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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Sprint Spectrum Lp, Overland Park, KS (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04W 72/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/1289 (2013.01); H04W 72/082 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are described for implicit information transfer. Neighboring access nodes may coordinate an Almost Blank Subframe (ABS) pattern for ABS transmissions. Implicit transmit symbols may be assigned to ABS' of the ABS pattern. Traffic may be scheduled for a wireless device on at least one ABS of the ABS pattern. The neighboring access nodes may use the scheduled ABS to decode implicit information associated with the implicit transmit symbols.