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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIONALLY USING SECONDARY FREQUENCY ASSIGNMENT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING MULTIPLE BAND

  • US 20100040011A1
  • Filed: 08/17/2009
  • Published: 02/18/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating a wireless access node in a wireless communication system using a plurality of Frequency Assignments (FAs), the method comprising:

  • determining to stop using a first Secondary (S)-FA of one or more S-FAs while communicating with a correspondent node over a Primary (P)-FA and the one or more S-FAs;

    sending a first message which requests to suspend the first S-FA, to the correspondent node;

    communicating over at least one FA excluding the first S-FA; and

    when resumption of the first S-FA is determined, sending a second message which requests to resume the first S-FA.

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