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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2015
Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Fang-Chen Cheng, Randolph, NJ (US);
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
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.