TIMING OF COMPONENT CARRIERS IN MULTI-CARRIER WIRELESS NETWORKS
First Claim
1. A method for operating a base station (210) of a wireless network (200), comprising:
- establishing (A410) a connection over one or more anchor carriers including a first carrier, wherein the anchor carriers are used to provide control signals from the base station (210) to a user equipment (210);
making a determination (A420) as to whether the DL data destined to the user equipment (220) should be additionally transferred over a second carrier; and
transmitting (A430) the DL data over the first and second carriers when it is determined that the second carrier should be additionally used.wherein there is a predetermined delay between the transmission over the first and second carriers.
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Abstract
Mechanisms for efficient transmission of large amount of download data from a base station (210) to a user equipment (220) in a multi-carrier that minimizes power consumption on the user equipment are described. When multiple component carriers are to be used to transmit the download data, the base station (210) informs the user equipment (220). The base station (210) transmits on the anchor carriers without wait after informing the user equipment (220) and transmits on the non-anchor carriers after waiting a predetermined delay. The predetermined delay provides time to allow the user equipment (220) to activate the receiving resources and be ready to receive the download data over the non-anchor carriers. In this manner, the user equipment (220) can be in a power conservation mode and activate the receiver resources only when needed.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for operating a base station (210) of a wireless network (200), comprising:
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establishing (A410) a connection over one or more anchor carriers including a first carrier, wherein the anchor carriers are used to provide control signals from the base station (210) to a user equipment (210); making a determination (A420) as to whether the DL data destined to the user equipment (220) should be additionally transferred over a second carrier; and transmitting (A430) the DL data over the first and second carriers when it is determined that the second carrier should be additionally used. wherein there is a predetermined delay between the transmission over the first and second carriers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A base station (210), comprising:
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a communications unit (930) arranged to communicate with a user equipment (220); and a processing unit (910) arranged to; establish, via the communications unit (930), a connection over one or more anchor carriers including a first carrier, wherein the anchor carriers are used to provide control signals from the base station (210) to a user equipment (210); make a determination as to whether the DL data destined to the user equipment (220) should be additionally transferred over a second carrier; and transmit, via the communications unit (930), the DL data over the first and second carriers when it is determined that the second carrier should be additionally used, wherein there is a predetermined delay between the transmission over the first and second carriers. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for operating a user equipment (22) of a wireless network (200), comprising:
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establishing (A1010) a connection over one or more anchor carriers including a first carrier, wherein the anchor carriers are used to provide control signals from a base station (210) to the user equipment (210); receiving (A1020) a notification from the base station (210); making a determination (A1030) whether the base station (210) will additionally use a second carrier to transfer the DL data based on the notification; and receiving (A1040) the DL data over the first and second carriers when it is determined that the base station (210) will additionally use the second carrier, wherein a first data part of the DL data is received over the first carrier, and after a predetermined delay, a second data part of the DL data is received over the second carrier. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A user equipment (220) in a wireless network (200) capable of communicating with a base station (210) over plural carriers, comprising:
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a communications unit (1120) arranged to communicate with base station (210); and a processing unit (1110) arranged to; establish, via the communications unit (1120), a connection over one or more anchor carriers including a first carrier, wherein the anchor carriers are used to provide control signals from the base station (210); receive, via the communications unit (1120), a notification from the base station (210); make a determination whether the base station (210) will additionally use a second carrier to transfer the DL data based on the notification; and receive, via the communications unit (1120), the DL data over the first and second carriers when it is determined that the base station (210) will additionally use the second carrier, wherein a first data part of the DL data is received over the first carrier, and after a predetermined delay, a second data part of the DL data is received over the second carrier. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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