Performance of a user equipment (UE) in unlicensed spectrum
First Claim
1. A method for improving performance of a user equipment (UE) operating in unlicensed spectrum, comprising:
- receiving, at the UE, a secondary component carrier (SCC) update from a small cell; and
tuning the UE to a second SCC in response to receiving the update, wherein the update is received at the UE when the small cell operating on a first radio access technology (RAT) determines that a channel associated with a first SCC of the small cell is also in use by another entity operating on a second RAT.
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Abstract
The present disclosure presents a method and an apparatus for improving performance of a user equipment (UE) operating in unlicensed spectrum. For example, the disclosure presents a method for receiving, at the UE, a secondary component carrier (SCC) update from a small cell. The example method further includes tuning the UE to a second SCC in response to receiving the update. The update is received at the UE when the small cell operating on a first radio access technology (RAT) determines that a channel associated with a first SCC of the small cell is also in use by another entity operating on a second RAT. As such, improved performance of a user equipment (UE) operating in an unlicensed spectrum may be achieved.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for improving performance of a user equipment (UE) operating in unlicensed spectrum, comprising:
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receiving, at the UE, a secondary component carrier (SCC) update from a small cell; and tuning the UE to a second SCC in response to receiving the update, wherein the update is received at the UE when the small cell operating on a first radio access technology (RAT) determines that a channel associated with a first SCC of the small cell is also in use by another entity operating on a second RAT. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for improving performance of a user equipment (UE) operating in unlicensed spectrum, comprising:
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means for receiving, at the UE, a secondary component carrier (SCC) update from a small cell; and means for tuning the UE to a second SCC in response to receiving the update, wherein the update is received at the UE when the small cell operating on a first radio access technology (RAT) determines that a channel associated with a first SCC of the small cell is also in use by another entity operating on a second RAT. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable code for improving performance of a user equipment (UE) operating in unlicensed spectrum, comprising code to:
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receive, via a secondary component carrier (SCC) update receiving component, a SCC update from a small cell; and tune, via a SCC tuning component, the UE to a second SCC in response to receiving the update, wherein the update is received at the UE when the small cell operating on a first radio access technology (RAT) determines that a channel associated with a first SCC of the small cell is also in use by another entity operating on a second RAT. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus for improving performance of a user equipment (UE) operating in unlicensed spectrum, comprising:
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a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to; receive component to receive a SCC update from a small cell; and tune the UE to a second SCC in response to receiving the update, wherein the update is received at the UE when the small cell operating on a first radio access technology (RAT) determines that a channel associated with a first SCC of the small cell is also in use by another entity operating on a second RAT. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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