Patent ID: 9276710
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for wireless communication, comprising: determining a base carrier covering a first range of frequencies and having contiguously numbered resource blocks and at least one segment covering a second range of frequencies different from the first range of frequencies and having contiguously numbered resource blocks continuing in number from a number of a last resource block of the base carrier, the base carrier and the at least one segment available to a user equipment (UE) for communication, wherein resource blocks in the base carrier and the at least one segment are numbered starting with resource blocks in the base carrier and extending to resource blocks in the at least one segment; determining at least one operating parameter for the UE based on a composite frequency bandwidth of the base carrier and the at least one segment; and communicating based on the at least one operating parameter for the UE.