US 11,916,837 B2
Distributed station, aggregation station, terminal, and communication method
Hidenori Matsuo, Kanagawa (JP); and Yuta Seki, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Corporation, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/459,631.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-145666 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0069963 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/30 (2018.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 5/0053 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0032 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A first distributed station to be used in a communication system including an aggregation station connected to a core network, the first distributed station, and a second distributed station; the first distributed station; the second distributed station; a first wireless device connected to the first distributed station; a second wireless device connected to the first distributed station and the second distributed station; and a terminal wirelessly connected to at least one of the first wireless device or the second wireless device, the first distributed station -comprising:
receiver circuitry which, in operation, receives, from the terminal via the first wireless device, information regarding switching from a wireless connection between the terminal and the first wireless device to a wireless connection between the terminal and the second wireless device; and
controller circuitry which, in operation, determines, based on the information, (i) switching from the wireless connection between the terminal and the first wireless device to the wireless connection between the terminal and the second wireless device and (ii) performing communication between the terminal and the core network through the second wireless device through a bandwidth part (BWP) provided by the first distributed station and a BWP provided by the second distributed station.