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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:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2007
Applicants:
Kimihiko Imamura, Vancouver, WA (US);
Shugong Xu, Vancouver, WA (US);
Huaming Wu, Vancouver, WA (US);
Inventors:
Kimihiko Imamura, Vancouver, WA (US);
Shugong Xu, Vancouver, WA (US);
Huaming Wu, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for using a format of an uplink control channel to transmit a channel quality indicator (CQI) is described. The uplink control channel is provided in a first format. The uplink control channel in the first format carries either the CQI or acknowledgment/non-acknowledgment (ACK/NAK) information. The CQI or the ACK/NAK information is inserted into the uplink control channel. Either the CQI or the ACK/NAK information is transmitted through uplink control channel.