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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Volker Breuer, Bötzow, DE;
Thomas Malcolm Chapman, Southampton, GB;
Thomas Ulrich, Bad Dürkheim, DE;
Volker Breuer, Bötzow, DE;
Thomas Malcolm Chapman, Southampton, GB;
Thomas Ulrich, Bad Dürkheim, DE;
Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
In a method of downlink operation in a communication system having a network controller, a base station and a terminal, one communication channel is scheduled by the base station; and one communication channel is scheduled by the network controller. The terminal listens to the channel scheduled by the base station at predetermined times known to the terminal and the network controller. Information is signalled from the network controller to the base station, relating to the predetermined times.