System and method for user equipment initiated management of carrier aggregation

A method, comprising:

• at a user equipment (UE) configured to perform carrier aggregation with a network:
• determining a first artificial value for a first parameter and a second artificial value for a second parameter of a secondary component carrier (SCC);
• generating an artificial report including the first and second artificial values;
• and
• transmitting the artificial report to a primary cell serving a primary component carrier (FCC).

A method, comprising:

• at a user equipment (UE) configured to perform carrier aggregation:
• determining, when the UE is in a carrier aggregation enabled state, that a quality requirement for a primary component carrier (PCC) used in a carrier aggregation configuration for a network is greater than a quality threshold and that a data exchange requirement for the UE is below a transmission threshold;
• determining whether cross carrier scheduling is enabled;
• when cross carrier scheduling is enabled, initiating a timer, wherein when the timer has not expired a secondary component carrier (SCC) is monitored for data transmission.

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a transceiver in communication with a network via a primary cell serving a primary component carrier (PCC);
• a memory arrangement configured to store actual and artificial values for UE operational parameters;
• a processor configured to execute a carrier aggregation management application, the carrier aggregation management application comprising instructions that cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• determining, when the UE is in a carrier aggregation enabled state, a first artificial value for a first parameter and a second artificial value for a second parameter for a secondary component carrier (SCC);
• generating an artificial report including the first and second artificial values, the artificial report to be transmitted to the primary cell.