Patent ID: 9629194
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method in a first network node, comprising: obtaining component carrier information for a user equipment, the component carrier information comprising information about one or more component carriers currently configured at the user equipment for dual connectivity operation; obtaining capability information for the user equipment, the capability information comprising information about a maximum number of component carriers that the user equipment is configured to use for dual connectivity operation; configuring one or more component carriers at the user equipment such that a total number of component carriers configured at the user equipment does not exceed the maximum number of component carriers that the user equipment is configured to use for dual connectivity operation, the one or more component carriers configured according to one or more predefined rules and based at least in part on one or more of the component carrier information for the user equipment and the capability information for the user equipment, wherein: the one or more predefined rules define a minimum number of component carriers that are configurable by the first network node and a minimum number of component carriers that are configurable by a second network node; and configuring one or more component carriers at the user equipment comprises configuring, by the first network node, the minimum number of component carriers that are configurable by the first network node.