Patent ID: 8437304
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating between a Base Station (BS) and a Mobile Station (MS) in a multi-carrier communication system, the method comprising: configuring, by the BS, a frame comprising at least one control message intended for one or more MSs; and transmitting, by the BS, the frame to the MS, wherein the at least one control message comprises a carrier indicator indicating one of multiple carriers to which the MS is allocated, an identification information assigned to the MS, and resource allocation information indicating a frequency resource in the one of multiple carriers, and wherein the BS transmits the frame to the MS over a first carrier of the multiple carriers, where the frame includes at least one control message, and the at least one control message comprises a carrier indicator indicating at least a second carrier of the multiple carriers to which the MS is allocated.