IP Library Granted Patent US 8,724,550
Granted Patent B2
US 8,724,550 · App. 13/372,139 · Granted May 13, 2014

Apparatuses and methods for handling secondary cell (SCell) reactivation

Inventor: Mamadou Kone (Taoyuan County, TW)
Assignee: HTC Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,724,550
App. No.
13/372,139
Granted
May 13, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for handling Secondary Cell (SCell) reactivation by a mobile communication device supporting a Carrier Aggregation (CA) technique is provided. The method includes the following steps: receiving at least one Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) indicating activation of an already activated SCell with configured uplink from a service network, comparing an accumulated number of the at least one MAC CE with a predetermined number, and ignoring the MAC CE for the already activated SCell with configured uplink in response to the accumulated number of the at least one MAC CE being greater than or equal to the predetermined number.

Claims (8)

1. A method for handling Secondary Cell (SCell) reactivation by a mobile communication device supporting a Carrier Aggregation (CA) technique, comprising:

receiving a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) indicating activation of an already activated SCell with configured uplink from a service network;

determining whether the MAC CE also indicates activation of a deactivated SCell; and

not starting a prohibition timer for a Power Headroom Reporting (PHR) procedure in response to the MAC CE not indicating activation of the deactivated SCell.

2. A method for handling Secondary Cell (SCell) reactivation by a mobile communication device supporting a Carrier Aggregation (CA) technique, comprising:

receiving a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) from a service network;

determining whether the MAC CE indicates activation of an already activated SCell with configured uplink; and

not restarting a deactivation timer associated with the already activated SCell with configured uplink in response to the MAC CE indicating activation of the already activated SCell with configured uplink.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2012
From: KONE, MAMADOU
To: HTC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027702/0991 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61442459 · Feb 14, 2011
Related Publication 20120207089A1 · Aug 16, 2012