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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2011
Kumar Balachandran, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Havish Koorapaty, Saratoga, CA (US);
Tripura Ramesh, Raleigh, NC (US);
Kumar Balachandran, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Havish Koorapaty, Saratoga, CA (US);
Rajaram Ramesh, Raleigh, NC (US);
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A wireless telecommunications network supplies a semi-persistent resource that a wireless station can use for special purposes (such as a retransmission of packets for ARQ purposes or a control signal. The semi-persistent resource can be allocated by the system to other terminals if, e.g., a retransmission is not required. Since a retransmission is generally performed in response to a NACK received from a base station, the NACK may itself serve as a token that permits the wireless station to use the semi-persistent allocation. Thus, the technology includes, e.g., a method for resource allocation on a semi-persistent basis and efficient signaling for the usage of such allocation.