Patent ID: 9629160
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method operable in a wireless communication system including a base station that radiates to provide wireless coverage in which to serve user equipment devices (UEs), wherein the base station is configured to provide service within a frequency spectrum that includes a plurality of carriers, each carrier defining a respective range of frequency within the frequency spectrum, the method comprising: serving a UE, by the wireless communication system, on a set of one or more carriers from the plurality of carriers; while serving the UE on the set of one or more carriers, determining that the wireless communication system should serve the UE on at least one other carrier in addition to serving the UE on the set of one or more carriers; selecting the at least one other carrier, from a set of candidate carriers, based at least in part on the at least one other carrier being closest, of the set of candidate carriers, in the frequency spectrum to the set of one or more carriers; based on the selecting, adding the selected at least one other carrier to the set of one or more carriers to establish a modified set of carriers; and causing the wireless communication system to serve the UE on the modified set of carriers.