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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2003
Applicants:
Jung-tao Liu, Randolph, NJ (US);
Wenfeng Zhang, Edison, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Jung-Tao Liu, Randolph, NJ (US);
Wenfeng Zhang, Edison, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/212 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In the scheduling method of the present invention, scheduling grant messages for a user equipment are transmitted beginning in any time slot of a frame for a channel so long as the scheduling grant message does not exceed the frame. The scheduling grant message indicates user equipment is approved to transmit on an uplink dedicated channel. This downlink transmission and subsequent uplink dedicated channel transmission have a timing relationship such that no more than one user equipment will begin transmitting on a respective uplink dedicated channel at a time.