Support of Plural Bandwidths in a Telecommunications System

A base station supporting communication with a plurality of user equipment sharing a plurality of timeslots in a communication frame and operable over a plurality of bandwidths, the base station comprising:

• an allocation unit configured to allocate a user equipment at least a first one of a plurality of timeslots in a communication frame using a first bandwidth of the plurality of bandwidths and allocate the user equipment at least a second one of a plurality of timeslots in a communication frame using a second bandwidth of the plurality of bandwidths.

User equipment for sharing a plurality of timeslots in a communication frame and operable over a plurality of bandwidths, the user equipment comprising:

• a receiver for receiving a signal from a base station directing the user equipment to use on a per timeslot or per communication frame basis at least a first one of the plurality of timeslots in a first bandwidth of the plurality of bandwidths and at least a second one of a plurality of timeslots in a communication frame in a second bandwidth of the plurality of bandwidths.

A method for receiving communications sharing a plurality of timeslots in a communication frame and operable over a plurality of bandwidths, the method comprising, at a user equipment:

• receiving a signal from a base station directing the user equipment to use on a per timeslot or per communication frame basis at lest a first one of the plurality of timeslots in a first bandwidth of the plurality of bandwidths and at lest a second one of a plurality of timeslots in a communication frame in a second bandwidth of the plurality of bandwidths.

An integrated circuit for a base station supporting communication with a plurality of user equipment sharing a plurality of timeslots in a communication frame and operable over a plurality of bandwidths, the integrated circuit comprising:

• an allocation unit operable to allocate a user equipment at least a first one of a plurality of timeslots in a communication frame using a first bandwidth of the plurality of bandwidths and allocate the user equipment at least a second one of a plurality of timeslots in a communication frame using a second bandwidth of the plurality of bandwidths.

An integrated circuit for a user equipment for sharing a plurality of timeslots in a communication frame and operable over a plurality of bandwidths, the integrated circuit comprising:

• a receiver for receiving a signal from a base station directing the user equipment to use on a per timeslot or per communication frame basis at least a first one of the plurality of timeslots in a first bandwidth of the plurality of bandwidths and at least a second one of a plurality of timeslots in a communication frame in a second bandwidth of the plurality of bandwidths.