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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2014
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Tingfang Ji, San Diego, CA (US);
John Edward Smee, San Diego, CA (US);
Joseph Binamira Soriaga, San Diego, CA (US);
Naga Bhushan, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter Gaal, San Diego, CA (US);
Alexei Yurievitch Gorokhov, San Diego, CA (US);
Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter Ang, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Alexander Howard, Cardiff, CA (US);
Rotem Cooper, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure provide for the pairing of an inter-band carrier with a time division duplex (TDD) carrier. If the paired band is a frequency division duplex (FDD) band, then base stations and mobile devices may transmit and receive additional thin control channels on FDD carriers to enable full duplex operations. If the paired band is a TDD band, then a conjugate or inverse carrier may be used such that full duplex, or a close approximation thereto, is achieved. With the introduction of a paired channel and fast control channels, rapid uplink/downlink switching may be achieved for TDD carriers efficiently and effectively. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.