Patent ID: 8249027
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring carrier channels in a multicarrier communication system, comprising: obtaining, by a network side device of the multicarrier communication system, information of a plurality of reverse carriers; and configuring, by the network side device, one forward carrier corresponding to the plurality of reverse carriers according to the information of the reverse carriers, so as to make the one forward carrier to carry a plurality of Media Access Control channels corresponding to the plurality of reverse carriers; wherein configuring the one forward carrier comprises: allocating different Media Access Control channel indexes to the Media Access Control channels corresponding to different reverse carriers; and if one of the plurality of reverse carriers corresponding to the one forward carrier has a Data Rate Control channel to transmit, configuring the Media Access Control channel that corresponds to the one of the plurality of reverse carriers so that the Media Access Control channel comprises a Data Rate Control Lock subchannel.