eNodeB is synchronized to identical " unlatching " and " closing " follows Ring.In step 706, during at least one " unlatching " recycles, the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities is passed to eNodeB Send or received from eNodeB the communication carried out by time cellular secondary component carrier.In step 708, in each " closing " During cycle, the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities forbid (or inhibit) by secondary cellular secondary component carrier with ENodeB is communicated.In some embodiments, each " closing " cycle crosses over a period, is sufficient to make such as root According to wlan device sensing and time component carrier of Wi-Fi wireless communication protocols operation, be overlapped no license radio frequency is frequently at least partly The availability of radio-frequency channel in band, and an at least data are transmitted by the radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band Grouping.In some embodiments, described " closing " cycle crosses at least 20 milliseconds or at least 40 milliseconds.In some embodiments In, it is broadcasted from eNodeB to the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities using one or more system information (SIB) message Corresponding to secondary cellular configuration.In some embodiments, one or more radio resource controls (RRC) are utilized by eNodeB Signaling message corresponds to time cellular configuration to the wireless telecom equipment transmission with LTE-U abilities.In some embodiments, right Common timing mode should be recycled in all times cellular " unlatching " and " closing " of eNodeB.In some embodiments, Corresponding to eNodeB each time honeycomb for its corresponding " unlatching " timing mode different with " closing " recycling. During " closing " recycles, the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities, which utilizes, to be had in license radio frequency band rather than is penetrated without license Again and again the radio frequency resource (such as utilizing the cellular main component carrier of master) in band is communicated with eNodeB.

Fig. 8, which is shown, to be coexisted according to the depicting for some embodiments of present disclosure for the frequency hopping of wireless telecom equipment Method flow chart 800.In first step 802, the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities, which utilizes, license radio frequency frequency The eNodeB of main component carrier (PCC) and wireless network in band, which is established, to be connected.In some embodiments, the connection includes tool There is radio resource control (RRC) signaling connection between the wireless telecom equipment and eNodeB of LTE-U abilities, in order to provide needle Control to the one or more component carriers polymerizeing for carrier wave.In step 804, the wireless communication with LTE-U abilities Equipment is obtained from eNodeB corresponding to time cellular configuration.In some embodiments, secondary honeycomb is using in no license radio frequency band Radio-frequency channel set operation.In some embodiments, the configuration includes corresponding to the frequency channels set or correspondence In the frequency-hopping mode of a subset of the frequency channels set, wherein frequency-hopping mode regulation will be by with LTE-U abilities The sequence of frequency channels that is used during the saltus step successive each time of frequency-hopping mode of wireless telecom equipment.Each frequency Channel may be in no license radio frequency (RF) frequency band, and with LTE-U abilities wireless telecom equipment can be based on by Frequency-hopping mode as defined in eNodeB switches between different radio frequency channel.In some embodiments, the frequency-hopping mode exists It is sent to LTE-U abilities in broadcast system information block (SIB) message or in one or more RRC signaling messages Wireless telecom equipment.In some embodiments, the frequency-hopping mode as the time changes, such as based on wherein apply frequency hopping It time cellular operating condition of pattern and/or the loading condition based on frequency channels and/or is surveyed based on what is obtained by eNodeB Radio frequency interference and change.In some embodiments, the wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities is measured without license radio frequency band Radio frequency interference in one or more RF channels, and the information about surveyed radio frequency interference is provided to eNodeB, eNodeB is again Be based at least partially on the information about radio frequency interference obtained determine frequency-hopping mode (such as RF channel sets, correspond to institute State the sequence of RF channel sets, using the time etc. of each RF channel in the RF channel sets).In step 806, Wireless telecom equipment with LTE-U abilities during the first saltus step of frequency-hopping mode by secondary component carrier (SCC) to ENodeB is transmitted or is received from eNodeB, this be, for example, on the first frequency channel as defined in frequency-hopping mode simultaneously And for a period of time progress without departing from the period for using first frequency channel as defined in frequency-hopping mode.In step In 808, the wireless communications device configurations cellular radio subsystem with LTE-U abilities is for one section specified in frequency-hopping mode Time uses the equally second frequency channel as defined in frequency-hopping mode.In some embodiments, eNodeB is with LTE-U abilities Wireless telecom equipment sequence without the RF channels in license radio frequency band and the period using each RF channel are provided. In some embodiments, using SFN numerical value come stipulated time section, initial time and/or dwell time.In some embodiments, The no license radio frequency band is ISM band or UNII frequency bands.In some embodiments, using Frequency Channel Number set or By the centre frequency numerical value set corresponding to secondary component carrier come regulation frequency-hopping mode.

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In some embodiments, a method of for managing using for the radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band Including being implemented the steps of by wireless telecom equipment：Obtain is having license radio frequency band to be penetrated with no license for wireless telecom equipment Again and again ambulant one or more access network discoveries between band and selection function (ANDSF) strategy；It obtains to be directed to and hold According in radio frequency band radio-frequency channel and without between the radio-frequency channel in license radio frequency band unload the traffic it is one or more ANDSF strategies；Monitor the radio frequency interference level corresponding to the radio-frequency channel of at least one of no license radio frequency band；It is corresponded to The load information of at least one radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band；And it when the radio frequency interference level and bears Information carrying breath shows that the radio-frequency channel of at least one of no license radio frequency band can be used for according to described for the one of the unloading traffic Or multinomial ANDSF strategies come when being unloaded, by least part of data communication traffic from having in license radio frequency band Radio-frequency channel be transferred at least one radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band.

In some embodiments, a method of for managing using for the radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band Including being implemented the steps of by wireless telecom equipment：By penetrating corresponding to the radio-frequency channel of at least one of no license radio frequency band Frequency interference level provides the enhanced NodeB to wireless network；And receive the control of the enhanced NodeB from wireless network Message a, so that part for data traffic is unloaded to no license radio frequency band from the radio-frequency channel having in license radio frequency band In at least one radio-frequency channel.

In some embodiments, the cellular radio subsystem of wireless telecom equipment is configured to according to long term evolution (LTE) Or advanced long term evolution (LTE-A) wireless communication protocol operation.

In some embodiments, the wireless local net system of wireless telecom equipment is configured to according to Wi-Fi channel radios Believe agreement operation.

In some embodiments, radio frequency interference level shows when from one or more non-cellular wireless telecom equipments When the measurement level of radio frequency interference is less than certain interference threshold level, the radio-frequency channel of at least one of no license radio frequency band can For being unloaded.

In some embodiments, load information shows to believe when corresponding at least one of no license radio frequency band radio frequency When the load level in road is less than certain load threshold level, at least one radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band is available In being unloaded.

In some embodiments, ANDSF strategies utilize radio resource control by the enhanced NodeB of wireless network (RRC) signaling message transmits.

In some embodiments, ANDSF strategies are disappeared by the enhanced NodeB of wireless network using system information block (SIB) It ceases to transmit.

In some embodiments, ANDSF strategies lead to including at least the managed WLAN that can be used in no license radio frequency band The first list of WLAN (WLAN) frequency channels of letter and can be used for the communication of no license LTE (LTE-U) without license The second list of radio-frequency channel in radio frequency band.

In some embodiments, ANDSF strategies include about specified in the first and second lists in radio-frequency channel its The information of the radio frequency interference level of middle one or more radio-frequency channel.

In some embodiments, a kind of wireless telecom equipment includes：Cellular radio subsystem；WLAN (WLAN) nothing Line subsystem；And it is communicatively coupled to the processing circuit of honeycomb and WLAN wireless subsystems, the processing circuit is configured It is implemented the steps of at the wireless telecom equipment is made：It obtains and is held with nothing for the radio-frequency channel in having license radio frequency band According to the one or more ANDSF strategies for unloading the traffic between the radio-frequency channel in radio frequency band；Monitoring is penetrated corresponding to no license Again and again the radio frequency interference level of the radio-frequency channel in band；The load obtained corresponding to the radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band is believed Breath；And when the radio frequency interference level and load information show that the radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band can be used for according to institute One or more ANDSF strategies for the unloading traffic are stated come when being unloaded, by least one of data communication traffic Divide the radio-frequency channel being transferred to from the radio-frequency channel having in license radio frequency band in no license radio frequency band.

In some embodiments, wireless telecom equipment includes processing circuit, is configured so that the wireless communication is set It is standby to implement the steps of：Wireless network will be provided corresponding to the radio frequency interference level of the radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band Enhanced NodeB；And the control message of the enhanced NodeB from wireless network is received, so as to data traffic A part is unloaded to the radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band from the radio-frequency channel having in license radio frequency band.

In some embodiments, wireless telecom equipment include the honeycomb that is operated according to LTE or LTE-A wireless communication protocols without Line subsystem, and the WLAN wireless subsystems according to the operation of Wi-Fi wireless communication protocols.

In some embodiments, radio frequency interference level shows when from one or more non-cellular wireless telecom equipments When the measurement level of radio frequency interference is less than certain interference threshold level, the radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band can be used for carrying out Unloading.

In some embodiments, load information shows when corresponding to the load of the radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band When level is less than certain load threshold level, the radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band can be used for being unloaded.

In some embodiments, it is utilized by the enhanced NodeB of wireless network for the ANDSF strategies of the unloading traffic One or more in RRC signaling message and SIB message transmit.

In some embodiments, wireless telecom equipment includes processing circuit, is configured so that the wireless communication is set It is standby to implement the steps of：Obtain is having license radio frequency band and without the movement between license radio frequency band for wireless telecom equipment Property one or more ANDSF strategies, wherein it is described for ambulant one or more ANDSF strategies including at least no license The first list of WLAN (WLAN) frequency channels that can be used for managed WLAN communication in radio frequency band and available In the second list without the radio-frequency channel in license radio frequency band of no license LTE (LTE-U) communication.

In some embodiments, wireless telecom equipment includes processing circuit, is configured so that the wireless communication is set The standby radio frequency interference obtained about wherein one or more radio-frequency channels specified in the first and second lists in radio-frequency channel The information of level.

In some embodiments, a kind of non-transient computer-readable medium storage executable instruction, when by wirelessly communicating When the one or more processors of equipment execute, the executable instruction makes the wireless telecom equipment implement the steps of： It obtains and is communicated in the radio-frequency channel in having license radio frequency band and being unloaded between the radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band One or more ANDSF strategies of amount；The load obtained corresponding to the radio-frequency channel of at least one of no license radio frequency band is believed Breath and radio frequency interference level；And described in showing in no license radio frequency band when the radio frequency interference level and load information extremely A few radio-frequency channel can be used for according to described for the one or more ANDSF strategies for unloading the traffic come when being unloaded, At least part of data communication traffic is transferred to no license radio frequency band from the radio-frequency channel having in license radio frequency band In at least one radio-frequency channel.

In some embodiments, one or more ANDSF strategies for the unloading traffic include in the following terms It is one or more：WLAN (WLAN) frequency channels that can be used for managed WLAN communication in no license radio frequency band First list；It can be used for the second list without the radio-frequency channel in license radio frequency band of no license LTE (LTE-U) communication；With And the radio frequency interference level about wherein one or more radio-frequency channels specified in the first or second list in radio-frequency channel Information.

In some embodiments, a kind of device used for managing for the radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band Including：For obtain be directed in having license radio frequency band radio-frequency channel and without between the radio-frequency channel in license radio frequency band Unload the component of one or more ANDSF strategies of the traffic；For obtaining corresponding at least one in no license radio frequency band The component of the load information and radio frequency interference level of a radio-frequency channel；And when the radio frequency interference level and load information show At least one radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band can be used for one or more for the unloading traffic according to described ANDSF strategies come when being unloaded, for by least part of data communication traffic from having in license radio frequency band Radio-frequency channel is transferred to the component of at least one radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band.

In some embodiments, one kind includes for the method coexisted based on the time-division in no license radio frequency (RF) frequency band It is implemented the steps of by wireless telecom equipment：It is being wirelessly communicated using the cellular main component carrier of the master having in license radio frequency band Connection is established between equipment and the eNodeB of wireless network；It is obtained from eNodeB corresponding to time cellular configuration, secondary honeycomb is in nothing It is operated in license radio frequency band, and includes a timer set corresponding to time cellular configuration, show to correspond to The secondary cellular ON cycle used and closing recycle；Time cellular secondary component carrier will be corresponded to and be configured to supplement corresponding to nothing The main component carrier being connect between line communication equipment and eNodeB, the first and second component carriers are used together to pass through carrier wave Polymerization is communicated；During secondary cellular at least one ON cycle, be transmitted to eNodeB by secondary component carrier or Person receives from eNodeB；And it is secondary it is cellular each close cycle during, no thoroughfare time component carrier with ENodeB is communicated.

In some embodiments, a timer set includes corresponding to time cellular ON cycle and closing rising for cycle At least one of information of beginning time and end time.

In some embodiments, using one or more System Frame Numbers (SFN) numerical value come regulation initial time and at the end of Between.

In some embodiments, one kind is for the method packet coexisted based on the time-division in no license radio frequency (RF) frequency band It includes：By wireless telecom equipment keep show each ON cycle beginning timer and show that each closing follows The stopping timer of the beginning of ring, for being communicated by the secondary component carrier in secondary honeycomb.

In some embodiments, each is closed cycle and crosses over a period, is sufficient to make wireless local-area networking (WLAN) availability of apparatus senses and the radio-frequency channel in time component carrier at least partly be overlapped no license radio frequency band, And an at least packet is transmitted by the radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band.

In some embodiments, wlan device according to Wi-Fi wireless communication protocols operate, and wireless telecom equipment according to Long term evolution (LTE), advanced long term evolution (LTE-A) or long term evolution are operated without license (LTE-U) wireless communication protocol.

In some embodiments, each is closed cycle and crosses at least 20 milliseconds.

In some embodiments, correspond to time cellular configuration and one or more system information blocks are utilized by eNodeB (SIB) message is broadcasted.

In some embodiments, correspond to time cellular configuration and one or more radio resource controls are utilized by eNodeB Make the transmission of (RRC) signaling message.

In some embodiments, one kind is for the method packet coexisted based on the time-division in no license radio frequency (RF) frequency band It includes：Wireless telecom equipment is logical with eNodeB during secondary cellular at least one closing cycle using main cellular main component carrier Letter.

In some embodiments, a kind of wireless telecom equipment includes：Cellular radio subsystem；WLAN (WLAN) nothing Line subsystem；And it is communicatively coupled to the processing circuit of honeycomb and WLAN wireless subsystems, the processing circuit is configured It is implemented the steps of at the wireless telecom equipment is made：It is built using the cellular main component carrier of the master having in license radio frequency band The vertical connection for going to wireless network；Acquisition corresponds to time cellular configuration of the operation in no license radio frequency band, corresponds to secondary The cellular configuration includes the information for corresponding to time cellular ON cycle used and closing cycle；Time honeycomb will be corresponded to Secondary component carrier be configured to supplement and correspond to the main component carrier that is connect between wireless telecom equipment and wireless network, first It is used together to be communicated by carrier wave polymerization with the second component carrier；During secondary cellular at least one ON cycle, Pass through secondary component carrier and wireless communication；And during secondary cellular at least one closing cycle, time group that no thoroughfare At carrier wave and wireless communication.

In some embodiments, the information corresponding to the secondary cellular ON cycle used and closing cycle includes corresponding to Secondary cellular ON cycle and at least one for closing the initial time and end time recycled.

In some embodiments, wireless telecom equipment includes processing circuit, is configured so that the wireless communication is set It is standby to implement the steps of：By wireless telecom equipment keep show each ON cycle beginning timer and show Each closes the stopping timer of the beginning of cycle, for being communicated by the secondary component carrier in secondary honeycomb.

In some embodiments, wireless local-area networking (WLAN) equipment is operated according to Wi-Fi wireless communication protocols, and nothing Line communication equipment is according to long term evolution (LTE), advanced long term evolution (LTE-A) or long term evolution without license (LTE-U) channel radio Believe agreement operation.

In some embodiments, one or more systems of the wireless telecom equipment in the eNodeB broadcast by wireless network It is obtained in block of information (SIB) message and corresponds to time cellular configuration.

In some embodiments, wireless telecom equipment is wireless in the one or more items of the eNodeB broadcast by wireless network Electric resources, which control to obtain in (RRC) signaling message, corresponds to time cellular configuration.

In some embodiments, wireless telecom equipment includes processing circuit, is configured so that the wireless communication is set It is standby to implement the steps of：Using the cellular main component carrier of master during secondary cellular at least one closing cycle with wireless network Communication.

In some embodiments, a kind of non-transient computer-readable medium storage executable instruction, when by wirelessly communicating When the one or more processors of equipment execute, the executable instruction makes the wireless telecom equipment implement the steps of： The connection for going to wireless network is established using the cellular main component carrier of the master having in license radio frequency band；Time honeycomb will be corresponded to Secondary component carrier be configured to supplement and correspond to the main component carrier that is connect between wireless telecom equipment and wireless network, secondary bee Nest operates in no license radio frequency band, and the first and second component carriers are used together to be led to by carrier wave polymerization Letter；Corresponding to during secondary cellular opening time section, pass through secondary component carrier and wireless communication；And corresponding to secondary During cellular shut-in time section, no thoroughfare time component carrier and wireless communication.

In some embodiments, one kind is for the device packet coexisted based on the time-division in no license radio frequency (RF) frequency band It includes：For utilizing the component for thering is the cellular main component carrier of the master in license radio frequency band to establish the connection for going to wireless network； Supplement is configured to corresponding to the company between wireless telecom equipment and wireless network for time cellular secondary component carrier will to be corresponded to The component of the main component carrier connect, secondary honeycomb operation is in no license radio frequency band, and the first and second component carriers are by one It rises for being communicated by carrier wave polymerization；For corresponding to during secondary cellular opening time section by secondary component carrier with The component of wireless communication；And for corresponding to no thoroughfare during secondary cellular shut-in time section time component carrier with The component of wireless communication.

In some embodiments, one kind includes for the method coexisted based on frequency hopping in no license radio frequency (RF) frequency band It is implemented the steps of by wireless telecom equipment：It is being wirelessly communicated using the cellular main component carrier of the master having in license radio frequency band Connection is established between equipment and the eNodeB of wireless network；It is obtained from eNodeB corresponding to time cellular configuration, secondary honeycomb is in nothing It is operated in license radio frequency band, and includes for by the secondary component carrier in secondary honeycomb corresponding to time cellular configuration The frequency channels set and frequency-hopping mode communicated；Using the first frequency channel in the frequency channels set, jumping It is transmitted to eNodeB by secondary component carrier during first saltus step of frequency pattern or is received from eNodeB；And profit With the second frequency channel in the frequency channels set, during the second saltus step of frequency-hopping mode by secondary component carrier to ENodeB is transmitted or is received from eNodeB.

In some embodiments, certain period of time is crossed in the saltus step each time of frequency-hopping mode, is less than and System Frame Number (SFN) the maximum count corresponding time.

In some embodiments, correspond to frequency-hopping mode saltus step each time at the beginning of by SFN values dictates.

In some embodiments, first and secondary component carrier be used by the load between wireless telecom equipment and eNodeB The communication of wave polymerization.

In some embodiments, no license radio frequency band includes in 5GHz industry, science and medical treatment (ISM) radio frequency band In frequency channels.

In some embodiments, frequency-hopping mode includes the Frequency Channel Number or centre frequency number for corresponding to time component carrier Value, and the time of each frequency channels in frequency-hopping mode will be used.

In some embodiments, one kind includes for the method coexisted based on frequency hopping in no license radio frequency (RF) frequency band It is implemented the steps of by wireless telecom equipment：It measures without the radio frequency interference in the radio-frequency channel of at least one of license radio frequency band Level；And provide the information about the radio frequency interference level to eNodeB.

In some embodiments, eNodeB be based at least partially on by wireless telecom equipment provide about radio frequency interference electricity Flat information corresponds to time cellular frequency-hopping mode to be adapted to.

In some embodiments, wireless telecom equipment is according to long term evolution (LTE), advanced long term evolution (LTE-A) or length Phase evolution is operated without license (LTE-U) wireless communication protocol.

In some embodiments, a kind of wireless telecom equipment includes：Cellular radio subsystem；WLAN (WLAN) nothing Line subsystem；And it is communicatively coupled to the processing circuit of honeycomb and WLAN wireless subsystems, the processing circuit is configured It is implemented the steps of at the wireless telecom equipment is made：Existed using the cellular main component carrier of the master having in license radio frequency band Connection is established between wireless telecom equipment and wireless network；It obtains secondary cellular in no license radio frequency band corresponding to operation Configuration includes the frequency channels for being communicated by the secondary component carrier in secondary honeycomb corresponding to the secondary cellular configuration Set and frequency-hopping mode；Using the first frequency channel in the frequency channels set, in the first saltus step phase of frequency-hopping mode Between pass through secondary component carrier and wireless communication；And it using the second frequency channel in the frequency channels set, is jumping Pass through secondary component carrier and wireless communication during second saltus step of frequency pattern.

In some embodiments, first and time component carrier be used by wireless telecom equipment and wireless network The communication of carrier wave polymerization between eNodeB.

In some embodiments, wireless telecom equipment includes processing circuit, is configured so that the wireless communication is set It is standby to implement the steps of：Measure the level without the radio frequency interference in the radio-frequency channel of at least one of license radio frequency band；And The information about the radio frequency interference level is provided to the eNodeB of wireless network.

In some embodiments, the eNodeB of wireless network be based at least partially on by wireless telecom equipment provide about The information of radio frequency interference level corresponds to time cellular frequency-hopping mode to be adapted to.

In some embodiments, a kind of non-transient computer-readable medium storage executable instruction, when by wirelessly communicating When the one or more processors of equipment execute, the executable instruction makes the wireless telecom equipment implement the steps of： Connection is established between wireless telecom equipment and wireless network using the cellular main component carrier of the master having in license radio frequency band； Time cellular configuration for corresponding to operation in no license radio frequency band is obtained, includes being used for corresponding to the secondary cellular configuration The frequency channels set and frequency-hopping mode communicated by the secondary component carrier in secondary honeycomb；Utilize the frequency channels collection First frequency channel in conjunction passes through secondary component carrier and wireless communication during the first saltus step of frequency-hopping mode；And Using the second frequency channel in the frequency channels set, during the second saltus step of frequency-hopping mode by secondary component carrier with Wireless communication.

In some embodiments, a kind of non-transient computer-readable medium storage executable instruction, when by wirelessly communicating When the one or more processors of equipment execute, the executable instruction makes the wireless telecom equipment implement the steps of： Measure the level without the radio frequency interference in the radio-frequency channel of at least one of license radio frequency band；And to wireless network ENodeB provides the information about the radio frequency interference level.

In some embodiments, it is a kind of for wireless telecom equipment in no license radio frequency (RF) frequency band based on frequency hopping The device coexisted includes：There is the cellular main component carrier of the master in license radio frequency band in wireless telecom equipment and nothing for utilizing The component of connection is established between gauze network；Correspond to time cellular configuration of the operation in no license radio frequency band for obtaining Component includes the frequency channels for being communicated by the secondary component carrier in secondary honeycomb corresponding to the secondary cellular configuration Set and frequency-hopping mode；For utilizing the first frequency channel in the frequency channels set in the first saltus step of frequency-hopping mode The component that period passes through secondary component carrier and wireless communication；And for utilizing the second frequency in the frequency channels set Rate channel passes through the component of secondary component carrier and wireless communication during the second saltus step of frequency-hopping mode.

In some embodiments, it is a kind of for wireless telecom equipment in no license radio frequency (RF) frequency band based on frequency hopping The device coexisted includes：For measuring the level without the radio frequency interference in the radio-frequency channel of at least one of license radio frequency band Component；And the component for providing the information about the radio frequency interference level to the eNodeB of wireless network.

In some embodiments, a kind of method includes any described in specific embodiment part substantially herein Action or combination of actions.

In some embodiments, a kind of method is included in each or arbitrary combination description referring herein to Fig. 1 to Fig. 8 Any action or combination of actions.

In some embodiments, a kind of equipment is configured to implement to retouch in specific embodiment part substantially herein Any action stated or combination of actions.

In some embodiments, a kind of equipment include any component described in specific embodiment part herein or Component combines.

In some embodiments, a kind of non-transient computer-readable medium storage instruction, described instruction by one or Multiple processors make to implement any action described in specific embodiment part substantially herein by equipment when executing Or combination of actions.

In some embodiments, a kind of integrated circuit is configured to implement specific embodiment part substantially herein Described in any action or combination of actions.

In some embodiments, a kind of device includes for implementing to retouch in specific embodiment part substantially herein One or more of components of any action or combination of actions stated.

Various aspects, embodiment, realization method or the feature of described embodiment can be used separately or according to It is arbitrary to combine to use.In addition, some aspects of described embodiment can pass through software, hardware or hardware and software It combines to implement.Described embodiment can also be implemented as the meter being stored on non-transient computer-readable medium Calculation machine program code.The computer-readable medium can be associated with data-storable any data storage device, institute Stating data can then be read by computer or computer system.The example of computer-readable medium include read-only memory, with Machine accesses memory, CD-ROM, solid-state disk (SSD or flash memory), HDD, DVD, tape and optical data storage.Computer Readable medium can also be distributed in the computer system of network coupling, so as to execute calculating by distributed way Machine program code.

The description of front has used specific nomenclature to provide for the saturating of described embodiment for illustrative purposes Thorough understanding.It will be recognized to those skilled in the art that not needing to certain tools therein for putting into practice described embodiment Body details.Therefore, it is provided for the purpose of illustration and description herein previously for the description of specific embodiment.These Description is not intended to be exhaustive, full inclusive or described embodiment is restricted to exact form disclosed or details. It would be recognized by those skilled in the art that without departing substantially from the spirit and scope of present disclosure, according to the introduction of front It is possible that making many modifications and variations.

Claims

1. a kind of method used for managing for the radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band, the method includes：

Following operation is implemented by wireless telecom equipment：

Obtain for the honeycomb by cellular network dispatch of the wireless telecom equipment in operating in license radio frequency band and Operate in ambulant one between the WLAN (WLAN) by cellular network management in no license radio frequency band or Multinomial access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) strategy；

Obtain in having license radio frequency band radio-frequency channel and without being unloaded between the radio-frequency channel in license radio frequency band One or more ANDSF of data communication traffic are tactful, and the radio-frequency channel in the no license radio frequency band includes being used for nothing License long term evolution (LTE-U) is secondary cellular by the radio-frequency channel of cellular network scheduling and by the WLAN radio frequencies of cellular network management Both channels；

Monitor the radio frequency interference level for the LTE-U radio-frequency channels of one or more of no license radio frequency band；

Obtain the load information for one or more of LTE-U radio-frequency channels in no license radio frequency band；And

When monitored radio frequency interference level and load information show one or more of LTE-U in no license radio frequency band At least one of radio-frequency channel LTE-U radio-frequency channels can be used for according to for unload described one of data communication traffic or Multinomial ANDSF strategies are come when being unloaded, by least part of data communication traffic from there is penetrating in license radio frequency band At least one LTE- in one or more of LTE-U radio-frequency channels in frequency channel transfer to no license radio frequency band U radio-frequency channels,

Wherein ANDSF strategies are including at least the WLAN for being communicated by the WLAN of cellular network management in no license radio frequency band The first list of radio-frequency channel, the LTE-U radio-frequency channels without the communication for being dispatched by cellular network in license radio frequency band Second list and rule for being unloaded to LTE-U radio-frequency channels based on LTE-U interference levels and LTE-U load levels.

2. according to the method described in claim 1, further including：

Following operation is implemented by the wireless telecom equipment：

Wireless network will be provided for the radio frequency interference level of one or more of radio-frequency channels in no license radio frequency band The enhanced NodeB of network.

3. according to the method described in claim 1, wherein, the wireless telecom equipment is drilled for a long time including at least basis is configured to The cellular radio subsystem operated into (LTE) or advanced long term evolution (LTE-A) wireless communication protocol.

4. according to the method described in claim 3, wherein, the wireless telecom equipment is included at least and is configured to according to Wi-Fi The wireless local net system of wireless communication protocol operation.

5. according to the method described in claim 1, wherein, the monitored radio frequency interference level shows when for described one The level of the monitoring of the radio frequency interference of at least one LTE-U radio-frequency channels in a or multiple LTE-U radio-frequency channels is less than Specified in the ANDSF strategies when interference threshold level, one or more of LTE-U radio frequencies in no license radio frequency band At least one LTE-U radio-frequency channels in channel can be used for being unloaded.

6. according to the method described in claim 1, wherein, the load information shows in for no license radio frequency band The load level of at least one LTE-U radio-frequency channels in one or more of LTE-U radio-frequency channels is less than described Specified in ANDSF strategies when load threshold level, one or more of LTE-U radio-frequency channels in no license radio frequency band In at least one LTE-U radio-frequency channels can be used for being unloaded.

7. according to the method described in claim 1, wherein, the ANDSF strategies utilize nothing by the enhanced NodeB of wireless network Line electric resources control (RRC) signaling message to transmit.

8. according to the method described in claim 1, wherein, the ANDSF strategies utilize system by the enhanced NodeB of wireless network System block of information (SIB) message transmits.

9. according to the method described in claim 1, wherein：

Include for the combination based on LTE-U interference levels and WLAN interference levels come again for ambulant ANDSF strategies Choose the rule of the WLAN connections by cellular network management；And

The cellular radio subsystem measurement LTE-U interference levels of the wireless telecom equipment, and the wireless telecom equipment WLAN wireless subsystems measure the WLAN interference levels.

10. a kind of wireless telecom equipment, including：

Cellular radio subsystem；

WLAN (WLAN) wireless subsystem；And

It is communicatively coupled to the processing circuit of cellular radio subsystem and WLAN wireless subsystems, the processing circuit is configured Implement following operation at the wireless telecom equipment is made：

Obtain in having license radio frequency band radio-frequency channel and without being unloaded between the radio-frequency channel in license radio frequency band One or more access network discoveries and selection function (ANDSF) strategy of data communication traffic, the no license radio frequency band In radio-frequency channel include for the secondary cellular radio-frequency channel dispatched by cellular network of no license long term evolution (LTE-U) and by Both WLAN radio-frequency channels of cellular network management；

11. wireless telecom equipment according to claim 10, wherein the processing circuit is also configured such that the nothing Line communication equipment implements following operation：

Nothing will be provided for the radio frequency interference level of one or more of LTE-U radio-frequency channels in no license radio frequency band The enhanced NodeB of gauze network.

12. wireless telecom equipment according to claim 10, wherein the cellular radio subsystem is according to long term evolution (LTE) or advanced long term evolution (LTE-A) wireless communication protocol operation, and the WLAN wireless subsystems according to Wi-Fi without Line communication protocol operations.

13. wireless telecom equipment according to claim 10, wherein the monitored radio frequency interference level show when The monitoring of radio frequency interference at least one LTE-U radio-frequency channels in one or more of LTE-U radio-frequency channels Level less than specified in the ANDSF strategies when interference threshold level, it is one or more in no license radio frequency band At least one LTE-U radio-frequency channels in a LTE-U radio-frequency channels can be used for being unloaded.

14. wireless telecom equipment according to claim 10, wherein the load information shows to penetrate when for no license Again and again the load level of at least one LTE-U radio-frequency channels in one or more of LTE-U radio-frequency channels in band Less than specified in the ANDSF strategies when load threshold level, one or more of LTE-U in no license radio frequency band At least one LTE-U radio-frequency channels in radio-frequency channel can be used for being unloaded.

15. wireless telecom equipment according to claim 10, wherein for unload the ANDSF strategies of the traffic by The enhanced NodeB of wireless network is utilized in radio resource control (RRC) signaling message and system information block (SIB) message It is one or more to transmit.

16. wireless telecom equipment according to claim 10, wherein the processing circuit is also configured such that the nothing Line communication equipment implements following operation：

It obtains for moving the bee by cellular network dispatched of the wireless telecom equipment in operating in license radio frequency band Nest with operate in being used for of being connect between the WLAN (WLAN) by cellular network management in no license radio frequency band Ambulant one or more ANDSF strategies.

17. wireless telecom equipment according to claim 16, wherein the processing circuit is also configured such that the nothing Line communication equipment implements following operation：

Obtained from enhanced NodeB about one in radio-frequency channel specified in the first and second lists in radio-frequency channel or The additional information of the radio frequency interference level of multiple radio-frequency channels.

18. wireless telecom equipment according to claim 10, wherein：

19. a kind of device used for managing wireless telecom equipment for the radio-frequency channel in no license radio frequency band, institute Stating device includes：

For obtain in having license radio frequency band radio-frequency channel and without between the radio-frequency channel in license radio frequency band The component of the one or more access network discoveries and selection function (ANDSF) strategy of data communication traffic is unloaded, the nothing is held Include cellular being penetrated by cellular network scheduling for no license long term evolution (LTE-U) to be secondary according to the radio-frequency channel in radio frequency band Frequency channel and both WLAN (WLAN) radio-frequency channels by cellular network management；

Portion for monitoring the radio frequency interference level for the LTE-U radio-frequency channels of one or more of no license radio frequency band Part；

Portion for obtaining the load information for one or more of LTE-U radio-frequency channels in no license radio frequency band Part；And

Radio frequency interference level and load information for that ought be monitored show one or more of in no license radio frequency band At least one of LTE-U radio-frequency channels LTE-U radio-frequency channels can be used for according to for unloading the described of data communication traffic One or more ANDSF strategies are come when being unloaded, by least part of data communication traffic from there is license radio frequency band In radio-frequency channel be transferred in one or more of LTE-U radio-frequency channels in no license radio frequency band described at least one The component of a LTE-U radio-frequency channels,

20. device according to claim 19, wherein：