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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Sprint Spectrum L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 74/00 (2009.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04W 72/005 (2013.01); H04W 74/006 (2013.01); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system to help facilitate efficient use of frequency spectrum. A base station will provide service on two carriers that partially overlap with each other in frequency. To facilitate this, the base station could shift the frame timing of one carrier in relation to the other carrier, so as to minimize or avoid overlap of the carriers' downlink control channels. Further, the base station could control service on each carrier in a manner that helps avoid resource conflicts within the overlapping frequency region.