Patent ID: 8917682
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of maintaining uplink synchronization at a user equipment in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the method comprising: configuring component carriers including two uplink component carriers; and receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signal including a downlink control (DCI) format 1A via a specific downlink component carrier, wherein if the DCI format 1A indicates an initiation of a random access procedure, if the two uplink component carriers have respective uplink synchronization timing, and if the DCI format 1A includes a carrier indicator field, a random access preamble is transmitted via an uplink component carrier indicated by a value of the carrier indicator field, wherein the DCI format 1A includes a 1-bit flag indicating a localized/distributed virtual resource block assignment, a resource block assignment field, and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC), wherein the DCI format 1A indicates the initiation of the random access procedure if the 1-bit flag is set to 0, if all bits of resource block assignment field are set to 1, and if the CRC is scrambled with a cell radio access network temporary identifier (C-RNTI), and wherein if the random access preamble is transmitted via the uplink component carrier, the method further comprises: receiving a random access response in response to the random access preamble.