Multi-carrier wireless network timing component carriers

Describe a mechanism for minimizing the power consumption at the user equipment in multi-carrier transmission of large amounts effective to download data from a base station (210) to a user equipment (220). When a plurality of component carriers transmitting download data, (210) the base station notifies the user equipment (220). The base station (210) transmitting on the anchor carrier, after notifying the user equipment (220) without waiting, and transmitted on the non-anchor carrier after waiting a predetermined delay. Providing a predetermined time delay to allow the user equipment (220) for activating the receiver resources, and ready to receive the download data by a non-anchor carrier. In this manner, the user equipment (220) may be in the power saving mode, and activating the receiver resources only when needed.