Patent ID: 9282498
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: monitoring channel conditions of a first component carrier and a second component carrier of a first wireless communication cell that are utilized by a communication device as a primary component carrier and a secondary component carrier, respectively, in carrier aggregation in communication with the first wireless communication cell in an LTE-Advanced system; releasing the first component carrier from being utilized by the communication device in communication with the first wireless communication cell while maintaining utilization of the second component carrier by the communication device in communication with the first wireless communication cell, in response to a channel condition of the first component carrier of the first wireless communication cell being less than a channel condition of a corresponding first component carrier of a second wireless communication cell; and allocating the second component carrier as the primary component carrier for the communication device in communication with the first wireless communication cell, and allocating the first component carrier of the second wireless communication cell as a primary component carrier for the communication device in communication with the second wireless communication cell, wherein utilization by the communication device of the first component carrier as the primary component carrier in communication with the second wireless communication cell is concurrent with utilization by the communication device of the second component carrier as the primary component carrier in communication with the first wireless communication cell.