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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:
Dec. 24, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 19, 2016
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Johan Sköld, Solna, SE;

Robert Baldemair, Solna, SE;

Håkan Björkegren, Täby, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04L 5/003 (2013.01); H04L 5/0007 (2013.01); H04L 27/2602 (2013.01); H04L 27/2634 (2013.01); H04W 72/0406 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Teachings herein improve the choice of carrier placement in a wireless communication network by de-coupling the carrier raster from the subcarrier grid. Recognizing that the placement of a carrier by its center frequency is an artificial construct, it is re-defined and the carrier placement is instead defined by the carrier position, which is on a carrier raster (e.g., 100 kHz), but in general does not have to be the center of the carrier. Second, a subcarrier grid is defined that is common for all RF carriers and spanning a range of frequencies, at least within an operating band, and provides orthogonality for subcarriers within all RF carriers regardless of carrier position. Third, a unique mapping from the carrier position on the RF carrier raster to a subcarrier reference position, e.g., the DC subcarrier, is defined, which in turn identifies the exact position of the RF carrier on the subcarrier grid.


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