The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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:
Dec. 29, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2017
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Niclas Wiberg, Linköping, SE;

Håkan Andersson, Linköping, SE;

John Skördeman, Brokind, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 76/16 (2018.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 80/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04L 5/0035 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04W 76/16 (2018.02); H04W 80/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of connecting a User Equipment, UE, with a radio access network, RAN, in a telecommunication network, wherein said RAN comprises a plurality of Baseband Units, BBU's, wherein said UE comprises two multi layered protocol stacks that can be used for same type of connections with BBU's and wherein said UE is connected to a first BBU using a first of said two protocol stacks for communication with said first BBU, said method comprising the steps of receiving, by a second BBU, from a network node in said telecommunication network, a Stack Selector parameter, wherein said Stack Selector parameter indicates which of said two protocol stacks are to be used by said UE for said communication with said second BBU, transmitting, by said second BBU, to said UE a downlink grant message, wherein said downlink grant message comprises said Stack Selector parameter.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…