Patent ID: 9706561
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. In a radio access network (RAN) in which a base station is configured to serve user equipment devices (UEs), a method comprising, while the base station is serving a UE: making a first determination of a public land mobile network (PLMN) to which the UE subscribes; based at least in part on the first determination of the PLMN to which the UE subscribes, making a second determination of how many carriers on which to serve the UE, wherein the determination of how many carriers is a determination of a quantity of carriers that is at least one carrier; and based on the second determination, configuring an air interface between the base station and the UE to encompass the determined quantity of carriers, whereby the base station is then set to serve the UE on the determined quantity of carriers.