Patent ID: 9113469
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for transmitting information to user equipment (UE) in a communications network, the system comprising: modulation circuitry configured to generate data in (i) a first frequency range associated with a first set of carriers and (ii) a second frequency range associated with a second set of carriers, wherein the first frequency range specifies a first communications cell, wherein the second frequency range specifies a second communications cell, and wherein the first communications cell is assigned as a primary cell to a first set of UEs in the communications network; and transmission circuitry configured to transmit control data to both the first set of UEs and a second set of UEs using at least a portion of the first set of carriers, wherein the control data comprises (i) first control signals shared by the first set of UEs and the second set of UEs and transmitted in a first subregion of the first frequency range, and (ii) second control signals for the second set of UEs transmitted in a second subregion and a third subregion of the first frequency range.