Base Station WLAN Authentication for Seamless Data Splitting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Carrier aggregation in different systems, including WLAN, often results in data service interruptions due to long authentication delays, affecting transmission rates.
Innovation Solution
A method where a base station sends an authentication indication to user equipment before data splitting, allowing the base station to exchange data streams with a WLAN access point only after successful authentication, thereby avoiding authentication delays during data splitting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If carrier aggregation in different systems including WLAN is used to perform data splitting, then transmission rate is improved, but data service interruption occurs due to long authentication delay
Solution Approach 1:
The base station sends an authentication indication to the user equipment before data splitting is performed. The user equipment then performs authentication to the WLAN in advance, obtaining authentication status information before the actual data transmission begins. This preliminary authentication action eliminates service interruptions during data splitting while maintaining high transmission rates.
2Adaptability or versatility
If authentication is performed during data splitting, then data service can be split across multiple systems, but service interruption occurs due to authentication time
Solution Approach 1:
Authentication is performed before data splitting to ensure the user equipment is authorized to access the WLAN. The base station sends an authentication indication, the user equipment authenticates to the WLAN, and the authentication status is reported back before any data is actually split and transmitted. This ensures both adaptability for multi-system data splitting and reliability for continuous service.
Solution Approach 2:
The user equipment reports authentication status information back to the base station after completing authentication to the WLAN. The base station uses this feedback to determine whether to proceed with data splitting. This feedback mechanism ensures that data splitting only occurs when authentication is successful, maintaining service continuity and reliability.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention provide a splitting method, a base station, and user equipment. The method in the present invention includes: sending, by a base station, an authentication indication to user equipment; acquiring, by the base station, an authentication status report indicating that the user equipment is admitted to the WLAN; and determining, by the base station according to the authentication status report, that the base station exchanges, with an access point of the WLAN, a first data stream of a data stream to be processed, where the data stream to be processed is a data stream that is to be sent by the base station to the user equipment or a data stream that is to be sent by the user equipment to the base station.