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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:
Jun. 07, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 05, 2014
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Tingfang Ji, San Diego, CA (US);

John Edward Smee, San Diego, CA (US);

Joseph Binamira Soriaga, San Diego, CA (US);

Naga Bhushan, San Diego, CA (US);

Peter Gaal, San Diego, CA (US);

Alexei Yurievitch Gorokhov, San Diego, CA (US);

Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, San Diego, CA (US);

Michael Alexander Howard, Cardiff, CA (US);

Rotem Cooper, San Diego, CA (US);

Peter Ang, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/1231 (2013.01); H04W 56/002 (2013.01); H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04W 72/1247 (2013.01); H04W 72/1278 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure provide for a thin control channel structure that can be utilized for a variety of purposes including, for example, enabling the multiplexing of two or more data transmission formats. In another example, the thin control channel can be utilized to carry control information that relates to interference experienced by a user. By utilizing this control information on a thin control channel, the network can take suitable action to mitigate the interference. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.


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