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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2007
Applicants:
Chandra Bontu, Nepean, CA;
Parsya Larijani, Ottawa, CA;
Mark Hawryluck, Kanata, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To allocate resources in an orthogonal frequency domain multiple access (OFDMA) system, two-dimensional rectangular regions are assigned in a frequency-time space to data bursts associated with mobile stations. At least one data burst does not fit in an available space in the frequency-time space is determined. In response to the determining, the assigned two-dimensional rectangular regions are reshaped.