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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 22, 2018
Applicant:

Sprint Spectrum Lp, Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Yu Zhou, Herndon, VA (US);

Noman Alam, Chantilly, VA (US);

Ankur Sharma, Plano, TX (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04L 12/761 (2013.01); H04W 40/22 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04L 45/16 (2013.01); H04W 40/22 (2013.01); H04W 72/0486 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Dual connectivity operations described herein include splitting a PDU into at least first and second portions of data addressed to or from first and/or second network addresses of a wireless device respectively, and modifying a source/destination address of the second portion of data from the first network address to the second network address in the downlink direction, and from the second network address to the first network address in the uplink direction. Uniquely-marked bearers set up between relay access nodes and donor access nodes (and gateways associated therewith) enable transmission of portions of data to and from the different network addresses.


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