公开(公告)号：US11057962B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-06

申请号：US16339143

申请日：2017-11-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shadi Iskander ,  Naveen Palle ,  Candy Yiu ,  Birgit Breining ,  Youn Hyoung Heo ,  Hesham Elhelw

IPC: H04W88/10 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: Techniques described herein may be used to enable User Equipment (UE) to efficiently and reliably report supported band combinations to a wireless network. An enhanced NodeB (eNB) may determine eNB-supported bands combinations for carrier aggregation scenarios, create a simplified representation of the eNB-supported bands combinations (e.g., using a highest order band combination, groups of band combinations, etc.), and communicate the eNB-supported bands combinations to the UE. The UE may determine UE-supported band combinations that are among the eNB-supported bands combinations, create a simplified representation of the UE-supported band combinations, and communicate the eNB-supported bands combinations to the eNB. The eNB may use the UE-supported band combinations to allocate appropriate carriers to the UE for carrier aggregation.