US 12,069,005 B2
Component carrier activation and deactivation using resource assignments
Joachim Loehr, Wiesbaden (DE); Alexander Golitschek Edler von Elbwart, Darmstadt (DE); and Martin Feuersaenger, Bremen (DE)
Assigned to Sun Patent Trust, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Sun Patent Trust, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/330,891.
Application 18/330,891 is a continuation of application No. 17/224,986, filed on Apr. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,711,197.
Application 17/224,986 is a continuation of application No. 16/867,426, filed on May 5, 2020, granted, now 11,005,640, issued on May 11, 2021.
Application 16/867,426 is a continuation of application No. 16/401,998, filed on May 2, 2019, granted, now 10,686,580, issued on Jun. 16, 2020.
Application 16/401,998 is a continuation of application No. 15/906,725, filed on Feb. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,333,685, issued on Jun. 25, 2019.
Application 15/906,725 is a continuation of application No. 15/687,086, filed on Aug. 25, 2017, granted, now 9,942,022, issued on Apr. 10, 2018.
Application 15/687,086 is a continuation of application No. 15/374,195, filed on Dec. 9, 2016, granted, now 9,774,437, issued on Sep. 26, 2017.
Application 15/374,195 is a continuation of application No. 15/202,444, filed on Jul. 5, 2016, granted, now 9,554,386, issued on Jan. 24, 2017.
Application 15/202,444 is a continuation of application No. 14/727,719, filed on Jun. 1, 2015, granted, now 9,414,387, issued on Aug. 9, 2016.
Application 14/727,719 is a continuation of application No. 14/464,266, filed on Aug. 20, 2014, granted, now 9,220,107, issued on Dec. 22, 2015.
Application 14/464,266 is a continuation of application No. 13/577,861, granted, now 8,855,132, issued on Oct. 7, 2014, previously published as PCT/EP2011/000473, filed on Feb. 2, 2011.
Claims priority of application No. 10153484 (EP), filed on Feb. 12, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2023/0318796 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04L 1/1607 (2023.01); H04L 25/03 (2006.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 52/14 (2009.01); H04W 52/30 (2009.01); H04W 52/34 (2009.01); H04W 52/36 (2009.01); H04W 72/00 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 5/0098 (2013.01) [H04L 1/0026 (2013.01); H04L 1/0046 (2013.01); H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04L 5/0055 (2013.01); H04L 5/0057 (2013.01); H04L 5/0096 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04L 1/0038 (2013.01); H04L 1/0061 (2013.01); H04L 1/0072 (2013.01); H04L 1/1657 (2013.01); H04L 25/03866 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 52/146 (2013.01); H04W 52/30 (2013.01); H04W 52/34 (2013.01); H04W 52/343 (2013.01); H04W 52/365 (2013.01); H04W 72/00 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication method comprising:
transmitting resource assignment information,
wherein the resource assignment information includes a plurality of bits that indicate activation or deactivation statuses of respective downlink component carriers, the downlink component carriers being secondary downlink component carriers added to a primary component carrier which is always activated, each of the downlink component carriers corresponding to one bit included in the plurality of bits, and the one bit indicating that a corresponding downlink component carrier is to be activated or deactivated, wherein when any one bit of the plurality of bits indicates that its corresponding downlink component carrier is to be activated, the plurality of bits jointly indicate the activation or deactivation statuses, a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission request and a channel quality information (CQI) reporting request; and
receiving a SRS and a CQI that are transmitted, in response to the SRS transmission request and the CQI reporting request, on an uplink component carrier linked to an activated downlink component carrier(s).