The present invention relates to a network node in a wireless communication system.
Regarding NR (New Radio) (also referred to as “5G”), or a successor system to LTE (Long Term Evolution), technologies have been discussed which satisfy the following requirements: a high capacity system, high data transmission rate, low delay, simultaneous connection of multiple terminals, low cost, power saving, etc. (for example, Non-Patent Document 1).
In the NR system, similar to the dual connectivity in the LTE system, a technique called LTE-NR dual connectivity, NR-NR dual connectivity, or Multi-RAT (Multi Radio Access Technology) dual connectivity (hereinafter referred to as “MR-DC”) is introduced, in which data is divided between a base station (eNB) of an LTE system and a base station (gNB) of an NR system, and the divided data sets are simultaneously transmitted or received by these base stations (for example, Non-Patent Document 2).