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Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 13, 2013
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Zhi-Zhong Yu, Reading, GB;

Divaydeep Sikri, Farnborough, GB;

Mungal Singh Dhanda, Slough, GB;

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04J 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04J 11/0036 (2013.01); H04L 27/2688 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus and methods are disclosed to improve a user equipment's capability of performing time and frequency tracking by utilizing two carriers when the channel interference on one of the carriers is greater than a certain threshold. In one aspect of the disclosure, a user equipment (UE) determines that channel interference of a first carrier is greater than an interference threshold. The UE performs frequency tracking and time tracking in accordance with information received from a second carrier, and performs interference cancellation in accordance with the frequency tracking and time tracking. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.


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