Abstract: The present invention addresses a method, apparatus and computer program product for managing control channel usage in Carrier Aggregation, which implement defining a time reuse factor for a Physical Uplink Control Channel resource on a Primary Cell for enabling time multiplexing the subframes of the resource, and assigning a Physical Uplink Control Channel resource element to a requesting User Equipment by using colliding resources in different subframes, wherein the time reuse factor is variably set based on at least one of the number of requesting User Equipments and the individual traffic needs of the requesting User Equipment.

Abstract: The present invention addresses a method, apparatus and computer program product for managing control channel usage in Carrier Aggregation, which implement defining a time reuse factor for a Physical Uplink Control Channel resource on a Primary Cell for enabling time multiplexing the subframes of the resource, and assigning a Physical Uplink Control Channel resource element to a requesting User Equipment by using colliding resources in different subframes, wherein the time reuse factor is variably set based on at least one of the number of requesting User Equipments and the individual traffic needs of the requesting User Equipment.

Abstract: A device for a radio station has a first multiplexer provided with at least two inlets for receiving base hand data and an outlet for delivering base band data to an emission unit. The device is also provided with a first processing unit that is connected to the first inlet of the first multiplexer, for delivering first band data at a first data rate, for transmission by the emission unit according to a first radio standard, and a second processing unit that is connected to the second input of the first multiplexer, for delivering second base band data at the first data rate, for transmission by the emission unit according to a second radio standard.