System And Method For Multi-Carrier Network Operation - EP3474621

The patent EP3474621 was granted to Blackberry on Jan 15, 2025. The application was originally filed on Sep 24, 2010 under application number EP18213147A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Patent Maintained As Amended".

EP3474621

BLACKBERRY
Application Number
EP18213147A
Filing Date
Sep 24, 2010
Status
Patent Maintained As Amended
Dec 13, 2024
Publication Date
Jan 15, 2025
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Patent Citations (6) New

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OPPOSITIONEP2422574
OPPOSITIONUS2008267126
OPPOSITIONWO2010048178
OPPOSITIONWO2010124228
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Non-Patent Literature (NPL) Citations (26) New

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OPPOSITION- 3gpp, "3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol specification (Release 8)", 3GPP TS 36.321 V8.7.0, (20090901), vol. 0, pages 1 - 47, XP093028020
OPPOSITION- 3gpp, "3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Radio Resource Control (RRC); Protocol specification (Release 8)", 3GPP TS 36.331 V8, (20100301), vol. 90, pages 1 - 212, XP093028048
OPPOSITION- 3gpp, "3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception (Release 8)", 3GPP TS 36.101 vs.9.0, (20100301), pages 1 - 168, XP093028073
OPPOSITION- Alcatel-Lucent, "Draft Reply to RAN2 LS on RACH power control optimisation use case", 3GPP Draft; R1-080446, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France, Sevilla, Spain, (20080109), vol. RAN WG1, XP050108964
OPPOSITION- Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, "[Draft] Reply to RAN2 LS on RACH Power Control Optimisation Use case", 3GPP Draft; R1-080596, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France, Sevilla, Spain, (20080119), vol. RAN WG1, XP050109094
OPPOSITION- Anonymous, "3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol specification (Release 9)", 3GPP TS 36.321 V9.0.0, (20090901), vol. 0, XP093004650
OPPOSITION- ASUSTeK, "Multi-carrier UL power control for LTE-A.", 3GPP Draft; R1-093882 Multi-carrier UL power control for LTE-A, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France, Miyazaki, (20091012), XP050388386
OPPOSITION- CATT, "CC linkage in CA", 3GPP Draft; R2-102059, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France, Beijing, china, (20100406), vol. RAN WG2, XP050422544
OPPOSITION- Ericsson, "Power Control for PRACH", 3GPP Draft; R1-080357, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France, Sevilla, Spain, (20080109), vol. RAN WG1, XP050108876
OPPOSITION- Ericsson, "Power Control for PRACH", 3GPP Draft; r1-080514_RACH_PC, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France, Sevilla, Spain, (20080119), vol. RAN WG1, XP050109029
OPPOSITION- ETSI MCC, "Report of 3GPP TSG RAN WG2 meeting #69, San Francisco, USA, February 22 - 26, 2010", 3GPP Draft; R2-101978_report_RAN2_69_San_Francisco, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France, Beijing, china, (20100419), vol. RAN WG2, XP050422244
OPPOSITION- InterDigital, "Linking between UL and DL carriers", 3GPP Draft; R2-102131, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France, Beijing, china, (20100406), vol. RAN WG2, XP050422565
OPPOSITION- LG ELECTRONICS, "Initial Access Procedure in LTE-Advanced", 3GPP Draft: R1- 090210, Ljubljana, (20090107), XP050318141
OPPOSITION- Nokia Corporation, Nokia Siemens Networks, "RACH and carrier aggregation", 3GPP Draft; R2-095898_RACH and carrier aggregation, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France, Miyazaki, (20091012), XP050390352
OPPOSITION- Nokia Siemens Networks, "Summary of Power Control E-mail Discussion", 3GPP Draft; R1-080330_UL_PC_summary, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France, Sevilla, Spain, (20080119), vol. RAN WG1, XP050596618
OPPOSITION- Qualcomm Europe, "PRACH and Message3 power control", 3GPP Draft; R1-082551, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France, Warsaw, Poland, (20080625), vol. RAN WG1, XP050110813
OPPOSITION- RAN1, "Reply to RAN2 LS on RACH Power Control Optimisation Use case", 3GPP Draft; R1-080612, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France, Sevilla, Spain, (20080119), vol. RAN WG1, XP050109109
OPPOSITION- RAN WG4, "Reply LS on pathloss measurements in CA scenarios", 3GPP Draft; R2-103494_R4-102260, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France, Stockholm, Sweden, (20100616), vol. RAN WG2, XP050423523
OPPOSITION- TSG-RAN WG2 (RAN2), "LS on pathloss measurements in CA scenarios", 3GPP Draft; R1-102603(R2-102662), 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France, Montreal, Canada, (20100428), vol. RAN WG1, XP050419818
OPPOSITION- "UL CC selection for RACH", 3GPP Draft; R2-101039, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France, San Francisco, USA, (20100216), vol. RAN WG2, XP050421735
OPPOSITION- ZTE, "Initial Uplink Access Procedure in LTE-Advanced", 3GPP Draft; R1-090879 Initial Uplink Access Procedure in LTE-Advanced, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France, Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France , (20090203), no. Athens, Greece; 20090203, XP050318728
OPPOSITION- ZTE, "Initial Uplink Access Procedure in LTE-Advanced", 3GPP Draft; R1-090984 Initial Uplink Access Procedure in LTE-Advanced, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France, Athens, Greece, (20090205), XP050318814
SEARCH- LG ELECTRONICS, "Initial Access Procedure in LTE-Advanced", 3GPP DRAFT; R1-090210, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, (20090107), no. Ljubljana; 20090107, XP050318141 [A] 1-15 * paragraph [002.] - paragraph [004.] *
SEARCH- NOKIA CORPORATION ET AL, "RACH and carrier aggregation", 3GPP DRAFT; R2-095898_RACH AND CARRIER AGGREGATION, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, (20091012), no. Miyazaki; 20091012, XP050390352 [PA] 1-15 * paragraphs [002.] , [02.1] *
SEARCH- ZTE, "Initial Uplink Access Procedure in LTE-Advanced", 3GPP DRAFT; R1-090879 INITIAL UPLINK ACCESS PROCEDURE IN LTE-ADVANCED, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, (20090203), no. Athens, Greece; 20090203, XP050318728 [A] 1-15 * paragraph [001.] - paragraph [002.] *
SEARCH- ZTE, "Initial Uplink Access Procedure in LTE-Advanced", 3GPP DRAFT; R1-090984 INITIAL UPLINK ACCESS PROCEDURE IN LTE-ADVANCED, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, (20090205), no. Athens, Greece; 20090205, XP050318814 [Y] 1-15 * paragraph [001.] - paragraph [02.2] *

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