System and Method for Multi-Carrier Network Operation

Abstract

Methods, devices, and systems for multi-carrier network operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of performing channel scrambling in a multi-carrier network, wherein the multi-carrier network includes a first component carrier (“CC”) and a second CC between a base station and a user equipment (“UE”) comprises receiving a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (“C-RNTI”) and a cell identification (“ID”) for at least one of the first CC and the second CC; and using the RNTI and the cell ID to perform scrambling of information transmitted on at least one of the first CC and the second CC.

1 . A method of performing channel scrambling in a multi-carrier network, wherein the multi-carrier network includes a first component carrier (“CC”) and a second CC between a base station and a user equipment (“UE”), comprising:
 receiving a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (“C-RNTI”) and a cell identification (“ID”) for at least one of the first CC and the second CC; and 
 using said RNTI and said cell ID to perform scrambling of information transmitted on at least one of the first CC and the second CC. 
 
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first CC and the second CC is a cell. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first CC is an anchor CC. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the second CC is a non-anchor CC. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first CC is a member of at least one of a set of active CCs and a set of assigned CCs. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the second CC is a member of at least one of a set of active CCs and a set of assigned CCs. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said C-RNTI is the same in the first CC and the second CC. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said C-RNTI is assigned to the first CC during a Radio Resource Control (“RRC”) connection establishment. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said C-RNTI is used to perform channel scrambling on the first CC and the second CC. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the UE does not receive a synchronization signal on the second CC. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said cell ID of the second CC is received using a Radio Resource Control (“RRC”) signaling. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said cell ID includes a physical cell identity (“PCI”). 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said C-RNTI and said cell ID are received using at least one of a Primary Synchronization Signal (“PSS”), a Secondary Synchronization Signal (“SSS”), and a Radio Resource Control (“RRC”) signaling. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein performing scrambling on the first CC includes scrambling at least one of a control channel and a traffic channel of the first CC. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein performing scrambling on the second CC includes scrambling at least one of a control channel and a traffic channel of the second CC. 
     
     
         16 . A method of performing channel scrambling in a multi-carrier network, wherein the multi-carrier network includes a first component carrier (“CC”) and a second CC between a base station and a user equipment (“UE”), wherein the first CC has a first cell identification (“ID”) and a first Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (“C-RNTI”) and the second CC has a second cell ID and a second C-RNTI, wherein the first CC includes a Physical Downlink Control Channel (“PDCCH”), comprising:
 allocating a first resource on the first CC using the PDCCH; 
 allocating a second resource on the second CC using the PDCCH; and 
 using at least one of the first C-RNTI and the first cell ID to perform scrambling of information transmitted on at least one of the PDCCH of the first CC and said first resource of the first CC; and 
 using at least one of the second C-RNTI and the second cell ID to perform scrambling on information transmitted on said second resource of the second CC. 
 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein at least one of the first CC and the second CC is a cell. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the first C-RNTI and the second C-RNTI are the same. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the first CC and the second CC use either the first C-RNTI or the second C-RNTI. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein said first resource is at least one of a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (“PDSCH”) and a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (“PUSCH”). 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein said second resource is at least one of a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (“PDSCH”) and a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (“PUSCH”). 
     
     
         22 . A method of performing channel scrambling in a multi-carrier network, wherein the multi-carrier network includes a first component carrier (“CC”) and a second CC between a base station and a user equipment (“UE”), wherein the first CC has a first cell identification (“ID”) and a first Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (“C-RNTI”) and the second CC has a second cell ID and a second C-RNTI, wherein the first CC includes a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (“PDCCH”) and the second CC includes a second PDCCH, comprising:
 allocating a first resource on the first CC using the first PDCCH; 
 allocating a second resource on the second CC using the second PDCCH; and 
 using at least one of said first C-RNTI and said first cell ID to perform scrambling of information transmitted on at least one of the first PDCCH and said first resource; and 
 using at least one of said second C-RNTI and said second cell ID to perform scrambling of information transmitted on at least one of the second PDCCH and said second resource. 
 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein at least one of the first CC and the second CC is a cell. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the first C-RNTI and the second C-RNTI are the same. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the first CC and the second CC use either the first C-RNTI or the second C-RNTI. 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein said first resource is at least one of a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (“PDSCH”) and a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (“PUSCH”). 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein said second resource is at least one of a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (“PDSCH”) and a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (“PUSCH”).