IP Library Granted Patent US 10,972,951
Granted Patent B2
US 10,972,951 · App. 16/097,840 · Granted Apr 6, 2021

Anchor base station, slave cell and user equipment

Inventors: Yuxin Wei (Basingstoke, GB); Hideji Wakabayashi (Basingstoke, GB); Shinichiro Tsuda (Basingstoke, GB)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H04W36/0088H04L5/005H04W16/32H04W24/02H04W24/08H04W24/10H04W36/00837H04W36/08H04W72/0453H04W84/045
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Patent No.
US 10,972,951
App. No.
16/097,840
Granted
Apr 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile telecommunications system anchor base station for a mobile telecommunications system has at least one anchor cell and at least one slave cell which is associated with the anchor cell. The anchor base station has circuitry which is configured to activate or deactivate the slave cell, based on a service requirement received from at least one user equipment.

Claims (18)

1. A mobile telecommunications system anchor base station for a mobile telecommunications system including at least one anchor cell and at least one slave cell being associated with the anchor cell, the anchor base station comprising circuitry being configured to:

partially activate or deactivate the slave cell, based on a service requirement received from at least one user equipment;

activate or deactivate a partial carrier, wherein the partial carrier is activated or deactivated for a single user equipment or a group of user equipments in the slave cell; and

to perform handover on the basis of a relayed handover message being transmitted to the slave cell and being relayed by the slave cell, wherein the slave cell is a virtual cell.

2. The mobile telecommunications system anchor base station of claim 1 , wherein the service requirement is received from a group of user equipments.

3. The mobile telecommunications system anchor base station of claim 1 , wherein the service requirement includes application level information.

4. The mobile telecommunications system anchor base station of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to send a one-shot activation command.

5. The mobile telecommunications system anchor base station of claim 4 , wherein the circuitry is configured to send the one-shot activation command to the slave cell or a group of user equipments.

6. The mobile telecommunications system anchor base station of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to select a coordinated set based on at least one of: link quality, matched service requirement, service provider, resources availability and interference level.

7. A slave cell being established by a slave base station and being connected to an anchor base station in a mobile telecommunications system, the mobile telecommunications system comprising the anchor base station, the anchor base station being configured to communicate with at least one user equipment and at least one further slave cell, the at least one further slave cell being configured to communicate with at least one user equipment and the anchor base station, the slave cell comprising circuitry being configured to:

activate or deactivate a partial carrier, based on a service requirement, wherein the partial carrier is activated or deactivated for a single user equipment or a group of user equipments in the slave cell; and

to perform handover on the basis of a relayed handover message being transmitted to the slave cell and being relayed by the slave cell, wherein the slave cell is a virtual cell.

8. The slave cell of claim 7 , wherein the service requirement includes application level information.

9. A user equipment being connectable to at least one anchor base station and at least one slave cell of a mobile telecommunications system, the mobile telecommunications system comprising the anchor base station being configured to communicate with at least one user equipment and at least one slave cell, the at least one slave cell being established by a slave base station and being configured to communicate with at least one user equipment and the anchor base station, the user equipment comprising a circuitry being configured to:

receive a carrier segment activation command or deactivation command, the carrier segment activation command or deactivation command being for partial carrier resources, wherein the partial carrier resources are activated or deactivated for a single user equipment or a group of user equipments in the slave cell; and

to perform handover on the basis of a relayed handover message being transmitted to the slave cell and being relayed by the slave cell, wherein the slave cell is a virtual cell.

10. The user equipment of claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to measure and report a channel quality only on activated resource blocks.

11. The user equipment of claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive a user equipment group specific reference signal only on activated resource blocks.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2018
From: WEI, YUXIN; WAKABAYASHI, HIDEJI; TSUDA, SHINICHIRO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047368/0268 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 16168961 · May 10, 2016 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190141589A1 · May 9, 2019