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Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2016
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Kjell Larsson, Luleå, SE;

Maurice Bergeron, Quebec, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/1215 (2013.01); H04L 1/0003 (2013.01); H04L 1/0009 (2013.01); H04L 1/0026 (2013.01); H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04W 72/1273 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A network node and a method performed by the network node for performing a transmission to one or more wireless devices are provided. The network node is operable in a first communication network, supports carrier aggregation, and provides a PCell in a licensed frequency band and a SCell in an unlicensed frequency band. The method comprises determining to employ splinted Link Adaptation (LA) for a downlink transmission on the SCell; and employing a first Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) on one or more first subframes of a transmission burst to be transmitted to the one or more wireless device and at least a second MCS on one or more subsequent subframes of the transmission burst to be transmitted to the wireless device.


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