Patent ID: 9301302
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method in a mobile communication network for configuring the network for downlink multicarrier data transmission from a network node to a mobile terminal, the method comprising: receiving, in the network node, mobile terminal capability signalling from the mobile terminal; assigning to the mobile terminal, at least two carriers in one or more downlink multicarrier assignments based on information received in the mobile terminal capability signalling; and allocating, in each radio block period, one or more of the assigned carriers for communication with the mobile terminal, by selecting carriers that maximize a number of radio blocks received so that a maximum number of carriers are received by the mobile terminal, or that maximize a number of prioritized carriers received by the mobile terminal, wherein the allocating comprises selecting a number N4 of carriers that will have four bursts in a radio block always with smaller or equal carrier separation compared to a signalled maximum carrier separation of the mobile terminal, a number N3 of carriers that will have at least three bursts in any radio block with smaller or equal carrier separation compared to the signalled maximum carrier separation of the mobile terminal, and a number N2 of carriers that will have at least two bursts in any radio block with smaller or equal carrier separation compared to the signalled maximum carrier separation of the mobile terminal.