Patent ID: 8724565
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for transceiving multi-carrier information in a communication system supporting a multi-carrier, the method comprising: receiving a broadcast message from the base station, the broadcast message including multicarrier configuration information supported by the base station; sending to the base station a multicarrier request message including first carrier information, the first carrier information related to a carrier that the terminal is able to support according to the terminal capability or prefers, of the received multicarrier configuration information; and receiving from the base station a response message to the multicarrier request message, the response message including carrier allocation information including a secondary carrier allocated to the terminal, wherein the multi-carrier comprises a primary carrier and the secondary carrier, wherein the multicarrier request message further comprises availability flag information indicating whether or not the terminal is able to support all the carriers supported by the base station, and wherein the multicarrier request message further comprises information related to the number of candidate carrier combinations that the terminal is able to support, information related to the number of supported carriers with respect to each candidate carrier combination and index information related to each carrier when the terminal is unable to support any of the carriers supported by the base station.