Patent ID: 8848623

Claim:
A method for receiving data using a user agent (UA) configured to communicate with a wireless communications network using a first and second communication carrier, comprising: receiving, from an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) node B (eNB), resource information on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during a first time interval, the resource information allocating a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) resource on at least one of the first communication carrier or the second communication carrier, wherein the first time interval is a first subframe on the first communication carrier; when the resource information allocates a PDSCH resource on the first communication carrier, receiving data using the first communication carrier during a second time interval, wherein the second time interval is a second subframe on the first communication carrier; and when the resource information allocates a PDSCH resource on the second communication carrier, determining a third time interval by adding a predetermined subframe offset to the first time interval and receiving data using the second communication carrier during the third time interval, wherein the third time interval is a third subframe on the second communication carrier, the third time interval being different from and subsequent to the first time interval, wherein the third subframe is offset from the first subframe on the first communication carrier by one of 1, 2, 3, or 4 subframes.