Patent ID: 8676240
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method in a base station of a wireless network for transmitting download, “DL”, data to a user equipment, comprising: establishing a connection over one or more anchor carriers including a first carrier, wherein the anchor carriers are used to provide control signals from the base station to the user equipment; making a determination as to whether the DL data destined to the user equipment should be additionally transferred over a second carrier; and transmitting the DL data over the first and second carriers when it is determined that the second carrier should be additionally used, wherein there is a predetermined delay between the transmission over the first and second carriers, and wherein the act of transmitting the DL data over the first and second carriers comprises notifying the user equipment of the DL data transmission over the first and second carriers including providing, over the first carrier, information regarding the second carrier.