Flexible NB-IoT multi-carrier operation across radio frequency bands
US11903002B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 22, 2021 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 13, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W72/542
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for improving NarrowBand Internet-of-Things radio network utilization by more efficiently and flexibly allocating available frequency spectrum resources to an UE. The objective to provide a method which allows efficient NB-IoT multi-carrier operation across different radio frequency bands or NB-IoT/LTE mother cells will be solved by a method for improving NarrowBand Internet of Things (NB-IoT) radio network utilization by more efficiently and flexibly allocating available frequency spectrum resources to an UE, where system information messages and/or dedicated signaling exchanged between an eNodeB and the UE are extended by specific parameters, setups and requests, so that multi-carrier operations are performable across all radio frequency bands even if the UE is already connected to the eNodeB.
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