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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Kenichi Higuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Atarashi, Yokohama, JP;
Mamoru Sawahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus determines a transmission bandwidth for uplink transmission of a signal and includes a reception unit that receives a predefined signal from a mobile station and derives a channel quality indicator based on the received signal. The apparatus also includes a storage unit that stores a relationship between the channel quality indicator and the transmission bandwidth of the mobile station. The apparatus also includes a determination unit that determines the transmission bandwidth based on the relationship and a transmission unit that transmits the transmission bandwidth to the mobile station.