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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2016
At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Yi Shen, Seminole, FL (US);
Yonghui Tong, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Choonghor Woon, Flower Mound, TX (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device including a processing system including a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations. The operations can include receiving an enquiry regarding capability of the device to engage in a communication session over a network, identifying a plurality of component carriers available for carrier aggregation, and generating a group identifier for a group of combinations of the component carriers. The group identifier indicates the capability of the device to engage in the communication session using any of the combinations in the group. The operations can also include transmitting a message including the group identifier. Other embodiments are disclosed.