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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:
Oct. 08, 2013

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2007
Applicants:

Kevin L. Baum, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);

Brian K. Classon, Palatine, IL (US);

Arvind Krishnamoorthy, Arlington Heights, IL (US);

Vijay Nangia, Algonquin, IL (US);

Philippe J. Sartori, Algonquin, IL (US);

Inventors:

Kevin L. Baum, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);

Brian K. Classon, Palatine, IL (US);

Arvind Krishnamoorthy, Arlington Heights, IL (US);

Vijay Nangia, Algonquin, IL (US);

Philippe J. Sartori, Algonquin, IL (US);

Assignee:

Motorola Mobility LLC, Libertyville, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/212 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for performing resource allocation with lower required overhead is provided herein. Resource allocations for data transmissions are chosen in such a way as to provide channel quality information for various parts of the channel bandwidth (frequency selective channel quality information), such as allocating two different resource blocks (on different sets of subcarriers) to a mobile unit for two different transmissions. These data transmissions are used to estimate frequency selective channel quality information, thereby eliminating or greatly reducing the need for channel sounding with a broadband pilot. As a result, the overhead on the uplink of the communication system may be significantly reduced.


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