Patent ID: 8767663
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A component carrier (CC) management method in a communication system, the system comprising a base station (BS) in communication with a user equipment (UE) via at least one CC, the method comprising: selecting, by the BS, a first CC to be allocated to or reconfigured for the UE; selecting, by the BS, a second CC designated to transmit scheduling information of the first CC; encoding, by the BS, information of the first CC and the second CC into a radio resource control (RRC) message; sending, by the BS, the RRC message to the UE; receiving, by the UE, the RRC message; decoding, by the UE, the first CC from the RRC message; decoding, by the UE, the second CC from the RRC message; and monitoring, by the UE, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of the second CC for scheduling information of the first CC when the first CC is activated.