Patent ID: 8767846

Claim:
A method that facilitates signaling information in a multicarrier wireless communication environment, comprising: encoding layer 3 control information for a plurality of component carriers jointly, wherein a user equipment (UE) is configured for multicarrier operation with the plurality of component carriers; sending a data transmission that includes the jointly encoded layer 3 control information for the plurality of component carriers on a second component carrier from the plurality of component carriers, wherein an allocation for the data transmission on the second component carrier is indicated by a control transmission on a first component carrier from the plurality of component carriers, wherein the first component carrier and the second component carrier are an anchor carrier designated for the UE; sending the control transmission and the data transmission that includes the jointly encoded layer 3 control information on the anchor carrier, wherein the data transmission is scheduled by the control transmission; using Downlink Control Information (DCI) format IA for the control transmission sent on the anchor carrier when the data transmission that includes the jointly encoded layer 3 control information is a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH); and inhibiting use of the DCI format IA for a disparate control transmission sent on a non-anchor carrier when the disparate control transmission includes disparate separately encoded layer 2 control information that indicates a disparate allocation for a disparate PDSCH that includes UE-specific non-layer 3 signaling traffic.