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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Del Mar, CA (US);
Yongbin Wei, La Jolla, CA (US);
Peter A. Barany, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 16/10 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04J 11/00 (2006.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04J 11/0079 (2013.01); H04L 5/0057 (2013.01); H04L 5/0092 (2013.01); H04W 16/10 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04J 2211/005 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for providing wireless communications using subframe partitioning are disclosed. Two or more base stations may be allocated subframes in a radio frame. All or part of the subframe allocation may be provided to the associated user equipment (UEs), which may use it to determine signal metrics during assigned subframes for an associated base station.