Patent 9426801 was granted and assigned to LG on August, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method and apparatus for receiving a control signal in a wireless communication system in which a plurality of cells are merged. The method includes: receiving a signal indicating a deactivation of at least one cell from among the plurality of cells; and deactivating the at least one cell. The deactivation-indicating signal indicates the deactivation of the at least one cell to all of a plurality of user equipments configured to merge the at least one cell.