Hereinafter, an operation according to the eleventh embodiment will be described while focusing on the differences from the operations according to the first to tenth embodiments.
The eleventh embodiment relates to a method for enabling the cellular/WLAN aggregation without adding any changes to the UE-initiated switching control.
In the eleventh embodiment, the UE 100 performs the UE-initiated switching control. A specific WLAN identifier is designated to the UE 100 from the cellular network, and when switching to the WLAN communication corresponding to the specific WLAN identifier, the UE 100 transmits a switching notification to the eNB 200 by the cellular communication. The specific WLAN identifier is a WLAN identifier assigned to the node configured to support the cellular/WLAN aggregation. A designation method of a specific WLAN identifier is similar to the above-described embodiment. The eNB 200 performs control to start the cellular/WLAN aggregation in response to the switching notification from the UE 100.
An operation according to the eleventh embodiment will be described by using
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