Systems and methods for aggregating an enhanced multimedia broadcast multicast service over multiple frequency carriers

1. A user equipment (UE) configured for carrier aggregation, comprising:

receive circuitry to receive, from an evolved NodeB (eNB) of a long term evolution (LTE) network, an indication of a plurality of frequencies on which respective portions of an enhanced multimedia broadcast multicast service (eMBMS) are transmitted;

control circuitry coupled with the receive circuitry, the control circuitry to:

identify whether the UE can receive the eMBMS through two or more frequencies of the plurality of frequencies;

if the UE can receive the eMBMS, aggregate the respective portions of the eMBMS received through the two or more frequencies; and

if the UE cannot receive the eMBMS; and

store the indication of the plurality of frequencies; and

later attempt to receive information on the plurality of frequencies corresponding to the stored indication; and

transmit circuitry coupled with the control circuitry, the transmit circuitry to transmit, to the eNB, an indication of a preference of the UE to receive the eMBMS corresponding to a temporary mobile group identity (TMGI) through a set of frequencies of the plurality of frequencies.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the indication of the preference of the UE includes an indication that at least two of the set of frequencies are to be bundled.

3. The UE of claim 1 , further comprising middleware, wherein the indication of the plurality of frequencies comprises a service announcement processed by the middleware.

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the indication of the plurality of frequencies is received through in a multicast control channel (MCCH).

5. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the receive circuitry is further to receive eMBMS data packets on an access stratum.

6. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the eMBMS data packets are aggregated according to radio link control (RLC) segmentation, RLC re-segmentation, and/or a re-ordering window.

7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein to identify whether the UE can receive the eMBMS through two or more frequencies of the plurality of frequencies, the control circuitry compares the plurality of frequencies to frequency information in a system information block (SIB) message.

8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the SIB message is a SIB-15 message received by the UE at power on, and wherein the SIB-15 message includes information to support eMBMS comprising one or more service area identifier (SAI) and aggregation dependencies.

9. The UE of claim 1 , wherein respective frequencies of the plurality of frequencies relate to a primary cell (PCell), a secondary cell (SCell), or neighbor cell (NCell).