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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2011
Applicant:
Anil M. Rao, Wheaton, IL (US);
Inventor:
Anil M. Rao, Wheaton, IL (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Various methods and devices are provided to address the need for improved multicarrier system operation. In one method, an indication of a received signal power level at a UE (user equipment) is received () from the UE. A carrier is then selected () on which to schedule the UE. The carrier is selected from a group of carriers based on the indication of the received signal power level at the UE.