Invention Grant
- Patent Title: User equipment and methods of bearer operation for carrier aggregation
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Application No.: US17743648Application Date: 2022-05-13
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Publication No.: US11706793B2Publication Date: 2023-07-18
- Inventor: Yujian Zhang , Youn Hyoung Heo
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04W72/56
- IPC: H04W72/56 ; H04W76/18 ; H04W76/10 ; H04W76/19 ; H04W76/15 ; H04W36/00 ; H04W4/90 ; H04W28/08 ; H04W72/51 ; H04W72/52 ; H04W72/542 ; H04W24/10 ; H04W48/06 ; H04W74/00 ; H04W48/08 ; H04W48/18 ; H04W28/02 ; H04W48/12 ; H04W8/00 ; H04W52/34 ; H04W56/00 ; H04W72/0453 ; H04B17/318 ; H04W74/08 ; H04W8/06 ; H04W8/18 ; H04W60/00 ; H04W60/02 ; H04J3/16 ; H04L5/00 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W4/60 ; H04W76/14 ; H04W4/80 ; H04W92/20 ; H04W84/12 ; H04W88/08 ; H04W88/02 ; H04W88/16 ; H04B7/0413 ; H04W8/04 ; H04W88/18

Abstract:
Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE) to support dual-connectivity with a Master Evolved Node-B (MeNB) and a Secondary eNB (SeNB) are disclosed herein. The UE may receive downlink traffic packets from the MeNB and from the SeNB as part of a split data radio bearer (DRB). At least a portion of control functionality for the split DRB may be performed at each of the MeNB and the SeNB. The UE may receive an uplink eNB indicator for an uplink eNB to which the UE is to transmit uplink traffic packets as part of the split DRB. Based at least partly on the uplink eNB indicator, the UE may transmit uplink traffic packets to the uplink eNB as part of the split DRB. The uplink eNB may be selected from a group that includes the MeNB and the SeNB.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220279526A1 USER EQUIPMENT AND METHODS OF BEARER OPERATION FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION Public/Granted day:2022-09-01
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