Patent ID: 9344998
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a subscriber station, comprising: receiving first information comprising a channel aggregation capability announcement; transmitting second information comprising an indication that the subscriber station is capable of channel aggregation; receiving channel aggregation information comprising an association of the subscriber station with a downlink aggregated channel, wherein the downlink aggregated channel comprises a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) channel using a first plurality of subcarriers aggregated with at least a second OFDM channel using a second plurality of subcarriers, and wherein the first OFDM channel is received from a first cell, and the second OFDM channel is received from a second cell, and the first plurality of subcarriers is different than the second plurality of subcarriers; and receiving data via the downlink aggregated channel.