Granted Patent
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US 12,200,678 · App. 18/492,942 · Granted Jan 14, 2025
System and method for multi-carrier network operation
Inventors:
Mo-Han Fong (Sunnyvale, CA); Youn Hyoung Heo (Waterloo, CA); Hua Xu (Ottawa, CA); Jun Li (Richardson, TX); Sean Michael McBeath (Keller, TX)
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited
H04W72/0453H04L5/001H04L5/0053H04L5/0094H04W72/23H04L25/03866H04W8/26H04W12/033H04W36/06H04W72/21H04W76/27
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Abstract
Methods, devices, and systems for multi-carrier network operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of performing channel scrambling in a multi-carrier network, wherein the multi-carrier network includes a first component carrier (“CC”) and a second CC between a base station and a user equipment (“UE”) comprises receiving a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (“C-RNTI”) and a cell identification (“ID”) for at least one of the first CC and the second CC; and using the RNTI and the cell ID to perform scrambling of information transmitted on at least one of the first CC and the second CC.
Claims (18)
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a user equipment (UE), a component carrier assignment message via a first component carrier, wherein the first component carrier is different from a second component carrier, the first component carrier is a control channel monitoring component carrier, the component carrier assignment message identifies the second component carrier, the component carrier assignment message indicates that the second component carrier is not a control channel monitoring component carrier and that a control channel of the first component carrier signals channel assignment information for the second component carrier, and the component carrier assignment message includes a virtual physical cell identity (PCI) of the second component carrier; and
configuring the second component carrier based on the component carrier assignment message.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control channel of the first component carrier is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first component carrier comprises a cell.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the component carrier assignment message is received using dedicated signaling.
5. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media containing instructions that, when executed, cause a user equipment (UE) to perform operations comprising:
receiving a component carrier assignment message via a first component carrier, wherein the first component carrier is different from a second component carrier, the first component carrier is a control channel monitoring component carrier, the component carrier assignment message identifies the second component carrier, the component carrier assignment message indicates that the second component carrier is not a control channel monitoring component carrier and that a control channel of the first component carrier signals channel assignment information for the second component carrier, and the component carrier assignment message includes a virtual physical cell identity (PCI) of the second component carrier; and
configuring the second component carrier based on the component carrier assignment message.
6. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 5 , wherein the control channel of the first component carrier is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).
7. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 5 , wherein the first component carrier comprises a cell.
8. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 5 , wherein the component carrier assignment message is received using dedicated signaling.
9. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media containing instructions that, when executed, cause an electronic device to perform operations comprising:
transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a component carrier assignment message via a first component carrier, wherein the first component carrier is different from a second component carrier, the first component carrier is a control channel monitoring component carrier, the component carrier assignment message identifies the second component carrier, the component carrier assignment message indicates that the second component carrier is not a control channel monitoring component carrier and that a control channel of the first component carrier signals channel assignment information for the second component carrier, and the component carrier assignment message includes a virtual physical cell identity (PCI) of the second component carrier; and
transmitting, to the UE, data using the second component carrier.
10. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9 , wherein the control channel of the first component carrier is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).
11. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9 , wherein the first component carrier comprises a cell.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9 , wherein the component carrier assignment message is transmitted using dedicated signaling.
Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Oct 24, 2023
From: LI, JUN; MCBEATH, SEAN MICHAEL
To: RESEARCH IN MOTION CORPORATION
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Oct 24, 2023
From: FONG, MO-HAN; HEO, YOUN HYOUNG; XU, HUA
To: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065320/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
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From: RESEARCH IN MOTION CORPORATION
To: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065320/0050 →
CHANGE OF NAME
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From: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
To: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
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Continuity (5)
Continuation
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Provisional Application
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