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Methods and apparatuses for resource management in a multi-carrier telecommunications system

  • US 10,237,851 B2
  • Filed: 11/20/2013
  • Issued: 03/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A radio base station operable in a multi-carrier system comprising a plurality of component carriers (CCs), comprising:

  • a processing unit; and

    a memory including computer program code, wherein the processing unit, the memory, and the computer program code are collectively configured to;

    assemble a message including information on the plurality of CCs, of which only one CC is identified along with a dedicated preamble for a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource within the CC for random access within the multi-carrier system; and

    provide the message and an indication of the PRACH resource to direct a user equipment to use the dedicated preamble for the PRACH resource within the CC to perform the random access within the multi-carrier system.

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