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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas K Fong, Aberdeen, NJ (US);
Paul Shala Henry, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Kin K Leung, Edison, NJ (US);
Xiaoxin Qiu, Middletown, NJ (US);
Nemmara K Shankaranarayanan, Roselle Park, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Corp, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370336 ; 370349 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for scheduling transmissions between a plurality of communications sites within a communications system. The communications system provides service to a service area which is divided into sectors. Each sector is assigned a time subframe in a pattern where adjacent sectors use different subframes. Communications sites within each sector communicate packets of information in at least one time subframe according to a schedule to minimize interference from other communications sites.