Soft buffer management
US9577793B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 2014 |
| Grant date | Feb 21, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/08
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Soft buffer management circuitry is provided for use in a device of a wireless communication system. The soft buffer management circuitry has input circuitry for receiving information relating to an aggregated carrier comprising a plurality, NDU/ULcells, of configured component carriers. Control circuitry is provided for prioritizing allocation of storage in the soft buffer depending on a carrier index value indicating a prioritization of a corresponding component carrier relative to the other configured component carriers. The buffer is partitioned into a number min (NC, NDL/ULcells) partitions, where NC gives a number of carriers for which soft buffer storage is to be prioritized. A UE comprising the soft buffer management circuitry and a soft buffer management method are also provided.
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