Patent ID: 9337966
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method implemented in a mobile communications system, comprising: selecting primary component carrier c where r performing joint secondary CC selection for one or more Long Term Evolution (LTE)-Advanced users and resource scheduling for one or more LTE users and said one or more LTE-Advanced users; wherein the performing includes: selecting an LTE-Advanced user according to a set of n−1 secondary CC assignments so that assigning a set of n−1 secondary CCs to the LTE-Advanced user maximizes an incremental value to an existing schedule; selecting each of one or more secondary CCs iteratively for a given user so that adding said each of one or more secondary CCs maximizes an incremental value to an existing schedule; determining the incremental value by allocating a resource block (RB) in the secondary CC to the given user based on an existing CC assignment; and selecting the RB so that the incremental value is maximized.