Abstract:
A method is implemented in a communication device operating in a carrier aggregation mode utilizing a plurality of component carriers, where the plurality of component carriers includes at least (i) a primary component carrier associated with a primary cell and a primary cell broadcast message channel, and (ii) a secondary component carrier associated with a secondary cell and a secondary cell broadcast message channel. The method includes receiving, at the communication device, a broadcast message associated with the primary cell via (i) the primary cell broadcast message channel or (ii) the secondary cell broadcast message channel, decoding, at the communication device, the received broadcast message associated with the primary cell, receiving, at the communication device, a broadcast message associated with the secondary cell via the secondary cell broadcast message channel, and decoding, at the communication device, the received broadcast message associated with the secondary cell.
Abstract:
A method includes performing a handover for a mobile device between first and second RAT networks. The first RAT network has a tracking area. The second RAT network has a routing area. Idle mode signaling reduction is activated in the mobile device including activating first and second timers respectively for the first and second RAT networks. In response to either one of the first and second timers expiring, a tracking or routing area update is sent to a first base station. The first base station is in the first RAT network or the second RAT network. The first timer is reset while the second timer maintains a set offset from the first timer. The tracking area update indicates that the mobile device has performed a handover to the first RAT network. The routing area update indicates that the mobile device has handed over to the second RAT network.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, apparatus, and techniques are provided for retransmitting packets of data. A Radio Link Control (RLC) layer data packet is generated, and the RLC layer data packet is converted to one or more physical (PHY) layer data packets. The one or more PHY layer data packets are transmitted. At least one of a hybrid automatic transmission request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK) message and a HARQ negative acknowledgment (NACK) message is received from a receiver in response to transmission of the one or more PHY layer data packets. It is determined whether the at least one of the HARQ ACK message and the HARQ NACK message represents a automatic transmission request (ARQ) ACK message or a ARQ NACK message.