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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2016
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Sheshachalam Bangalore Satyanarayana, Bangalore, IN;
Tsunehiko Chiba, Saitama, JP;
Suresh Kalyanasundaram, Bangalore, IN;
Masatoshi Nakamata, Kawasaki, JP;
Claudio Rosa, Randers, DK;
Takeshi Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
There is provided a communicating, at a first network access point, with a core network entity using a user plane protocol, said communicating comprising receiving user data from the core network entity on a first bearer, the first bearer capable of being split with a second network access point such that at least some of the user data is provided to the second network access point, the first network access point and the second network access point configured to communicate wirelessly with a plurality of user equipments, and wherein the first network access point does not communicate with the core network using a control plane protocol associated with the first bearer.