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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Inventors:
Seung-Hwan Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Jae Su Song, Daejeon, KR;
Assignee:
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Daejeon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/02 (2009.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/72563 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a terminal to access a base station in a heterogeneous environment are provided. The terminal acquires RAT (Radio Access Technology) selection criteria based on reference information. Then, the terminal selects, for each service, at least one of multiple transceivers that provide access to the base station according to the RAT selection criteria, and provides the corresponding service by accessing the base station through the selected transceiver.