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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:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael J. Bach, Kildeer, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for backhauling data in a communication system ( ). A plurality of quality metrics are received at a centralized controller ( ) from a plurality of base stations ( ). The quality metrics are related to a data frame transmitted to the base stations ( ) from a remote unit ( ). A preferred data frame is determined from among the data frames. The centralized controller ( ) then signals the base station associated with the preferred data frame to send the preferred data frame to the centralized controller.