SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS BY MEANS OF RADIO ACCESS NETWORK Russian patent published in 2019 - IPC H04W48/00 

FIELD: radio engineering and communications.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method of operating user equipment, user equipment, a method of operating a base station and a base station. Method comprises steps at which the first policy is taken from the radio access network (RAN), specifying when to report values for the first communication characteristic for communication with the first WLAN AP and the second WLAN AP respectively, wherein the RAN uses a different radio access technology than the first WLAN AP and the second WLAN AP, searching for the second WLAN AP, determine values for the first communication characteristic for communication with the first WLAN AP and the second WLAN AP respectively and report mentioned values to the RAN for the first communication characteristic for the first WLAN AP and the second WLAN AP, when the first difference between mentioned values crosses the first threshold value in accordance with the first policy, to enable RAN to make a decision on the direction of the UE from the first WLAN AP to the second WLAN AP.

EFFECT: consumption of radio resources is reduced.

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