Patent ID: 8867463
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in a terminal device for allocating portions of a buffer, the terminal device receiving transport blocks transmitted by a base station on one or more component carriers allocated to the terminal device, the method comprising: receiving, by the terminal device, a signal including information for identifying, for each component carrier allocated to the terminal device, a weighting factor associated with a respective component carrier; and allocating, by the terminal device for each component carrier allocated to the terminal device, a portion of the buffer in which to store transport blocks received on the respective component carrier based on the received information for identifying the weighting factor associated with the respective component carrier, wherein the step of allocating further comprises: calculating the buffer portion for each component carrier by multiplying a total number of bits which can be stored in the buffer with the weighting factor associated with the respective component carrier, a result of which is divided by a sum of all weighting factors associated with the component carriers allocated to the terminal device.