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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2011
Applicants:

G. Rodney Nelson, Jr., Merritt Island, FL (US);

John E. Hoffmann, Indialantic, FL (US);

Antoine J. Rouphael, Escondido, CA (US);

James A. Proctor, Jr., Indialantic, FL (US);

Inventors:

G. Rodney Nelson, Jr., Merritt Island, FL (US);

John E. Hoffmann, Indialantic, FL (US);

Antoine J. Rouphael, Escondido, CA (US);

James A. Proctor, Jr., Indialantic, FL (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for use in a field unit operable in a wireless communication network. The method includes receiving an indication of a plurality of access identifiers from a base station. The field unit selects an access identifier from the plurality of access identifiers received from the base station. The selected access identifier is associated with a type of field unit request. The field unit transmits the selected access identifier to the base station. The field unit then receives a message from the base station. The message is based on the transmitted selected access identifier. The message contains a timing adjustment that indicates an amount to advance timing. A corresponding field unit apparatus, a base station method, and corresponding base station apparatus is also disclosed.


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