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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2005
Qi BI, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Terry Si-fong Cheng, Randolph, NJ (US);
Frances Jiang, Whippany, NJ (US);
Yang Yang, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Qi Bi, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Terry Si-Fong Cheng, Randolph, NJ (US);
Frances Jiang, Whippany, NJ (US);
Yang Yang, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for a wireless communication between a base station and at least one mobile station. The method includes receiving a request for a data rate from the mobile station on a reverse link channel to the base station. The method further includes, in response to the request, skipping a first slot after a delay for a portion of a slot on a forward link transmission before transmitting a data packet in a second slot. By beginning the forward link transmission at the start of the second slot, for example, a software module may cause the base station to skip a slot immediately after the half slot delay. This additional delay of one slot or a portion of the slot may expand radius of a cell for a wireless communication between the base station and the mobile station in a relatively high-speed wireless data network.