Scheduling Data Transmissions Between a Mobile Terminal and a Base Station in a Wireless Communications Network Using Component Carriers
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Abstract
A method of scheduling wireless data transmissions between a mobile terminal (701) and a base station using multiple component carrier signals is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: receiving in the mobile terminal information from the base station indicating available component carriers; detecting in the mobile terminal at least one dynamic parameter indicative of the mobile terminal'"'"'s current ability to handle component carriers having non-contiguous bandwidths; determining in the mobile terminal in dependence of the at least one dynamic parameter which of the available component carriers to utilize; and transmitting from the mobile terminal to the base station information indicating the component carriers determined to utilize. By doing this the mobile terminal may choose to limit the number of component carriers used in situations where it is disadvantageous, such as situations where the power consumption of supporting multiple component carriers is high or situations where complex hardware is needed.
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26 Claims
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14. A method of scheduling data transmissions between a mobile terminal and a base station in a wireless communications network, the base station configured to transmit multiple component carrier signals, each component carrier configured to carry transmitted signals in a predetermined bandwidth around the carrier, the method comprising:
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receiving, at the mobile terminal, information from said base station indicating available component carriers; detecting, at the mobile terminal, at least one dynamic parameter indicating the mobile terminal'"'"'s current ability to handle component carriers having non-contiguous bandwidths; determining, at the mobile terminal, which of said available component carriers to utilize for said data transmissions based on said at least one dynamic parameter; and transmitting, from said mobile terminal to said base station, information indicating the determined component carriers to utilize for said data transmissions. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A mobile terminal configured to schedule data transmissions between the mobile terminal and a base station in a wireless communications network, the base station configured to transmit multiple component carrier signals, each component carrier configured to carry transmitted signals in a predetermined bandwidth around the carrier, the mobile terminal configured to:
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receive information from said base station indicating available component carriers; detect at least one dynamic parameter indicating the mobile terminal'"'"'s current ability to handle component carriers having non-contiguous bandwidths; determine which of said available component carriers to utilize for said data transmissions based on said at least one dynamic parameter; and transmit information indicating the determined component carriers to utilize for said data transmissions to said base station. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A mobile terminal having a computer program comprising program code that, when executed at the mobile terminal, configures the mobile terminal to:
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receive information from a base station indicating available component carriers; detect at least one dynamic parameter indicating the mobile terminal'"'"'s current ability to handle component carriers having non-contiguous bandwidths; determine which of said available component carriers to utilize for said data transmissions based on said at least one dynamic parameter; and transmit, to said base station, information indicating the determined component carriers to utilize for said data transmissions.
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26. A mobile terminal comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium having program code stored thereon, the program code configured to cause the mobile terminal to; receive information from a base station indicating available component carriers; detect at least one dynamic parameter indicating the mobile terminal'"'"'s current ability to handle component carriers having non-contiguous bandwidths; determine which of said available component carriers to utilize for said data transmissions based on said at least one dynamic parameter; and transmit, to said base station, information indicating the determined component carriers to utilize for said data transmissions.
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