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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Novak, Ottawa, CA;
Mo-Han Fong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hang Zhang, Nepean, CA;
Sophie Vrzic, Nepean, CA;
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/18 (2006.01); H04W 52/48 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04W 52/34 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 5/0005 (2013.01); H04L 1/1812 (2013.01); H04L 1/1893 (2013.01); H04L 5/0044 (2013.01); H04W 52/34 (2013.01); H04W 52/48 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/12 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for allocating time-frequency resources for downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) communications between base stations and mobile stations. Different forms of resource allocation messages including combinations of bitmaps and bitfields provide additional information about the resources and/or how they are assigned. In some implementations the resource allocation messages enable reduced overhead, which may ultimately improve transmission rates and/or the quality of transmissions.