Method and apparatus for signaling user equipment capabilities

An apparatus for wireless communication comprising:

• a transmitter configured to transmit to a Node B a first set of bits indicating at least two frequency bands supported by a User Equipment (UE) for High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), wherein the first set of bits are assigned to a carrier combination and a number of supportable downlink carriers according to a table, and wherein the first set of bits further specify a number of downlink adjacent carriers supported by the UE for each of the at least two frequency bands;
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• a receiver configured to receive from the Node B a configuration of carriers to be supported by the UE and a version number indicating a version of the table used by the Node B.

An apparatus for wireless communication comprising:

• means for transmitting to a Node B a first set of bits indicating at least two frequency bands supported by a User Equipment (UE) for High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), wherein the first set of bits are assigned to a carrier combination and a number of supportable downlink carriers according to a table, and wherein the first set of bits further specify a number of downlink adjacent carriers supported by the UE for each of the at least two frequency bands;
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• means for receiving from the Node B a configuration of carriers to be supported by the UE and a version number indicating a version of the table used by the Node B.

A method for wireless communication comprising:

• signaling a first set of bits indicating a maximum downlink channel bandwidth supported by a User Equipment (UE) for each of at least one frequency band supported, wherein the first set of bits includes information as to whether each of a plurality of specific downlink carrier combinations across the at least one frequency band is supported by the UE;
• and signaling a second set of bits indicating a maximum configuration of downlink channel bandwidth for which the UE will further accommodate multicarrier uplink transmissions;
• and wherein each of the plurality of specific downlink carrier combinations has a corresponding first number and second number, the first number indicating a maximum number of carriers that the UE can support for an anchor band, and the second number indicating a maximum number of carriers that the UE can support for a non-anchor band.

An apparatus for wireless communication comprising:

• means for signaling a first set of bits indicating a maximum downlink channel bandwidth supported by a User Equipment (UE) for each of at least one frequency band supported, wherein the first set of bits includes information as to whether each of a plurality of specific downlink carrier combinations across the at least one frequency band is supported by the UE;
• and means for signaling a second set of bits indicating a maximum configuration of downlink channel bandwidth for which the UE will further accommodate multicarrier uplink transmissions;
• and wherein each of the plurality of specific downlink carrier combinations has a corresponding first number and second number, the first number indicating a maximum number of carriers that the UE can support for an anchor band, and the second number indicating a maximum number of carriers that the UE can support for a non-anchor band.