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System and method for resource allocation for massive carrier aggregation

  • US 10,264,564 B2
  • Filed: 01/28/2016
  • Issued: 04/16/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for allocating resources of component carriers to a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

  • configuring, by a communications controller, a first group of component carriers with resource allocations indicated by a single joint downlink control information (DCI) message;

    configuring, by the communications controller, a second group of component carriers with resource allocations for each component carrier indicated by a dedicated DCI message;

    generating, by the communications controller, the single joint DCI message indicating first resource allocations for a first subset comprising a plurality of component carriers of the first group of component carriers;

    generating, by the communications controller, one or more dedicated DCI messages, each dedicated DCI message indicating a second resource allocation for a component carrier in a second subset of the second group of component carriers;

    mapping, by the communications controller, each one of the single joint DCI message and the one or more dedicated DCI messages to a respective control channel, each of the single joint and dedicated DCI messages being separate messages from each other; and

    sending, by the communications controller, the control channels to the UE.

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