Patent ID: 8897241
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of allocating radio resources to a terminal according to a capability of the terminal, wherein the radio resources to be allocated include a set of radio resources which are incompatible with a first type of terminal and are compatible with at least a second type of terminal, the method performed by a base station comprising: receiving, at a base station, a random access preamble from the terminal; transmitting a first random access response assigning a first set of radio resources compatible with the first type of terminal, and a second random access response assigning a second set of radio resources incompatible with the first type of terminal, wherein the first random access response is scheduled differently at least in time or frequency to the second random access response; receiving a connection request message from the terminal, wherein, if the connection request message is received on the first set of radio resources, the terminal is the first type of terminal; wherein if the connection request message is received on the second set of radio resources, the terminal is the second type of terminal, wherein the first set of radio resources are located on a same component carrier as the second set of radio resources, and wherein the radio resources to be allocated extend over a bandwidth B having a portion of bandwidth B