Patent ID: 11924858
Assignee: SPRINT SPECTRUM LP
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A system for performing inter-band carrier aggregation based on device capability, the system comprising
an access node configured to deploy at least a first carrier utilizing a first frequency band and a second carrier utilizing a second frequency band, the second frequency band comprising higher frequencies than the first frequency band; and
a processing node communicably coupled to the access node, the processing node being configured to perform operations comprising:
determining that a majority of throughput usage in a wireless sector is associated with devices capable of performing inter-band carrier aggregation; and
when the majority of throughput usage in the wireless sector is associated with devices capable of performing inter-band-carrier aggregation, enabling the first carrier as a primary component carrier for a carrier aggregation mode of operation.