Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cell search and connection procedures in a cellular communication device
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Application No.: US15304531Application Date: 2014-12-01
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Publication No.: US09854511B2Publication Date: 2017-12-26
- Inventor: Bengt Lindoff , Andres Reial
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ)
- Current Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Leffler Intellectual Property Law, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/EP2014/076106 WO 20141201
- International Announcement: WO2016/086956 WO 20160609
- Main IPC: H04W48/16
- IPC: H04W48/16 ; H04J11/00 ; H04W56/00 ; H04W48/18

Abstract:
A cell-search method for a cellular communication device capable of communicating via a first radio-access technology, RAT, in a first frequency band, and via a second RAT in a second frequency band, which is in a higher frequency region than the first frequency band is disclosed. The method comprises performing a first cell search in the first frequency band in order to detect a first cell of the first RAT. The method further comprises, if such a first cell is detected, synchronizing to the first cell, without registering to the first cell, determining a reference frequency error estimate between a local reference frequency of the cellular communication device and reference frequency of the first cell, and thereafter performing a second cell search, based on the reference frequency error estimate, in the second frequency band to detect a second cell of the second RAT. A corresponding cellular communication device, computer program product, and computer-readable medium are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170048787A1 CELL SEARCH AND CONNECTION PROCEDURES IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-02-16
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