System information for wireless communications systems with flexible bandwidth carrier

A system for system information in wireless communications, the system comprising:

• means for identifying, at a user equipment (UE), a first value of a value tag in a first carrier;
• means for reading, at the UE, a system information block (SIB) with respect to the first carrier associated with the value tag;
• means for identifying, at the UE, a second value of the value tag in a second carrier;
• means for comparing, at the UE, the first value of the value tag in the first carrier with the second value of the value tag in the second carrier;
• and
• means for determining, at the UE, whether the read SIB with respect to the first carrier is to be utilized with respect to the second carrier.

A computer program product for system information in wireless communications system comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
• code for identifying, at a user equipment (UE), a first value of a value tag in a first carrier;
• code for reading, at the UE, a system information block (SIB) with respect to the first carrier associated with the value tag;
• code for identifying, at the UE, a second value of the value tag in a second carrier;
• code for comparing, at the UE, the first value of the value tag in the first carrier with the second value of the value tag in the second carrier;
• and
• code for determining, at the UE, whether the read SIB with respect to the first carrier is to be utilized with respect to the second carrier.

A wireless communications device configured for system information in wireless communications system, the device comprising:

• at least one processor configured to:
• identify, at a user equipment (UE), a first value of a value tag in a first carrier;
• read at the UE, a system information block (SIB) with respect to the first carrier associated with the value tag;
• identify, at the UE, a second value of the value tag in a second carrier;
• compare, at the UE, the first value of the value tag in the first carrier with the second value of the value tag in the second carrier;
• and
• determine, at the UE, whether the read SIB with respect to the first carrier is to be utilized with respect to the second carrier.