The transceiver 1405 is capable of transmitting data and control signals via the forward carriers and receiving data and control signals via the reverse carriers. When a number of carriers are set, the transceiver 1405 is capable of transmitting and receiving data and control signals via the carriers.
The multiplexer and demultiplexer 1420 is capable of multiplexing data from the control message processor 1435 or the upper layer devices 1425 and 1430 or de-multiplexing data from the transceiver 1405 to transfer the processed data to the control message processor 1435, the upper layer devices 1425 and 1430 or the controller 1410.
The control message processor 1435 is capable of processing control messages from the UE and performing corresponding operations. The control message processor 1435 is also capable of creating control messages to be transmitted to the UE and transmitting them to the lower layer.
The upper layer devices 1425 and 1430 can be configured according to bearers. The upper layer devices 1425 and 1430 process data, transmitted from S-GW or another ENB, to RLCPDU, and transfer it to the multiplexer and demultiplexer 1420. The upper layer devices 1425 and 1430 also process RLC PDU, from the multiplexer and demultiplexer 1420, to PDCP SDU, and transfer it to the S-GW or the other ENB.
The scheduler 1415 allocates transmission resources to UE at a proper time point, considering the buffer state, channel state, etc., of the UE. The scheduler 1415 processes: a signal transmitted from UE; or a signal to be transmitted to UE.