Patent ID: 11882483
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A wireless communication method performed by a wireless communication device configured to communicate with a terminal via two or more frequency bands, the method comprising:
transmitting one or more first packets of data via a single frequency band to the terminal;
while transmitting the one or more first packets of data to the terminal via the single frequency band, obtaining a transmission right for use of at least one additional frequency band;
based on the transmission right, transmitting information to the terminal, the information including Multi Band Operations (MBO) information informing the terminal that:
further packets of data are to be transmitted to the terminal via the single frequency band and the at least one additional frequency band, and
sequence numbers of packets of data to be transmitted to the terminal via the single frequency band and the at least one additional frequency band are collectively managed by the wireless communication device,
wherein the terminal shifts to a mode of operations for processing the collectively managed sequence numbers based on the MBO information; and

transmitting the further packets of data to the terminal via the single frequency band and the at least one additional frequency band in accordance with a time of arrival of the packets of data at the wireless communication device.