Patent ID: 9479308
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for assigning downlink resources in a sub-frame of one of a plurality of downlink component carriers to a mobile terminal, the method comprising steps of: receiving downlink control information on the one of the plurality of the downlink component carriers, wherein a format of the downlink control information comprises receiving downlink data on the assigned downlink resources, wherein the selected subset of the total range of the number of the OFDM symbols used for the control signaling indicated by the carrier indicator field depends on at least one of: and receiving at the mobile terminal a mapping selection message indicating a mapping of different mappings to be used for determining the number of the OFDM symbols used for the control signaling within the sub-frame of the one of the plurality of the downlink component carriers from the carrier indicator field of the downlink control information.