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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2015
Ping Yu, Ottawa, CA;
Peter Hazy, Ottawa, CA;
Xixian Chen, Ottawa, CA;
James Jianfeng Weng, Kanata, CA;
Ying Shao, Kanata, CA;
Patrick Lie Chin Cheong, Kanata, CA;
Guoqiang LU, Kanata, CA;
Hong Yu, Kanata, CA;
Ping Yu, Ottawa, CA;
Peter Hazy, Ottawa, CA;
Xixian Chen, Ottawa, CA;
James Jianfeng Weng, Kanata, CA;
Ying Shao, Kanata, CA;
Patrick Lie Chin Cheong, Kanata, CA;
Guoqiang Lu, Kanata, CA;
Hong Yu, Kanata, CA;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method of operating a radio access node is provided. The method comprises determining whether support from a secondary cell is required for a wireless device to communicate with the radio access node, and, in response to determining that support from the secondary cell is required, calculating a modified channel condition outer-loop value for the secondary cell; and using the modified channel condition outer-loop value in an initial activation decision step for the secondary cell. The initial activation decision step may comprise activating the secondary cell in response to determining that the sum of a device reported channel condition value and the modified channel condition outer-loop value is above an activation threshold. Corresponding devices, computer programs and radio access nodes adapted to carry out the methods provided are also disclosed.