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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2008
Aik Chindapol, Washington, DC (US);
Andrea Bacioccola, Helsinki, FI;
Zexian LI, Espoo, FI;
Roberto Albanese, Helsinki, FI;
Aik Chindapol, Washington, DC (US);
Andrea Bacioccola, Helsinki, FI;
Zexian Li, Espoo, FI;
Roberto Albanese, Helsinki, FI;
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
Various example embodiments are disclosed herein. According to an example embodiment, an apparatus may include a wireless interface, and a controller, the apparatus being configured to: transmit a downlink subframe of a frequency division duplex (FDD) frame to one or more mobile stations in a wireless network, each wireless station being assigned to one of a plurality of groups, such as, for example, one of groupor group, the downlink subframe including at least: a groupportion and a groupportion, wherein a group boundary between the groupportion and the groupportion of the downlink subframe is variable, at least one of the groupportion and the groupportion including a group boundary information identifying a location of the group boundary or a location of the groupportion in the downlink subframe.