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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. 26, 2006

Filed:

Oct. 24, 2001
Applicants:

Xixian Chen, Nepean, CA;

Neil N. Mcgowan, Stittsville, CA;

Khaled M. Islam, Nepean, CA;

Ning Guo, Nepean, CA;

Hong Ren, Nepean, CA;

Litong LI, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Xixian Chen, Nepean, CA;

Neil N. McGowan, Stittsville, CA;

Khaled M. Islam, Nepean, CA;

Ning Guo, Nepean, CA;

Hong Ren, Nepean, CA;

Litong Li, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 11/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/216 (2006.01); H04Q 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A forward link design is provided employing CDMA (code division multiple access) technologies in which time division multiplexing is employed between data and control information on the forward link to service multiple users per slot. Another forward link design employing CDMA (code division multiple access) technologies is provided in which code division multiplexing between data and control information is employed on the forward link to service multiple users per slot, which is preferably backwards compatible with legacy standards such as IS2000A. A reverse link design is also provided.


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