US 11,917,421 B2
Carrier aggregation configuration in fifth generation (5G) networks or other next generation networks
Shomik Pathak, Richardson, TX (US); Cecilia N. Nguyen, Hickory Creek, TX (US); Harry Liu, Hudson, OH (US); James P. Daves, Acworth, GA (US); William D. Turczyn, Clinton, NY (US); Yang Wang, Naperville, IL (US); Mark Butler, Arlington Heights, IL (US); Murari Lamsal, Charlotte, NC (US); Jason E. Carter, Gardendale, AL (US); and Iftekhar Alam, Roswell, GA (US)
Assigned to AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/186,290.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/150,175, filed on Feb. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/150,181, filed on Feb. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/150,178, filed on Feb. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0264571 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 16/22 (2009.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 3/34 (2006.01); H01Q 21/28 (2006.01); H04B 7/0426 (2017.01); H04B 17/00 (2015.01); H04B 17/309 (2015.01); H04B 17/391 (2015.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 16/02 (2009.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 72/12 (2023.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 16/22 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/246 (2013.01); H01Q 3/34 (2013.01); H01Q 21/28 (2013.01); H04B 7/043 (2013.01); H04B 17/0087 (2013.01); H04B 17/309 (2015.01); H04B 17/3912 (2015.01); H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04W 16/02 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/12 (2013.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
identifying, by carrier aggregation equipment comprising a processor, carrier transmission information corresponding to a first carrier signal and a second carrier signal;
analyzing, by the carrier aggregation equipment, the carrier transmission information to determine first overlap zone information representative of a first carrier overlap zone for the first carrier signal and the second carrier signal;
based on the first overlap zone information, facilitating, by the carrier aggregation equipment, configuring transmission parameter information, representative of a transmission parameter applicable to transmission of the first carrier signal, to enable carrier aggregation by network equipment within the first carrier overlap zone;
receiving, by the carrier aggregation equipment, first operating information from the network equipment based on operation of the network equipment with respect to the first carrier overlap zone; and
based on the first operating information, determining, by the carrier aggregation equipment, updated transmission parameter information representative of an updated transmission parameter applicable to the transmission of the first carrier signal to adjust a characteristic of the carrier aggregation within the first carrier overlap zone.