US 12,484,070 B2
Carrier aggregation enhancements for new radio (NR)
Amitav Mukherjee, Elk Grove, CA (US)
Assigned to Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Jan. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/420,130.
Application 18/420,130 is a continuation of application No. 17/071,952, filed on Oct. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,882,565.
Prior Publication US 2024/0172241 A1, May 23, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01); H04W 72/53 (2023.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04W 56/0045 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01); H04W 72/53 (2023.01); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) device, the method comprising:
receiving a control signal on an active first bandwidth part (BWP) of an active first cell, said control signal controlling the UE device to send a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) signal using a dormant second BWP corresponding to a dormant second cell;
receiving a first resource grant from a first base station of the active first cell granting resources for the dormant second BWP corresponding to the dormant second cell; and
using resources granted by the first resource grant to transmit or receive data in the dormant second cell.