US 12,075,524 B2
User equipment capability information for carrier grouping in dual connectivity
Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, San Diego, CA (US); Fangli Xu, Beijing (CN); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Haijing Hu, Los Gatos, CA (US); and Yuqin Chen, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/439,712
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed May 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/092460
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/236494, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0360974 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/24 (2013.01) [H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
sending, to a user equipment (UE), a UE capability enquiry including an indication of a carrier grouping for dual connectivity, the carrier grouping including bands usable by a network node;
receiving, from the UE in response to the UE capability enquiry, UE capability information indicating support by the UE of a band combination for the dual connectivity and including carrier grouping information about support by the UE of carriers of the band combination being grouped in a cell group for the dual connectivity, wherein the carrier grouping information is included in the UE capability information upon the indication being included in the UE capability enquiry; and
configuring, for the UE, the cell group for the dual connectivity based on the UE capability information.