US 12,232,198 B2
Enhanced blind configuration of a cell
Elena Virtej, Espoo (FI); Mikko Saily, Laukkoski (FI); Wolfgang Zirwas, Munich (DE); Tero Henttonen, Espoo (FI); Ingo Viering, Munich (DE); and Lars Dalsgaard, Oulu (FI)
Assigned to NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 17/627,360
Filed by Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Jun. 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/067993
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/008857, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20195644 (FI), filed on Jul. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0271884 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 76/15 (2018.02) [H04L 5/001 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including a computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to:
provide a primary cell capable of serving a terminal device;
determine a candidate secondary cell group, comprising one or more cells that have coverage area within a coverage area of the primary cell;
determine, from the candidate secondary cell group, a cell that, based on information obtained before or during a connection setup signalling, has the highest probability of being successfully configured in a blind configuration as a secondary cell for an inter-site carrier aggregation for the terminal device, wherein the information obtained before or during the connection setup signalling comprises timing advance and/or access beam information of the terminal device;
determine distance of the terminal device based on the timing advance of the terminal device;
configure in the blind configuration the cell as the secondary cell for the inter-site carrier aggregation; and
determine that a plurality of cells of the candidate secondary cell group are to be broadcasted or multi-casted to the terminal device.