Communications in a Wireless Network for Carrier Selection and Switching

摘要

Communications in a wireless network for carrier Selection and switching are provided. A terminal in the wireless network is simultaneously receiving data on at most m carriers. A base station in the wireless network sends an activation command associated with more than m carriers to the terminal. The terminal activates the more than m carriers. Then the base station selects a first subset from the activated carriers, and sends a first monitoring command associated with the first subset via a first physical-layer signaling to the terminal. When load and/or interference situations are changed, the base station selects a second subset from the activated carriers, and sends a second monitoring command associated with the second subset via a second physical-layer signaling to the terminal, wherein the first subset is different from the second subset.

主权项

1. A method for communicating with a terminal by a base station in a wireless network, wherein the terminal is capable of simultaneously receiving data on at most m carriers, the method comprising:
sending an activation command associated with more than m carriers to the terminal; selecting a first subset from the more than m carriers; sending a first monitoring command associated with the first subset of the more than m carriers via a first physical-layer signaling to the terminal, wherein a number of the carriers in the first subset is less or equal to m; selecting a second subset from the more than m carriers; and sending a second monitoring command associated with the second subset of the more than m carriers via a second physical-layer signaling to the terminal, wherein a number of the carriers in the second subset is less or equal to m, and the first subset is different from the second subset.