Systems/methods of carrier aggregation
First Claim
1. A communications method comprising:
- receiving by a receiver a plurality of components of an overall signal;
each component of the plurality of components comprising a characteristic value that is less than a corresponding characteristic value of the overall signal, wherein the characteristic value comprises a bandwidth;
configuring the receiver with a plurality of elements corresponding to the plurality of components of the overall signal;
receiving the overall signal by receiving by the receiver the plurality of components of the overall signal using the corresponding plurality of elements;
identifying that the overall signal to be received will exceed a limit associated with a subsystem of the receiver;
preventing the limit from being exceeded by refraining from receiving the overall signal via said subsystem of the receiver; and
receiving the plurality of components of the overall signal via the corresponding plurality of elements of the receiver.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of carrier aggregation are provided that increase communications capacity and throughput. According to some embodiments, a receiver may be configured with a plurality of receiver chains and, responsive to an aggregate bandwidth of an overall signal that is to be received by the receiver, a plurality of components of the overall signal, each comprising a bandwidth that is less than a frequency span of the overall signal, are received by a respective plurality of receiver chains. Accordingly, each component of the plurality of components of the overall signal may be received by a respective receiver chain of the plurality of receiver chains of the receiver thus avoiding bandwidth limitations associated with receiver elements.
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57 Claims
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1. A communications method comprising:
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receiving by a receiver a plurality of components of an overall signal;
each component of the plurality of components comprising a characteristic value that is less than a corresponding characteristic value of the overall signal, wherein the characteristic value comprises a bandwidth;configuring the receiver with a plurality of elements corresponding to the plurality of components of the overall signal; receiving the overall signal by receiving by the receiver the plurality of components of the overall signal using the corresponding plurality of elements; identifying that the overall signal to be received will exceed a limit associated with a subsystem of the receiver; preventing the limit from being exceeded by refraining from receiving the overall signal via said subsystem of the receiver; and receiving the plurality of components of the overall signal via the corresponding plurality of elements of the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A communications system comprising:
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a receiver comprising a plurality of elements corresponding to a plurality of components of an overall signal that is to be received by the receiver;
each component of said plurality of components comprising a characteristic value that is less than a corresponding characteristic value of the overall signal, wherein the characteristic value comprises a bandwidth;and a processor that is configured to; receive the overall signal by processing the plurality of components of the overall signal via a respective plurality of elements; identify that the overall signal to be received will exceed a limit associated with a subsystem of the receiver; prevent the limit from being exceeded by refraining from processing the overall signal via said subsystem of the receiver; and process the plurality of components via the respective plurality of elements of the receiver, thus receiving the overall signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A communications method comprising:
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configuring a plurality of receiver chains; receiving an overall signal by a receiver from a transmitter by using a first receiver chain of the plurality of receiver chains and a second receiver chain of the plurality of receiver chains to receive respective first and second different components of the overall signal over respective first and second mutually exclusive frequencies from the transmitter; identifying that the overall signal to be received will exceed a limit associated with a subsystem of the receiver; preventing the limit from being exceeded by refraining from receiving the overall signal via said subsystem of the receiver; and receiving a plurality of components of the overall signal via the plurality of receiver chains thus receiving the overall signal and avoiding said exceeding. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A communications system comprising:
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a receiver that comprises a plurality of receiver chains and a processor that is configured to perform operations comprising; receiving an overall signal from a transmitter by using a first receiver chain of the plurality of receiver chains and a second receiver chain of the plurality of receiver chains to receive respective first and second different components of the overall signal over respective first and second mutually exclusive frequencies from the transmitter; identifying that the overall signal to be received will exceed a limit associated with a subsystem of the receiver; preventing the limit from being exceeded by refraining from processing the overall signal by said subsystem of the receiver; and processing a plurality of components of the overall signal by the plurality of receiver chains. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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