Patent ID: 9749992
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for a user equipment (UE) to provide feedback, the method comprising: receiving a payload of data, wherein the payload of data comprises a first data from a first network entity via a first MAC instance and a second data from a second network entity via a second MAC instance, the first data being received in accordance with a first downlink assignment from the first network entity, the second data being received in accordance with a second downlink assignment from the second network entity; sending a first feedback relating to at least the first data in a first subframe to the first network entity via the first MAC instance; and sending a second feedback relating to at least the second data in a second subframe to the second network entity via the second MAC instance, wherein the first subframe associated with the first feedback sent to the first network entity and the second subframe associated with the second feedback sent to the second network entity are staggered in time, and wherein the first feedback and the second feedback are sent on one or more of a physical shared uplink channel (PUSCH) or a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).