Patent ID: 8582527
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: a) broadcasting a control block in a plurality of control blocks, by a base station configured to communicate employing a plurality of downlink carriers and a plurality of uplink carriers, on a physical broadcast channel in a frame in a plurality of frames on a first downlink carrier in said plurality of downlink carriers, said control block indicating a number of symbols employed for transmission of a physical hybrid ARQ channel starting from the first OFDM symbol in a subframe in a first plurality of subframes of said frame on said first downlink carrier; b) transmitting at least one control message by said base station on a first downlink data channel to a wireless device, said at least one control message configured to cause configuration of radio resources of a second downlink data channel to start from the first OFDM symbol of subframes of a second downlink carrier in said plurality of downlink carriers; c) receiving a first plurality of uplink data packets by said base station on a first uplink data channel of a first uplink carrier corresponding to said downlink carrier, said first uplink carrier comprising: d) receiving a second plurality of uplink data packets by said base station on a second uplink data channel of a second uplink carrier corresponding to said second downlink carrier, the entire active bandwidth of said second uplink carrier being employed for said second uplink data channel; and e) transmitting positive/negative acknowledgements by said base station, said positive/negative acknowledgements providing positive/negative acknowledgements for said first plurality of uplink data packets and said second plurality of uplink data packets.