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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2014
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Guoqiang Lu, Ottawa, CA;
Karl D. Mann, Ottawa, CA;
Lisa Boström, Solna, SE;
Eric W. Parsons, Stittsville, CA;
Richard Liu, Ottawa, CA;
Iris Bujold, Ottawa, CA;
Jamie Beuerman, Kanata, CA;
Qingchao Liu, Ottawa, CA;
Damitha Ranaweera, Kanata, CA;
Edward Mah, Kanata, CA;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Systems and methods for Secondary Cell (sCell) selection for wireless devices operating according to a carrier aggregation scheme in a cellular communications network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a network node in the cellular communications network obtains geographic signatures for a number of candidate sCells. The geographic signatures include a geographic signature for each candidate sCell that approximates a coverage area of the candidate sCell. The network node obtains position information for a wireless device and then selects one or more sCells for the wireless device from the candidate sCells based on the geographic signatures for the candidate sCells and the position information for the wireless device. The network node then configures the selected sCell(s) for use by the wireless device according to a carrier aggregation scheme. Using this process, sCell selection is performed, in some examples, without measurement gaps and without disabling an s-Measure parameter.