United States Patent 9,706,545
Touag , et al. July 11, 2017
LTE operation in small cells using dynamic shared spectrum
Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatus may be used to provide assistance for connection procedures in a hierarchical network where macro cells may be operating in licensed spectrum while small cells may be operating in dynamic and shared spectrums, such as TVWS. This may be done, for example, to allow an LTE system performing carrier aggregation (CA) to reconfigure itself to change from a supplementary cell (SuppCell) in one dynamic and shared spectrum channel to a SuppCell in another dynamic and shared spectrum channel.
Inventors:
Touag; Athmane (Chomedey Laval, CA), Gauvreau; Jean-Louis (La Prairie, CA), Di Girolamo; Rocco (Laval, CA), Freda; Martino (Laval, CA), Murray; Joseph M. (Schwenksville, PA), Beluri; Mihaela C. (Jericho, NY), Laughlin; Scott (Montreal, CA), Purkayastha; Debashish (Collegeville, PA), Cuffaro; Angelo A. (Laval, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002702366
Appl. No.:
15/019,945
Filed:
February 9, 2016
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20160165596 A1 Jun 9, 2016
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
14380639 9294929
PCT/US2013/027514 Feb 22, 2013
61749141 Jan 4, 2013
61602997 Feb 24, 2012
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/0426 (20130101); H04W 16/14 (20130101); H04W 16/32 (20130101); H04W 72/048 (20130101); H04W 72/0453 (20130101); H04W 84/045 (20130101); H04W 92/20 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 16/32 (20090101); H04W 16/14 (20090101); H04W 84/04 (20090101); H04W 92/20 (20090101)
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