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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2018
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Kaippallimalil Mathew John, Carrollton, TX (US);
Weisheng Jin, Shenzhen, CN;
Wenruo Zhu, Shanghai, CN;
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
System and method embodiments are provided for accessing a wireless network. The embodiments enable establishing and releasing session resources in a wireless local area network (WLAN) corresponding to packet data network (PDN) connections in a 3 GPP enhanced packet core (EPC). In an embodiment, a method in a network component for establishing a control channel with a user equipment (UE) includes setting up, by the network component, a link layer channel, sending, by the network component, an identifier of the link layer channel to the UE; and communicating, by the network component, with the UE over the link layer channel using a WLAN control protocol (WLCP), wherein the WLAN comprises a trusted WLAN Access Network (TWAN).