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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A technique of operating a wireless communication system includes determining respective geometries of multiple subscriber stations, which include a first subscriber station and a second subscriber station, with respect to a serving base station. Respective control channels, which include a first control channel associated with the first subscriber station and a second control channel associated with the second subscriber station, for the multiple subscriber stations are then scheduled based on the respective geometries. The first control channel is scheduled to be encountered earlier in a control channel search procedure, of the one or more control channel symbols, than the second control channel. The first subscriber station has a lower geometry than the second subscriber station.