Shared Access of Uplink Carrier
AssigneeNokia Siemens Networks Oy
InventorsRapeepat Ratasuk, Ravindra Moorut, Joseph Schumacher, James Kepler, Anatoly Andrianov
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Abstract
A method includes configuring user equipment to support use of one or more carriers for authorized shared access. The configuring is performed to emphasize use of a first set of a plurality of carriers over use of a second set of the plurality of carriers. The second set comprises the one or more carriers for authorized shared access. The method also includes communicating with the user equipment using the first and second sets of carriers. Apparatus, computer programs, and program products are also disclosed.
Claims25
A method, comprising:
- configuring user equipment to support use of one or more carriers for authorized shared access, wherein the configuring is performed to emphasize use of a first set of a plurality of carriers over use of a second set of the plurality of carriers, wherein the second set comprises the one or more carriers for authorized shared access;
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- communicating with the user equipment using the first and second sets of carriers.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- one or more processors;
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- one or more memories including computer program code,
- the one or more memories and the computer program code configured, with the one or more processors, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
- configuring user equipment to support use of one or more carriers for authorized shared access, wherein the configuring is performed to emphasize use of a first set of a plurality of carriers over use of a second set of the plurality of carriers, wherein the second set comprises the one or more carriers for authorized shared access;
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- communicating with the user equipment using the first and second sets of carriers.
A computer program product comprising a memory bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising:
- code for configuring user equipment to support use of one or more carriers for authorized shared access, wherein the configuring is performed to emphasize use of a first set of a plurality of carriers over use of a second set of the plurality of carriers, wherein the second set comprises the one or more carriers for authorized shared access;
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- code for communicating with the user equipment using the first and second sets of carriers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.