Patent ID: 9516580
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of periodically broadcasting system information of radio frequency communication between a user equipment and a plurality of base stations, comprising the steps of: communicating primary data between a primary base station and the user equipment using a primary frequency sub-band having a first bandwidth; periodically broadcasting system information by each base station about a cell served by the base station using a secondary frequency sub-band having a second bandwidth less than the first bandwidth; receiving at the user equipment said broadcast information from a primary base station serving the cell including the user equipment using simplified baseband processing relative to said step of communicating between the user equipment and the primary base station; and receiving at the user equipment said broadcast information from a secondary base station other than the primary base station using simplified baseband processing relative to said step of communicating primary data between the user equipment and the primary base station without gaps in communicating primary data with the primary base station and while remaining fully connected to the primary base station.