Non-Collocated Carrier Aggregation

A base station, comprising:

• a transceiver configured to communicate with a user equipment (UE);
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to perform operations comprising:
• receiving capability information about the UE from the UE, the capability information indicating that the UE supports a set of parameters for aggregation of non-collocated component carriers (CCs);
• transmitting, to the UE, measurement objects (MOs) which indicate the non-collocated CCs;
• receiving measurements associated with the MOs from the UE;
• and
• transmitting, based on the measurements, a signaling for activating or deactivating the non-collocated CCs to the UE.

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a transceiver configured to communicate with a network;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to perform operations comprising:
• transmitting capability information about the UE to a base station, the capability information indicating that the UE supports a set of parameters for aggregation of non-collocated component carriers (CCs);
• receiving, from the base station, measurement objects (MOs) which indicate the non-collocated CCs;
• transmitting, to the base station, measurements associated with the MOs;
• and
• receiving, from the base station, a signaling for activating or deactivating the non-collocated CCs.