Patent ID: 9369990
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method used in a wireless communication system, comprising: receiving information communicated through radio resource control signaling that indicates a configuration of one or more uplink carriers and one or more downlink carriers, the one or more uplink carriers and the one or more downlink carriers comprising at least three carriers; using a first paired carrier for exchanging first control information for a first carrier of the one or more uplink carriers and the one or more downlink carriers; and using, based at least in part on the information communicated through radio resource control signaling, a second paired carrier or a designated anchor carrier for exchanging second control information for a second carrier of the one or more uplink carriers and the one or more downlink carriers, wherein the first carrier comprises an uplink or downlink carrier of a first carrier pairing and the second carrier comprises an uplink or downlink carrier of a second carrier pairing.