Signaling extended EARFCN and E-UTRA bands in UMTS networks

US9867206B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Intel IP Corporation · US

Inventors

• Michael Zitzmann · Nuremberg, DE
• Hyung-Nam Choi · Hamburg, DE
• Geethika Kankipati · Bengaluru, IN
• Sudeep Manithara Vamanan · Nuremberg, DE
• Birgit Breining · Munich, DE
• Bismark Okyere · Neubiberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 2014
• Grant date: Jan 9, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 31, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02D30/70
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of a user equipment (UE) and Node-B to operate in a wireless communication network using extended evolved absolute radio frequency channel numbers (EARFCN) and evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) frequency bands are disclosed herein. The UE may comprise transceiver and processing circuitry to receive a multiple frequency band indicators (MFBI) list that includes list elements corresponding to E-UTRA frequency bands on which neighboring LTE cells are operated. The MFBI list corresponds to an entry in the E-UTRA frequency and priority list or the E-UTRA frequency and priority extension list. The number of list elements for E-UTRA frequency and priority information corresponds to a sum of the number of entries in an E-UTRA frequency and priority list and a number of entries in an E-UTRA frequency and priority extension list. Other embodiments are disclosed.