Patent ID: 9252935
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method implemented in a user agent comprising a processor and a memory device storing instructions executable by the processor to implement the method, the method comprising: transmitting in a media access control (MAC) control element power headroom-related information for a number of a plurality of aggregated carriers that is less than or equal to a total number of the aggregated carriers, the aggregated carriers comprising a first carrier and a second carrier; and transmitting in the MAC control element a bitmap, each of the aggregated carriers corresponding to a bit in the bitmap, a first value in the bitmap indicating that the power headroom-related information for the first carrier is included in the MAC control element, and a second value in the bitmap indicating that the power headroom-related information for the second carrier is not included in the MAC control element.