Mobile station and radio base station

US9960869B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9960869-B2
Application numberUS-201414908565-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 28, 2014
Priority dateJul 30, 2013
Publication dateMay 1, 2018
Grant dateMay 1, 2018

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In CA performed using three or more frequency bands, whether or not a mobile station UE is capable of performing an inter-frequency measurement without a gap is properly determined. The mobile station UE according to the invention includes a transmission unit 11 configured to transmit “UE Capability” indicating a capability of the mobile station UE to a radio base station eNB. The transmission unit 11 is configured to notify frequency bands in which the mobile station UE is capable of performing an inter-frequency measurement without a gap for each “CA band combination” as the “UE Capability”.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A radio base station, comprising: a processor that controls carrier aggregation of a mobile station; and a receiver that receives an information element as capability information indicating a capability of the mobile station from the mobile station, the information element indicating whether or not the mobile station is capable of performing an inter-frequency measurement without a gap for each combination of two frequency bands, wherein when the information element indicates that an inter-frequency measurement is performable without a gap in all combinations of two frequency bands among three or more frequency bands, the processor determines that the mobile station is capable of performing an inter-frequency measurement without a gap in carrier aggregation performed using the three or more frequency bands, and the three or more frequency bands include an 800 MHz band, a 1.5 GHz band and a 2 GHz band. 2. A radio base station, comprising: a processor that controls carrier aggregation of a mobile station; and a receiver that receives an information element as capability information of the mobile station from the mobile station, the information element indicating whether or not the mobile station is capable of performing an inter-frequency measurement without a gap for each combination of two frequency bands, wherein when the information element indicates that the mobile station is capable of performing an inter-frequency measurement without a gap in all combinations of a frequency band including a primary component carrier and a frequency band including a secondary component carrier among three or more frequency bands, the processor determines that the mobile station is capable of performing an inter-frequency measurement without a gap in carrier aggregation performed using the three or more frequency bands, and the three or more frequency bands include an 800 MHz band, a 1.5 GHz band and a 2 GHz band.

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  • the frequencies being arranged in component carriers · CPC title

  • H04J1/08Primary

    Arrangements for combining channels {(branching filters H01P1/213, H03H7/46)} · CPC title

  • H04W8/22Primary

    Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities · CPC title

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What does patent US9960869B2 cover?
In CA performed using three or more frequency bands, whether or not a mobile station UE is capable of performing an inter-frequency measurement without a gap is properly determined. The mobile station UE according to the invention includes a transmission unit 11 configured to transmit “UE Capability” indicating a capability of the mobile station UE to a radio base station eNB. The transmissio…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Ntt Docomo Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04J1/08. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue May 01 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 1 related publication on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).