HANDOVER AT SPECTRUM RELEASE FOR LICENSED SHARED ACCESS

    公开(公告)号:US20170295525A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-12

    申请号:US15384537

    申请日:2016-12-20

    CPC classification number: H04W36/0072 H04W16/14 H04W36/14

    Abstract: Embodiments of Evolved Node-B (eNBs), user equipment (UE) and methods for licensed shared access (LSA) handover are generally described herein. An eNB includes hardware processing circuitry to receive a command to release spectrum resources in a LSA band over which the eNB serves an LSA cell; to determine whether user equipment (UEs) served by the eNB are permitted to skip a random access process (RAP) to be handed over to a target cell operating on a band separate from the LSA band; and to transmit a message to a UE served by the eNB instructing the UE that the UE is to be handed over to the target cell, the message including one or more indicators based on the determination. Other apparatuses, systems and methods are also disclosed.

    RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL MESSAGING FOR DUAL CONNECTIVITY NETWORKS

    公开(公告)号:US20170230864A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-10

    申请号:US15437249

    申请日:2017-02-20

    CPC classification number: H04W28/08 H04W16/32 H04W28/18 H04W40/22 H04W72/042

    Abstract: A 3GPP LTE protocol enhancement may realize the full benefit of dual connectivity in Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks by providing a mechanism to carry Radio Resource Control (RRC) messages and/or Information Elements (IE)s from a Secondary Evolved Node B (SeNB) to User Equipment (UE) via Master Evolved Node B (MeNB) RRC messages. Novel downlink (DL) Common Control Channel (CCCH) and Dedicated Control Channel (DCCH) messages, and augmented messages having Information Elements (IE)s for relaying RRC messages from a SeNB to a UE via a MeNB, are defined. Modifications to ASN.1 program coding of LTE 3rd Generation Partnership Project specifications to enable RRC messages from the MeNB to relay RRC information from the SeNB to the UE are provided. In one embodiment, the UE receives, from a MeNB, an RRC message comprising information relayed from a SeNB and interprets the RRC message for control channel and radio resource configuration information from the SeNB.

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