Patent ID: 8239721

Claim:
A method for facilitating a wireless communication of data using hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes that are usable on multiple carriers for the wireless communication (joint HARQ processes), the method comprising: receiving on one of the carriers usable for the joint HARQ processes a wireless signal containing a data channel over which a transmission of data of the wireless communication is communicated via a joint HARQ process; receiving on one of the carriers usable for the joint HARQ processes a wireless signal containing a control channel over which data is communicated from which a first part of an identity of the joint HARQ process is determinable; receiving on one of the carriers usable for the joint HARQ processes a wireless signal containing additional information; determining a first part of the joint HARQ process identity using received control channel data; determining a second part of the joint HARQ process identity using additional information; determining the joint HARQ process identity by combining the first part and the second part; and using the determined joint HARQ process identity to process the received data transmission.