Patent ID: 9584284
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L

Claim:
1. A method of multi-carrier communication for a device utilizing at least one time division duplex (TDD) component carrier and at least one frequency division duplex (FDD) component carrier in a wireless communications network, the method comprising: determining a first reference subframe configuration for a downlink of the at least one FDD component carrier; determining a second reference subframe configuration for an uplink of the at least one FDD component carrier; identifying at least one downlink subframe in the at least one FDD component carrier that is not part of the first reference subframe configuration; receiving scheduling information during the at least one identified downlink subframe via one of self-carrier scheduling from the at least one FDD component carrier or cross-carrier scheduling from the at least one TDD component carrier; and communicating on the at least one FDD component carrier according to the determined first and second reference subframe configurations in respective downlink and uplink directions, wherein communicating on the at least one FDD component carrier comprises determining at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat-request (HARD) timing or a scheduling timing based on the first reference subframe configuration or the second reference subframe configuration.