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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2015
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Devaki Chandramouli, Plano, TX (US);
Subramanya Chandrashekar, Bangalore, IN;
Hans Thomas Hoehne, Helsinki, FI;
Cinzia Sartori, Pullach, DE;
Woonhee Hwang, Espoo, FI;
Amaanat Ali, Espoo, FI;
NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
There are provided measures for improvements in dual connectivity for different access networks. Such measures exemplarily comprise providing control in a control plane for a terminal (UE) for access to a first access network (5G), wherein a coverage of the first access network (5G) at least partly overlaps a coverage of a second access network (4G), the terminal is capable of having access to the first access network (5G) and to the second access network (4G) in parallel, and access for the terminal to a respective access network (4G, 5G) is routed in a user plane via a respective distinct access network entity (eNB, SGAP) and to a respective (compatible) gateway (S-GW, uGW).