US 12,108,483 B2
Discontinuous reception alignment in dual connectivity networks
Satish Chandra Jha, Hillsboro, OR (US); Ali T. Koc, Portland, OR (US); Kathiravetpillai Sivanesan, Portland, OR (US); and Rath Vannithamby, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/989,480.
Application 17/989,480 is a continuation of application No. 16/831,414, filed on Mar. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,564,283.
Application 16/831,414 is a continuation of application No. 15/988,280, filed on May 24, 2018, granted, now 10,624,152, issued on Apr. 14, 2020.
Application 15/988,280 is a continuation of application No. 15/332,754, filed on Oct. 24, 2016, granted, now 10,004,107, issued on Jun. 19, 2018.
Application 15/332,754 is a continuation of application No. 14/528,755, filed on Oct. 30, 2014, granted, now 9,872,334, issued on Jan. 16, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/933,862, filed on Jan. 30, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0081332 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/28 (2018.02) [H04L 5/0091 (2013.01); H04W 52/0212 (2013.01); H04W 52/0216 (2013.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 88/06 (2013.01); Y02B 70/30 (2013.01); Y02D 30/70 (2020.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A processor, configured to:
connect to a master base station associated with a master cell group (MCG), and a secondary cell group (SCG) for dual connectivity, the SCG associated with a secondary base station;
encode, for transmission from a user equipment (UE), to the master base station, system frame timing and system frame number (SFN) information, the system frame timing and SFN information associated with the secondary base station;
decode a first configuration for the MCG and a second configuration for the SCG, wherein the first configuration includes discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information for the MCG, wherein the second configuration includes DRX configuration information for the SCG; and
utilize radio resources of both the master base station and the secondary base station.