Invention Grant
- Patent Title: PCI allocation in LTE-U
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Application No.: US16320696Application Date: 2016-07-25
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Publication No.: US10945173B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Krzysztof Kordybach , Antti Anton Toskala , Colin Willcock
- Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
- Current Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/067628 WO 20160725
- International Announcement: WO2018/019356 WO 20180201
- Main IPC: H04W36/08
- IPC: H04W36/08 ; H04W24/02 ; H04W76/34 ; H04W76/11 ; H04W8/26

Abstract:
It is provided a method, comprising monitoring if a cell is being started; selecting a temporary physical cell identifier among a predefined pool; instructing the cell to adopt the selected temporary physical cell identifier if the cell is being started; determining a permanent physical cell identifier for the cell, wherein the permanent physical cell identifier does not belong to the predefined pool and is different from each used physical cell identifier, wherein the used physical cell identifiers are indicated in measurement reports; checking if a first time has elapsed after the cell has been instructed to adopt the selected temporary physical cell identifier or a second time has elapsed after the cell has been started; replacing the selected temporary physical cell identifier by the determined permanent physical cell identifier if the first time or the second time has elapsed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190159087A1 PCI ALLOCATION IN LTE-U Public/Granted day:2019-05-23
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