Patent ID: 7843890
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a downlink channel signal with at least one frame of radio frames by a user equipment from a network element, wherein N resource units are assigned for synchronization channels in a predetermined position in at least one predetermined time interval of each of said radio frames of the downlink channel signal, said N resource units comprise information used by the user equipment for selecting said network element when the user equipment is in a cell selection or reselection operation state, N being at least a value of one; and reading signaling containing information about an allocation of the N resource units in the downlink channel signal for the user equipment in a normal active operation state, and processing in the user equipment data comprised in said at least one frame but automatically discarding said N resource units assigned for the synchronization channels in said at least one predetermined time interval of said at least one frame, for making said synchronization channels transparent to the user equipment, if the signaling contains an indication that said N resource units are not allocated to said user equipment when said user equipment is in the normal active operation state.