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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:
Feb. 20, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2022
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Angelo Centonza, Granada, ES;

Matteo Fiorani, Solna, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/00 (2018.01); H04W 76/18 (2018.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04L 41/0668 (2022.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/18 (2018.02); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 41/0668 (2013.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.02); H04W 76/27 (2018.02); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Exemplary embodiments include methods performed by a central unit, CU, of a base station, for selecting a special cell, SpCell, to be used by a first distributed unit, DU, of the base station for serving a user equipment, UE. Such embodiments can include sending, to the first DU, a first request comprising an identity of a first cell, served by the first DU, as a preferred SpCell for the UE; and identities of one or more second cells served by the first DU. Such embodiments can also include receiving, from the first DU, a first response comprising a first indication that the first DU cannot configure the first cell as an SpCell for the UE, and a second indication that the first DU can configure zero or more third cells as an SpCell for the UE.


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