METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARTIAL BANDWIDTH CARRIER AGGREGATION

摘要

Systems and methods which provide partial bandwidth support of secondary cells for Carrier Aggregation (referred to as Partial Bandwidth Carrier Aggregation) are disclosed. Partial Bandwidth Carrier Aggregation according to embodiments implements wireless links using a plurality of cells with a user equipment (UE), as a means to improve the UE throughput, by using of a portion of the secondary cell bandwidth to accommodate bandwidth limitations of the UE and thereby facilitates the aggregation of component carriers (or portions thereof) when Carrier Aggregation would not otherwise be possible.

主权项

1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:
assigning a portion of communication bandwidth of a secondary cell (SCell) to a user equipment (UE), wherein the portion of communication bandwidth of the SCell is less than a full bandwidth of the SCell; sending information for the assignment of the portion of the SCell communication bandwidth to the UE using a primary cell (PCell) in communication with the UE; and providing data communication with the UE using the portion of the SCell communication bandwidth in accordance with the information.