Murphy Bilak & Homiller, PLLC
Method and apparatus for resource assignment during control channel ambiguity
In one example of the teachings herein, a network base station (16, 18) includes one or more communication interfaces configured to send messages to a wireless communication device, and one or more processing circuits (36) operatively associated with the communication interface(s). The processing circuits (36) are configured to send a reconfiguration message to the device using an existing downlink control channel configuration for the device, which message indicates a new downlink control channel configuration for the device, and, during a window of control channel configuration ambiguity that arises for the device as a consequence of sending the reconfiguration message, send a control message to the device using both the existing and the new downlink control channel configurations. Such a method of operation advantageously avoids the delays that arise if new downlink control signaling towards the device (20) is deferred until receiving confirmation that the device (20) received the reconfiguration message.
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
H H H
H04W H04W H04W
inventional additional inventional
Erik Daniel Mattias
Eriksson Larsson Frenne