Patent ID: 9294240
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of wireless communication, comprising: tuning a radio frequency (RF) receiver from a secondary downlink carrier to a downlink primary carrier before receiving a downlink transmission on the downlink primary carrier during a first protected subframe; receiving a first portion of the downlink transmission on the downlink primary carrier during at least one periodic subframe of the downlink primary carrier, wherein the at least one periodic subframe includes an indication of the secondary downlink carrier to be used for a next subframe; decoding a signal received on the downlink primary carrier; retuning the RF receiver to the secondary downlink carrier before receiving the downlink transmission on the secondary downlink carrier; receiving a second portion of the downlink transmission on the secondary downlink carrier during a periodic sequence of subframes of the secondary downlink carrier following the at least one periodic subframe of the downlink primary carrier and before a second periodic subframe of the downlink primary carrier, wherein the second portion of the downlink transmission comprises only Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) data; and repeating the tuning, decoding, receiving on the primary and the secondary downlink carriers and retuning periodically.