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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2009
Bernard Hunt, Redhill, GB;
Ludovicus M. G. M. Tolhuizen, Eindhoven, NL;
Timothy J. Moulsley, Caterham, GB;
Bernard Hunt, Redhill, GB;
Ludovicus M. G. M. Tolhuizen, Eindhoven, NL;
Timothy J. Moulsley, Caterham, GB;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for allocating resources to a plurality of secondary stations for enabling communication between a primary station and the plurality of secondary stations, comprising the steps of a) grouping the resources into at least a first set of resources and a second set of resources; b) allocating a first resource of the first set of resources to a first secondary station, said first resource having a first index in the first set of resources; c) allocating a second resource of the second set of resources to the first secondary station, said second resource having a second index in the second set of resources being equal to the first index plus an offset based at least partly on other information known to the primary and first secondary station.