Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Pranav Kumar Jha

Abhay Karandikar

Akshatha Nayak M

Pon Nidhya Elango

Prasanna Chaporkar

Pravin P Magar

Meenakshi Tripathi

Nishant Shah

Upendra R Gokhale

Ojas Apoorva Kanhere

Sadaf Ul Zuhra

Pola Priyanka

Abhishek Dandekar

Shantala R

Arghyadip Roy

Rohan Kharade

Karunakaran Kumar

Shahid A Nadaf

Methods and systems for Radio Access Network (RAN) aggregation of multiple Radio Access Technologies (RATs). A method disclosed herein includes aggregating the RATs at a RAN level to provide at least one User Equipment (UE) with multi-connectivity. The method further includes enabling at least one Centralized unit (gNodeB-CU) within at least one RAN node to uniformly control Distributed Units (DUs) of different RATs (5G New Radio (NR) and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) RATs). The method further includes enabling the at least one gNB-CU to control the at least one UE and allow the at least one UE to connect with an additional RAT irrespective of an initial RAT, the UE is connected to. The method further includes controlling WLAN Access Point (AP) as a 5G distributed unit (gNB-DU).

Methods and systems for radio access network aggregation and uniform control of multi-RAT networks

Methods and systems for using multi-connectivity for multicast transmissions in a communication system. A method disclosed herein includes using multi-connectivity that enables at least one User Equipment (UE) to receive at least one Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) content from the plurality of BSs at a time on different physical resource blocks. The method further includes enabling the plurality of BSs to maintain independent MBMS sessions for transmitting the at least one MBMS content to the at least one UE without synchronization. The method further includes enabling the at least one UE to combine the at least one MBMS content received from the plurality of BSs or to select a MBMS content from the received at least one MBMS content.

Methods and systems for using multi-connectivity for multicast transmissions in a communication system

A highly available network architecture for a LTE based communication network. Embodiments herein disclose an architecture for a highly available and resilient Long Term Evolution (LTE) based wireless communication network, wherein the network comprises of at least one Base Station (BS) further comprising of a merged LTE eNodeB (eNB) and a LTE Evolved Packet Core (EPC) entities and except for a single active BS, the other BSs can act as a backup for the currently active BS. Embodiments herein disclose a network architecture for a highly available and resilient architecture for Long Term Evolution (LTE) based wireless communication network, wherein a LTE radio interface is used for connectivity between components of the LTE communication network.

Highly available network architecture for a LTE based communication network

A SDN controlled Overlay Network. Embodiments disclosed herein relate to multi-RAT (Radio Access Technology) wireless communication network and more particularly to a SDN (Software Defined Networking) controlled network overlaid on a multi-RAT wireless communication network. Embodiments herein enhance relay functionality in wireless communication networks using overlay networks, wherein the overlay network is controlled and managed by a SDN (Software Defined Networking) controller.

SDN controlled overlay network

Methods and systems for controlling an SDN-based multi-RAT communication network. Embodiments herein disclose a wireless communication system, which can support/enable services that are currently being provided by multiple wireless communication systems. Embodiments herein disclose a wireless communication system based on SDN (Software Defined Networking). Embodiments herein disclose a network comprising of a generic control plane node. Embodiments herein disclose a method for communication between the proposed wireless communication system and existing UEs that are in use in today's 3GPP-LTE networks or IEEE 802.11 based WLANs without any changes in the mobile communication protocol. Embodiments herein disclose a method for providing services to the users, such as handover of a device from WLAN to 3GPP-LTE and vice versa.

Methods and systems for controlling a SDN-based multi-RAT communication network

Standalone LTE based communication networks. Embodiments herein disclose methods and systems for providing LTE based communication to at least one User Equipment (UE) over a small region using a rapidly deployable standalone network wherein at least one LTE UE would be able to connect to an Application Server (AS).

Methods and systems for providing standalone LTE based communication networks

Methods and systems for managing relays in LTE based communication networks. Embodiments herein use of a packet handler node and an additional radio interface in the UE, enabling the creation of an overlay network on top of an existing LTE network. The overlay network helps in the transfer of data between the UE and the AS even when the UE is not directly connected to the LTE network by encapsulating the data from the out-of-coverage UE within the IP packet of at least one nearby relay UE connected to the LTE network and is then forwarded to the LTE core network. The out-of-coverage UE uses the additional radio interface to send packets to the relay UE.

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Pranav Kumar Jha