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Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014

Filed:

Aug. 10, 2009
Applicants:

Hemanth Sampath, San Diego, CA (US);

Sameer Vermani, San Diego, CA (US);

Richard Van Nee, De Meern, NL;

Santosh P. Abraham, San Diego, CA (US);

Albert Van Zelst, Woerden, NL;

Inventors:

Hemanth Sampath, San Diego, CA (US);

Sameer Vermani, San Diego, CA (US);

Richard Van Nee, De Meern, NL;

Santosh P. Abraham, San Diego, CA (US);

Albert Van Zelst, Woerden, NL;

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04B 7/04 (2006.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/121 (2013.01); H04B 7/0452 (2013.01); H04B 7/0417 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for wireless communications is provided including a processing system. The processing system is configured to determine path-losses between the apparatus and a plurality of wireless nodes, to group the plurality of wireless nodes into sets based on the determined path-losses, and to exchange data with at least one of the wireless nodes in one of the sets.


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