# US 10,375,611 B2 · Communications system

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- Number: US 10,375,611 B2
- Document ID: US10375611B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/983,879
- Filed: 2018-05-18
- Published: 2018-09-20
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2009-08-17
- Assignees: NEC Corporation
- Applicants: NEC Corporation
- Inventors: Jagdeep Singh Ahluwalia
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10375611B2

## CPC

- H04W 92/20: between access points
- H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)}
- H04W 36/0069: {in case of dual connectivity, e.g. decoupled uplink/downlink}
- H04W 36/0072: {of resource information of target access point}
- H04W 36/08: Reselecting an access point
- H04W 74/04: Scheduled access (hybrid access H04W74/02)
- H04W 74/0838: using contention-free random access [CFRA]
- H04L 27/2601: {Multicarrier modulation systems}
- H04W 74/0833: Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access
- H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

A target communications device receiving from a source communications device a notification that a user communications device is to be handed over from that source communications device, provides the source communications device with multiple component carrier information for use by the user communications device. The multiple component carrier information includes information indicating to the user communications device which of the multiple component carriers is to be used for initial access. The multiple component carrier information may be component carrier indexes. Communication devices may exchange component carrier indexes during a setup or updating procedure such as an X2 setup or updating procedure.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
receiving, from a source base station, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message to perform handover, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message comprises:
first information which is related to a first component carrier, and
second information comprising an index which corresponds to a second component carrier;
after receiving the RRC connection reconfiguration message, performing the handover to a cell of a target base station via Random Access Channel (RACH), the cell corresponding to the first component carrier; and
communicating on the first component carrier and the second component carrier, the first component carrier and the second component carrier being aggregated in carrier aggregation.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message is included in a transparent container transmitted from the target base station to the source base station.

### Claim 3

A user equipment (UE) comprising:
a controller and a transceiver, wherein the controller is configured to control the transceiver to:
receive, from a target base station, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message to perform handover, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message comprises:
first information which is related to a first component carrier, and
second information comprising an index which corresponds to a second component carrier;
after receiving the RRC connection reconfiguration message, perform the handover to a cell of a target base station via Random Access Channel (RACH), the cell corresponding to the first component carrier; and
communicate on the first component carrier and the second component carrier, the first component carrier and the second component carrier being aggregated in carrier aggregation.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The UE of claim 3, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message is included in a transparent container transmitted from the target base station to the source base station.

### Claim 5

A method performed by a target base station, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a user equipment (UE) through a source base station, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message to perform handover, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message comprises:
first information which is related to a first component carrier, and
second information comprising an index which corresponds to a second component carrier;
allowing the handover, by a user equipment (UE), to a cell of the target base station via Random Access Channel (RACH), the cell corresponding to the first component carrier; and
communicate on the first component carrier and the second component carrier, the first component carrier and the second component carrier being aggregated in carrier aggregation.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message is included in a transparent container transmitted from the target base station to the source base station.

### Claim 7

A target base station comprising:
a controller and a transceiver, wherein the controller is configured to control the transceiver to:
transmit, to a user equipment (UE) through a source base station, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message to perform handover, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message comprises:
first information which is related to a first component carrier, and
second information comprising an index which corresponds to a second component carrier;
allow the handover, by a user equipment (UE), to a cell of the target base station via Random Access Channel (RACH), the cell corresponding to the first component carrier; and
communicate on the first component carrier and the second component carrier, the first component carrier and the second component carrier being aggregated in carrier aggregation.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The target base station of claim 7, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration message is included in a transparent container transmitted from the target base station to the source base station.