US 12,137,466 B2
Communications system
Jagdeep Singh Ahluwalia, Sulton (GB); and Robert Arnott, London (GB)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/526,847.
Application 14/875,797 is a division of application No. 13/138,755, abandoned, previously published as PCT/JP2010/057781, filed on Apr. 26, 2010.
Application 18/526,847 is a continuation of application No. 17/461,521, filed on Aug. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,889,524.
Application 17/461,521 is a continuation of application No. 16/735,012, filed on Jan. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,147,054, issued on Oct. 12, 2021.
Application 16/735,012 is a continuation of application No. 15/858,889, filed on Dec. 29, 2017, granted, now 10,542,532, issued on Jan. 21, 2020.
Application 15/858,889 is a continuation of application No. 14/875,797, filed on Oct. 6, 2015, granted, now 9,888,464, issued on Feb. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 0907180 (GB), filed on Apr. 27, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2024/0121792 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01); H04W 36/06 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01); H04W 36/06 (2013.01); H04W 68/00 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
performing communication over a plurality of component carriers including a primary component carrier and at least one secondary component carrier;
receiving a Medium Access Control (MAC) control element including a bitmap, each bit of at least part of the bitmap corresponding to one of the at least one secondary component carrier, wherein the bitmap indicates that the UE is to monitor data on at least one secondary component carrier corresponding to at least one bit among the bitmap set to “1”; and
monitoring the data on the primary component carrier and the at least one secondary component carrier corresponding to the at least one bit among the bitmap set to “1”, and
wherein the MAC control element causes the UE to deactive at least one secondary component carrier which corresponds to at least one respective bit among the bitmap not set to “1”.