Patent ID: 9344234
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: H04J,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection by a user equipment (UE) with a base station, where the UE applies carrier aggregation for multiple component carriers (CCs); performing radio link monitoring by the UE over a primary serving cell (PCELL), wherein the PCELL belongs to a first CC group of one or more CCs; selecting a secondary serving cell (SCELL) as a reference cell, wherein the SCELL belongs to a second CC group of one or more CCs; performing radio link monitoring by the UE over the selected reference SCELL; and applying an action when the SCELL performance is below a pre-defined criteria, wherein the action is applied over the reference SCELL.