Patent ID: 8447316
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: causing sending of a message, to a device of a cell, comprising data indicating one or more items of system information relating to a number of communication channel resources associated with a first type of resource; receiving a response message from the device indicating that the device supports communication channel resources associated with a second type of resource; determining, via a processor, a set of communication channel resources associated with the second type of resource that are supported by a network device to enable sending of the set of communication channel resources to the device in a reply message in response to the indication by the device that the device supports the communication channel resources associated with the second type of resource; and receiving an indication of a selection, by the device, of at least one of the communication channel resources of the set, wherein the first type of resource comprises a first timing parameter, the second type of resource comprises a second timing parameter, the second timing parameter comprises a 2 millisecond enhanced transmission time interval, and the set of communication channel resources corresponds to 2 millisecond enhanced transmission time interval resources, and the first timing parameter comprises a 10 millisecond common enhanced dedicated channel transmission time interval, and the number of communication channel resources corresponds to 10 millisecond common enhanced dedicated channel transmission time interval resources.