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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Mediatek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Po-Ying Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Wei-De Wu, Hsinchu, TW;
Ping-Hung Chiang, New Taipei, TW;
Mao-Ching Chiu, Minxiong Township, Chiayi County, TW;
Assignee:
MEDIATEK INC., Hsin-chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/04 (2006.01); H04W 28/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0885 (2013.01); H04B 7/0413 (2013.01); H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04L 5/006 (2013.01); H04L 5/0023 (2013.01); H04L 5/0085 (2013.01); H04W 28/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communications apparatus and method are provided. The communications method for an apparatus capable of Carrier Aggregation (CA), wherein the apparatus includes a plurality of processing engines and antennas, includes the steps of determining whether the apparatus is configured in a single component carrier for a first group of the antennas; and activating a second group of the antennas if the apparatus is configured in the single component carrier.