MECHANISMS TO CONVERGE THE WI-FI ACCESS NETWORK WITH THE 5G NEW RADIO (NR) ACCESS NETWORK WITHIN THE RADIO ACCESS NETWORK

摘要

Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for mechanisms to converge the Wi-Fi access network with the 5G New Radio (NR) access network within the radio access network. Some embodiments are direct to a base station (BS) apparatus. The BS apparatus can include at least a cellular distributed unit (DU); a cellular central unit (CU), coupled to the cellular DU; a wireless local area network (WLAN) CU, coupled to a WLAN DU; and the WLAN CU, coupled to the cellular CU.