Scalable frequency band operation in wireless communication systems

摘要

To support mobile stations that are not capable of demodulating the entire bandwidth or that can be made to demodulate less than the entire bandwidth, a system, apparatus and method are provided to schedule users on less than all of the bandwidth. Further, certain users can be scheduled on more of the bandwidth than others.

主权项

1. A wireless communication apparatus, comprising:
a memory storing program codes and data; and a processor coupled with the memory and operable by using the program codes and data, the processor configured to: receive a plurality of communications respectively from a plurality of wireless access terminals; in response to said communications, make respectively associated determinations regarding whether the respectively associated wireless access terminals are capable of operating on more than one carrier simultaneously; assign at least one carrier to each said wireless access terminal based on said determinations; and instruct control channel transmissions, respectively, on the assigned carriers; wherein the control channel transmission on at least one of the assigned carriers permits the associated wireless access terminal to communicate within the at least one assigned carrier without utilizing information contained in any other control channel transmissions.