Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Carrier aggregation enhancements for new radio (NR)
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Application No.: US17071952Application Date: 2020-10-15
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Publication No.: US11882565B2Publication Date: 2024-01-23
- Inventor: Amitav Mukherjee
- Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MO St. Louis
- Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
- Current Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MO St. Louis
- Agency: Straub & Straub
- Agent Michael P. Straub; Stephen T. Straub
- Main IPC: H04W72/23
- IPC: H04W72/23 ; H04W72/0453 ; H04W56/00 ; H04W74/08 ; H04W72/30 ; H04W72/53

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for supporting use of multiple bandwidth parts, some of which are in a dormant state from the perspective of a User Equipment device (UE) are described. In various embodiments a multi-cell grant is supported in which a UE can be, and sometimes is, granted resources corresponding of an active bandwidth part (BWP) corresponding to a cell which is active from the UE's perspective and a BWP of a dormant cell with the multi-cell grant being transmitted to the UE on the active BWP of the active cell. Various features relate to timing determination operations used to determine downlink and/or uplink timing to be used for bandwidth portions corresponding to a dormant cell. In some embodiments a UE PRACH signal transmission on a bandwidth part of a dormant cell can be triggered by a control signal sent on a bandwidth part of an active cell.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220124786A1 CARRIER AGGREGATION ENHANCEMENTS FOR NEW RADIO (NR) Public/Granted day:2022-04-21
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