Patent ID: 9408212
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: establishing, at a first communication apparatus, a carrier aggregation configuration defining a set of one or more component carriers usable for device-to-device communication between the first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus; causing the first communication apparatus to engage in device-to-device communication with the second communication apparatus in accordance with the established carrier aggregation configuration; and managing activation of one or more component carriers from the set of component carriers for use in device-to-device communication with the second apparatus, wherein managing activation of one or more component carriers comprises one or more of causing activation of one or more component carriers or causing deactivation of one or more component carriers, and wherein managing activation of one or more component carriers includes formatting a message indicating one or more component carriers to be activated or one or more component carriers to be deactivated, and causing the formatted message to be sent via a device-to-device communication link to the second communication apparatus.