Multiband-operation in wireless communication systems
First Claim
1. A method of transmitting data in a communication system, the method comprising:
- transmitting control channel data of a first format over a control channel, wherein the control channel data of the first format conveys information related to data transmitted within a first frequency band; and
transmitting control channel data of a second format over the control channel, wherein the control channel data of the second format conveys information related to data transmitted over one or more frequency bands, the one or more frequency bands having a combined bandwidth equal or greater than the first frequency band.
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Abstract
A method and wireless communication network that employs adapted control channel information to facilitate centralized and distributed scheduling of network resources for a network with mobile communication devices of differing bandwidth capabilities are described. The method includes transmitting control channel data of a first format over a control channel, wherein the control channel data of the first format conveys information related to data transmitted within a first frequency band and transmitting control channel data of a second format over the control channel, wherein the control channel data of the second format conveys information related to data transmitted over one or more frequency bands, the one or more frequency bands having a combined bandwidth equal or greater than the first frequency band.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of transmitting data in a communication system, the method comprising:
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transmitting control channel data of a first format over a control channel, wherein the control channel data of the first format conveys information related to data transmitted within a first frequency band; and transmitting control channel data of a second format over the control channel, wherein the control channel data of the second format conveys information related to data transmitted over one or more frequency bands, the one or more frequency bands having a combined bandwidth equal or greater than the first frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A wireless communication network, the wireless communication network comprising:
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a first mobile communication device, the first mobile communication device operating over a first frequency band; a second mobile communication device, the second mobile communication device operating over one or more frequency bands, the one or more frequency bands having a combined bandwidth equal or greater than the first frequency band; and a base station, wherein the base station is configured to; transmit control channel data of a first format over a control channel, wherein the control channel data of the first format conveys information related to data transmitted within the first frequency band; and transmit control channel data of a second format over the control channel, wherein the control channel data of the second format conveys information related to data transmitted over the one or more frequency bands. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A base station for transmitting control channels in a communication system, the base station configured to:
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generate control channel data of a first format, wherein the control channel data of the first format conveys information related to data to be transmitted within a first frequency band; generate control channel data of a second format, wherein the control channel data of the second format conveys information related to data to be transmitted over one or more frequency bands, the one or more frequency bands having a combined bandwidth equal or greater than the first frequency band; transmit control channel data of the first and second format over a control channel; and transmit data in conformance with the control channel data of the first and second format.
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20. A wireless communication device, comprising:
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a transceiver; a processor; and a memory unit communicatively connected to the processor and including; computer code that when executed by the processor causes the wireless communication device to receive control channel data; and computer code that when executed by the processor causes the wireless communication device to interpret the control channel data, wherein the control channel data includes; a carrier frequency field, the carrier frequency field being indicative of one or more carrier frequencies to be used in a transmission; and a physical resource block field, the physical resource block field being indicative of a number of physical resource blocks allocated to each one or more carrier frequencies to be used in the transmission. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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