US 12,035,410 B2
Communication system
Vivek Sharma, London (GB); and Yassin Aden Awad, London (GB)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/208,645.
Application 18/208,645 is a continuation of application No. 17/470,409, filed on Sep. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,812,501.
Application 17/470,409 is a continuation of application No. 14/129,152, granted, now 11,146,941, issued on Oct. 12, 2021, previously published as PCT/JP2012/067412, filed on Jul. 2, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 1111374 (GB), filed on Jul. 4, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2023/0328502 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 8/06 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/06 (2013.01) [H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a base station, the method comprising:
communicating with a user equipment (UE) using a primary component carrier and at least one secondary component carrier,
wherein the primary component carrier and the at least one secondary component carrier originate from the base station; and
transmitting, to the UE, measurement configuration information including a secondary cell measurement cycle parameter for at least one deactivated secondary cell,
wherein a measurement performed by the UE is configured using a measurement period that is an integer multiple of a value indicated by the secondary cell measurement cycle parameter, the integer being greater than one.