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US 10,873,952 B2Granted
LTE resource allocation
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorJibing Wang
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Abstract
A method for allocating available transceiver resources across different component carriers (CC) includes obtaining a carrier aggregation capability that includes a list of available CCs supported by the UE at a current location for simultaneous communication with a carrier aggregation capable network. The method also includes, for each of the available CCs, obtaining an expected key performance indicator (KPI) associated with the corresponding available CC at the current location. The method also includes allocating the available transceiver resources across the available CCs based on the expected KPIs at the current location.
Claims28
A method for allocating available transceiver resources across different component carriers (CCs), the method comprising:
- obtaining, by data processing hardware of user equipment (UE), a carrier aggregation capability, the carrier aggregation capability comprising a list of available CCs supported by the UE at a current location of the UE for simultaneous communication with a carrier aggregation capable network, the list of available CCs comprising a primary CC and one or more secondary CCs;
- prior to connecting the UE at the current location to the carrier aggregation capable network via any of the available CCs:
- for each of the available CCs, obtaining, by the data processing hardware of the UE, an expected key performance indicator (KPI) associated with the corresponding available CC at the current location of the UE, the expected KPI associated with the corresponding available CC at the current location of the UE gathered by one or more respective UEs while operating in a non-carrier aggregation mode, the one or more respective UEs comprising at least one of the UE or one or more other UEs;
- allocating, by the data processing hardware of the UE, the available transceiver resources across the available CCs based on the expected KPIs at the current location;
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- after allocating the available transceiver resources to the available CCs, transmitting an allocation message from the UE to at least one base station of the carrier aggregation capable network over the primary CC, the allocation message transmitted over the primary CC from the UE to the at least one base station indicating a number of the available transceiver resources allocated to each of the available CCs at the current location;
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- after transmitting the allocation message to the at least one base station, connecting, by the data processing hardware to the UE, the UE to the carrier aggregation capable network via any of the available CCs having transceiver resources allocated thereto to operate the UE in a carrier aggregation-mode for simultaneous communication with the carrier aggregation capable network via the at least one base station.
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A user equipment (UE) device comprising:
- a transceiver having available transceiver resources;
- data processing hardware in communication with the transceiver;
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- memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining a carrier aggregation capability, the carrier aggregation capability comprising a list of available CCs supported by the UE at a current location of the UE for simultaneous communication with a carrier aggregation capable network, the list of available CCs comprising a primary CC and one or more secondary CCs;
- prior to connecting the transceiver of the UE at the current location to the carrier aggregation capable network via any of the available CCs for simultaneous communication with the carrier aggregation network:
- for each of the available CCs, obtaining an expected key performance indicator (KPI) associated with the corresponding available CC at the current location of the UE, the expected KPI associated with the corresponding available CC at the current location of the UE gathered by one or more respective UEs while operating in a non-carrier aggregation mode, the one or more respective UEs comprising at least one of the UE or one or more other UEs;
- allocating the available transceiver resources across the available CCs based on the expected KPIs at the current location;
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- after allocating the available transceiver resources across the available CCs, transmitting an allocation message from the UE to at least one base station of the carrier aggregation capable network over the primary CC, the allocation message transmitted over the primary CC from the UE to the at least one base station indicating a number of the available transceiver resources allocated to each of the available CCs at the current location;
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- after transmitting the allocation message to the at least one base station, connecting the transceiver to the carrier aggregation capable network via any of the available CCs having transceiver resources allocated thereto to operate the transceiver in a carrier aggregation-mode for simultaneous communication with the carrier aggregation capable network via the at least one base station.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.