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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2011
Hai Wang, Beijing, CN;
Lei Zhou, Beijing, CN;
Xufeng Zheng, Beijing, CN;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for performing carrier switching in a wireless communication system using multi-carriers are provided. According to the method, a Mobile Station (MS) transmits a message including information on a time slot occupying status to a Base Station (BS), if a message for instructing to report the information on the time slot occupying status, is received from the BS, receives, from the BS, first information on at least one time slot scheduled by using the information on the time slot occupying status, identifies at least one time slot using the first information, and performs the carrier switching in the identified at least one time slot.