US 11,785,623 B2
Communication system for alleviating interference arising due to coexistence
Jagdeep Singh Ahluwalia, Sutton (GB); Kenji Kawaguchi, Tokyo (JP); and Neeraj Gupta, Sutton (GB)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/374,551.
Application 17/374,551 is a continuation of application No. 16/454,173, filed on Jun. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,096,179.
Application 16/454,173 is a continuation of application No. 15/316,927, granted, now 10,362,581, issued on Jul. 23, 2019, previously published as PCT/JP2015/067377, filed on Jun. 10, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 1410538 (GB), filed on Jun. 12, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0345338 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 72/52 (2023.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2023.01); H04W 88/10 (2009.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04J 1/16 (2006.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 92/20 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/52 (2023.01) [H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 72/1215 (2013.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 88/10 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 92/20 (2013.01); Y02D 30/70 (2020.08)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a base station configured to communicate with a user equipment (UE) configured to use radio resources of a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)and a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising:
sending, over an interface, to a communication device for providing a connectivity of the WLAN, a request for a load information indicating a number of terminals served by the WLAN and a channel utilization time information of the WLAN;
receiving, over the interface, the load information and the channel utilization time information from the communication device; and
receiving, from the communication device over the interface, WLAN information representing at least one channel or frequency band of the WLAN.