The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2015
Applicant:

Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);

Inventor:

Fang-Chen Cheng, Randolph, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0493 (2013.01); H04W 72/0413 (2013.01); H04W 72/0426 (2013.01); H04W 72/0433 (2013.01); H04W 72/1257 (2013.01); H04W 72/1284 (2013.01);
Abstract

A radio access network element includes a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver is configured to communicate with at least a first user equipment. The processor is operatively coupled to the transceiver, and the processor is configured to allocate first wireless resources for transmission of first control information by the first user equipment on an uplink control channel during at least a first subframe among a plurality of subframes of a radio frame. The first wireless resources are assigned a format independent of wireless resources allocated for transmission during others of the plurality of subframes of the radio frame.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…