Channel sounding using carrier aggregation

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processing system of a channel sounding receiver including at least one processor, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving, from a base station, at a location, a channel sounding waveform via a plurality of carriers;
• sampling the channel sounding waveform via the plurality of carriers to generate a plurality of per-carrier time domain sample sets;
• processing the plurality of per-carrier time domain sample sets via a plurality of discrete fourier transform modules, wherein the processing provides a plurality of per-carrier frequency domain sample sets;
• aligning the plurality of per-carrier frequency domain sample sets in gain and phase, wherein the aligning provides a combined frequency domain sample set;
• and
• measuring a channel property at the location based upon the combined frequency domain sample set.

A device comprising:

• a processing system including at least one processor;
• and
• a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• receiving, from a base station, at a location, a channel sounding waveform via a plurality of carriers;
• sampling the channel sounding waveform via the plurality of carriers to generate a plurality of per-carrier time domain sample sets;
• processing the plurality of per-carrier time domain sample sets via a plurality of discrete fourier transform modules, wherein the processing provides a plurality of per-carrier frequency domain sample sets;
• aligning the plurality of per-carrier frequency domain sample sets in gain and phase, wherein the aligning provides a combined frequency domain sample set;
• and
• measuring a channel property at the location based upon the combined frequency domain sample set.