US 12,075,501 B2
Intelligent carrier aggregation in millimeter wave resources
David Jones, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/302,244.
Application 18/302,244 is a continuation of application No. 17/129,827, filed on Dec. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,647,554.
Prior Publication US 2023/0254924 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/15 (2018.02) [H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 28/0289 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A base station, comprising:
a transceiver configured to receive a connection request from a user equipment (UE), to transmit an activation request to the UE, to receive a confirmation response from the UE, and to transmit guaranteed bit rate (GBR) downlink data to the UE;
at least one processor; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
determining, based on the connection request, that the UE is requesting the GBR downlink data;
determining that a first congestion level of a first millimeter wave (mmWave) downlink channel is below a first threshold;
determining that a second congestion level of a second mmWave downlink channel is below a second threshold;
causing the transceiver to transmit the activation request to the UE, the activation request instructing the UE to activate a first antenna corresponding to the first mmWave downlink channel and a second antenna corresponding to the second mmWave downlink channel;
based on the activation request, receiving a confirmation response from the UE; and
based on the confirmation response from the UE, causing the transceiver to transmit the GBR downlink data to the first antenna of the UE over the first mmWave downlink channel and to the second antenna of the UE over the second mmWave downlink channel,
wherein the first antenna is tuned to the first mmWave downlink channel without being tuned to the second mmWave downlink channel, and
wherein the second antenna is tuned to the second mmWave downlink channel without being tuned to the first mmWave downlink channel.