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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2009
Shashikant Maheshwari, Irving, TX (US);
Adrian Boariu, Irving, TX (US);
Chao Wei, Beijing, CN;
Nokia Siemens Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
According to one general aspect, a method comprising establishing a connection with at least one mobile station (MS). The method further comprising, in one embodiment, allocating communication resources, in resource blocks, to the MS. In various embodiments, the method also comprising selecting a size of a burst length field based in part upon a bandwidth and a number of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols used to communicate with the MS. In another example embodiment, the method also comprising selecting a size of a burst length field based in part upon a bandwidth and scheduling time duration (which can be based upon sub-frame, multiple sub-frame or frame duration) used to communicate with the MS. In one embodiment, the method may also include transmitting, to the MS, a message that includes the burst length field. In some embodiments, the burst length field may indicate to the MS the number of resource blocks allocated to the MS for purposes of communication.