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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2015
Ntt Docomo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
NTT DOCOMO, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to some techniques for controlling carrier aggregation properly in a radio communication system including a mixture of harmonic-supported user equipments and harmonic-unsupported user equipments. One aspect of the present invention relates to a user equipment having a carrier aggregation function, comprising: a communication control unit configured to control radio communication with a base station; a capability management unit configured to manage a requirement on transmission and reception characteristics supported by the user equipment for each combination of carrier aggregation frequency bands; and a capability reporting unit configured to report the requirement on the transmission and reception characteristics supported by the user equipment as a capability to the base station.