20240032039. UPLINK CONTROL OPPORTUNITIES FOR UPLINK CARRIER SWITCHING simplified abstract (QUALCOMM Incorporated)
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UPLINK CONTROL OPPORTUNITIES FOR UPLINK CARRIER SWITCHING
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Alberto Rico Alvarino of San Diego CA (US)
Umesh Phuyal of San Diego CA (US)
UPLINK CONTROL OPPORTUNITIES FOR UPLINK CARRIER SWITCHING - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240032039 titled 'UPLINK CONTROL OPPORTUNITIES FOR UPLINK CARRIER SWITCHING
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication. It introduces a user equipment (UE) that can receive an indication of an uplink transmission configuration for the UE associated with an active carrier aggregation (CA) of at least two carriers in a plurality of carriers. The UE can switch between carriers in the active carrier aggregation according to a carrier switching pattern.
Here are the bullet points explaining the patent/innovation:
- The UE receives an indication of the uplink transmission configuration for the active carrier aggregation.
- The UE can switch between carriers in the active carrier aggregation based on a carrier switching pattern.
- The UE selects an uplink control channel occasion on a carrier from the plurality of carriers based on a pattern of uplink control channel occasions associated with the carrier switching pattern.
- The pattern of uplink control channel occasions defines at least one uplink control channel occasion on at least one carrier for each uplink symbol associated with the active carrier aggregation.
- The UE performs an uplink control transmission on the selected uplink control channel occasion.
Potential applications of this technology:
- Wireless communication systems and devices
- Mobile networks and cellular communication
- Carrier aggregation in 4G and 5G networks
- Uplink control channel management
Problems solved by this technology:
- Efficient management of carrier aggregation in wireless communication systems
- Optimized selection of uplink control channel occasions for improved performance
- Enhanced utilization of multiple carriers for uplink control transmission
Benefits of this technology:
- Improved data transmission efficiency in carrier aggregation scenarios
- Enhanced network capacity and throughput
- Better utilization of available spectrum resources
- Enhanced user experience in terms of network performance and reliability.
Original Abstract Submitted
methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. a user equipment (ue) may receive an indication of an uplink transmission configuration for the ue associated with an active carrier aggregation (ca) of at least two carriers in a plurality of carriers, wherein carrier switching among the plurality of carriers is enabled for the active carrier aggregation according to a carrier switching pattern. the ue may select, based at least in part on a pattern of uplink control channel occasions associated with the carrier switching pattern, an uplink control channel occasion on a carrier of the plurality of carriers, wherein the pattern of uplink control channel occasions defines at least one uplink control channel occasion on at least one carrier of the plurality of carriers for each uplink symbol associated with the active ca. the ue may perform an uplink control transmission on the uplink control channel occasion.
