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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 22, 2018
Applicant:

Wireless Innovations Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sean Michael McBeath, Keller, TX (US);

Zhijun Cai, Ashburn, VA (US);

Yi Yu, Irving, TX (US);

Assignee:

WIRELESS INNOVATIONS LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04L 1/18 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04L 1/1812 (2013.01); H04L 1/1822 (2013.01); H04L 1/1861 (2013.01); H04L 5/003 (2013.01); H04L 5/0007 (2013.01); H04L 27/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for designating, by a user agent supporting multiple carriers in a wireless communication network, one assigned carrier as an anchor carrier, at least one assigned carrier as an inactive carrier, and at least one assigned carrier as an active carrier. The method can also include receiving a command from an enhanced node B causing a first carrier to transition from an inactive carrier to an active carrier. Additionally, the method can include responsive to reception of the command, monitoring a control channel corresponding to the first carrier. Further, the method can also include receiving downlink control information (DCI) via the control channel. The method can also include responsive to reception of the DCI, starting a timer, and deactivating the first carrier at the expiration of the timer.


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