US 11,678,350 B2
Self-adaptive, intelligent carrier aggregation within mobile networks
Jianchun Zhou, Bellevue, WA (US); and Yakun Gao, Suwanee, GA (US)
Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/338,272.
Prior Publication US 2022/0394718 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/52 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/52 (2023.01) [H04L 5/001 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
identifying, by a processing system including a processor of a mobile device, a maximum number of a plurality of radio resources of the mobile device;
detecting, by the processing system, activity of a mobile application of the mobile device;
determining, by the processing system, a data rate requirement of the mobile application;
comparing, by the processing system, the data rate requirement to a primary component capacity of a primary component carrier; and
responsive to the data rate requirement exceeding the primary component capacity:
identifying, by the processing system and according to the data rate requirement of the mobile application, a number of secondary component carriers providing a number of secondary component capacities, wherein a combination of the primary component capacity and the number of secondary component capacities is not less than the data rate requirement of the mobile application; and
configuring, by the processing system, a number of radio resources of the plurality of radio resources according to the number of secondary component carriers to obtain a number of configured radio resources, wherein the number of radio resources does not exceed the maximum number of the plurality of radio resources, and wherein the data rate requirement of the mobile application is accommodated by the combination of the primary component capacity and the number of secondary component capacities.